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Canadian Railroads > Some Historic PicturesDate: 03/20/20 14:22 Some Historic Pictures Author: CNStratford This period without necessary tasks to do has left me time to look through old pictures.
Subscribers of a certain age will remember that the Canadian Pacific Railway ran two steamers from Port Macnicoll to Fort William Ontario. The CPR even had a boat train from Toronto to Port Macnicoll. In these difficult times, please forget your troubles by looking at these gorgeous family pictures from a happier time. Date: 03/20/20 14:46 Re: Some Historic Pictures Author: ghCBNS Very nice! Thanks
Posted from Android Date: 03/20/20 16:41 Re: Some Historic Pictures Author: DrawingroomA Thank you. The closest I got to the SS Keewatin or SS Assiniboia when in CPR service was riding the boat train a few times from Union Station to West Toronto. I always wanted to take one of those ships to Fort William and continue west on The Canadian, something the CPR advertised as an alternative to taking the train the whole way from Toronto. Alas, the ships were withdrawn whilst I was still in school. Fortunately, the Keewatin has been repatriated to Port McNicoll and is available for tours.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/property-report/in-pictures-tour-grand-old-lady-of-the-great-lakes/article4545641/ Some photos of the boat train and the ship: https://taytownshipheritage.wordpress.com/2015/09/27/canadian-pacific-rail-terminus-port-mcnicoll/ Date: 03/20/20 17:45 Re: Some Historic Pictures Author: moonliter DrawingroomA Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Thank you. The closest I got to the SS Keewatin or > SS Assiniboia when in CPR service was riding the > boat train a few times from Union Station to West > Toronto. This trip was also something I wished that I was old enough to do. Finally in 2017 I had the opportunity. It took a bit of money, a car, CNR trackage and a whole lot of imagination but I did it. ; ) Photo 1: The boat train. Photo 2: The boat. Photo 3: The dining salon. All photos taken on May 22, 2017 Gerry Gaugl Ottawa ON Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 03/21/20 16:47 by moonliter. Date: 03/22/20 10:46 Re: Some Historic Pictures Author: asheldrake GREAT pictures......your dinning room picture shows what I think is a very unique feature of the time....pegs to hold the diner's hat in place under the chair....we have a rail car dining room chair at the Oregon Rail Heritage Center of similar design and intent....as I tell our visitors, most all males at the time wore hats....but NEVER at the dining room table...and the peg was to keep the hat from sliding off. thanks for the posting. Arlen
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