Canadian Pacific Railway Postcard showing Steam Engine 2541 traveling through St. Gabriel de Brandon QC, 1957
Name/Title
Canadian Pacific Railway Postcard showing Steam Engine 2541 traveling through St. Gabriel de Brandon QC, 1957Entry/Object ID
2021.1635.01Description
Canadian Pacific Railway postcard showing steam engine #2541 passing through St. Gabriel de Brandon, Quebec in 1957. The image on the front of the postcard shows the engine as well as two cars, and the coal tender. The caption on the reverse side reads: "The Sunday afternoon quiet is momentarily broken at St. Gabriel de Brandon, Quebec as CPR Pacific 2541 gathers speed with the daily southbound mixd to Lanoraie. No. 2541 was home built at Angus in 1908 as No. 1191: renumbered 1141 in 1910, and finally 2541 in 1913. It was retired in 1960." The postcard is blank. Distinguishing Features: Front of postcard features an image of Canadian Pacific steam engine #2541 pulling a mixed car and passenger carsContext
The Canadian Pacific Railway was founded in 1881. Part of Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald's dream of Canadian Confederation, the building a transcontinental railway was part of the agreement to get British Columbia to join Confederation. Construction began in 1881 and lasted well into the 1900s to build lines connecting Canada from Vancouver to Montreal.Collection
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