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Nostalgia & History > Roger Puta's Algoma Central Photos -- Part 2Date: 03/26/17 13:49 Roger Puta's Algoma Central Photos -- Part 2 Author: MartyBernard These 5 weree taken November 1978. They all seem to be the same obs car. I'd love addition information about the car and location(s) for the captions. What does the name mean?
Thanks, Marty Bernard Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 03/26/17 13:53 by MartyBernard. Date: 03/26/17 13:50 Re: Roger Puta's Algoma Central Photos -- Part 2 Author: MartyBernard Date: 03/26/17 14:12 Re: Roger Puta's Algoma Central Photos -- Part 2 Author: mopacrr From what I can find, Michipicoten was ex Southern Railway Business Car Ashville.. I can't find any info as to when the Algoma Central acquired the car.
Date: 03/26/17 16:45 Re: Roger Puta's Algoma Central Photos -- Part 2 Author: MartyBernard What color should the car. As you can see the scans gave various shades of maroonish pink.
Date: 03/26/17 19:08 Re: Roger Puta's Algoma Central Photos -- Part 2 Author: The_Chief_Way I don't know what it means, but I think its a place name on the railroad. Probably a First Nations word.
Date: 03/26/17 19:35 Re: Roger Puta's Algoma Central Photos -- Part 2 Author: SR2 "Michipicoten" is the Ojibwe word meaning "big bluffs", in Canada,
a river, an island, a bay and a township all carry the name. The car is indeed an ex-Southern car, |