Subject file
Railways
Locomotives, trains and the operating life of the line. 1,124 images in 18 sub-files.
Locomotives and Equipment 143Locomotives and Equipment 136Railway Operations 132Passenger Services 131Locomotives and Equipment 111Moving Goods 106Famous Trains 70World War, 1939-1945 69Railway Operations 56Moving Goods 41Passenger Services 35Railway Operations 33Moving Goods 17Passenger Trains 16Famous Trains 12Moving People 11Passenger Services 4Moving People 1
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Porter checking skis at the Montreal station
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Skiers at Central Station, Montreal
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CN ski train arriving at Shawbridge Station
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CN porters loading golf equipment onto a truck at the station
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Railroad workers handling baggage at Huntsville station
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Passengers arriving by train at Chapleau Lake
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Passengers arriving at the Calumet Beach station
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A train arrives at the station at Mont Joli
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A view of the railroad tracks of the Saskatoon CN station, with the Bessborough Hotel in the distance
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Passengers at the Lake Bennett train station, Yukon Territory
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Passengers at the Lake Bennett train station, Yukon Territory
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Grand Trunk Railway historic map
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Passengers traveling in a new lounge car
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Interior view of a first class passenger car
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Grand Trunk advertisement for Algonquin Park
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Skiers arriving at Ry Station, Saint-Sauveur-des-Monts
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Skiers at Central Station
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Female skiers waiting in the Central Station restaurant
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Surveying crew, Cy Biegler and Ben Nyeste, working in advance of repair gang to stake the line giving the necessary amount of rise needed to keep a constant level on the track
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Relaying track in Brent, Ontario
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Power ballaster operating on track repair
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The operator of the power ballaster controlling the movement of the machine along the rails
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The extra gang, on track motor cars, passing the surveying party working in advance of them lining up their work
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Putting wooden plugs in spike holes, near Brantford, Ontario
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Beginning construction of a spur line for Scott Maritime Pulp Ltd.
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Construction of a spur line for Scott Maritime Pulp Ltd.
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Construction of a spur line for Scott Maritime Pulp Ltd.
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Angle bars are put into position as the rails are placed; this was carried out without delaying any operating train
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The material gang, G. Howard, H. Struthers, E. Baker and N. Young, with bolts, washers and other necessities
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Tong men, ten at each side, lift the 39-foot, 1033 pound rail into place
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Angle bars in place, the bolts holding them are tightened wait a long-handled track wrench by section man, H. Baker of Ernestown
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The replacement gang enjoys a breather while a freight train rumbles by; they carried out rail replacement without delaying any operating train
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Storage room containing supplies for sleeping and dining car service
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Assembling spur line for the Scott Maritime Pulp Ltd.
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Concrete tie manufacture in Genstar, near Edmonton
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Construction staff on the CNR, and their lodging, alongside the main line near Boston Bar, B.C.
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Spike driving machine at work on the Brighton line
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Ballast distributor, a self-propelled machine which picks up ballast from both sides of track and puts it back down evenly on either side of the rails
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Relaying damaged track at Dauphin, Manitoba
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Track gang working together to relay track at Dauphin, Manitoba
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New bunk houses situated in the Cote de Liesse railway yard
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New bunk houses situated in the Côte de Liesse railway yard
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Brakeman J.A. Laferrière turning the switch to allow freight “495” to move in the siding to pick up cars destined for Toronto
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Rear end brakeman using oil lanterns for signaling
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Stops at divisional points en route the freight run between Montreal and Toronto allow the engine and train crews to change
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Method to hoop wood cross ties at the Wood Preservation Industries Ltd.
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Method to hoop wood cross ties at the Wood Preservation Industries Ltd.
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Method to hoop wood cross ties at the Wood Preservation Industries Ltd.