Canadian Pacific Postcard showing Steam Engine 5339 at Mattawamkeag, Maine, 1951
Name/Title
Canadian Pacific Postcard showing Steam Engine 5339 at Mattawamkeag, Maine, 1951Entry/Object ID
2021.1640.01Description
Canadian Pacific postcard showing steam engine #5339 at Mattawamkeag, Maine. The front image shows the front and side of the engine, tender, and the one pay car it is pulling. The caption on the reverse side reads: "Canadian Pacific class P2c 2-8-2 No. 5339 and pay car No. 52 rest at Matrawamakeag, Maine on the Maine Central owned portion of the CPR Montreal to St. John, NB Mikado was built by MLW (Nov., 1923: serial 65016) and scrapped in July 1957. Car 52 was built in 1886 as a first class coach: converted to pay car for International of Maine service in 1914: scrapped in 1959. Credit Omer Lavalle (then CPR paymaster on car 52) with this summer, 1951 view." The postcard is blank. Distinguishing Features: Front image features the front and right side as well as the tender and pay car for steam engine #5339Context
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
Library ArchiveCategory
Canadian Pacific