Canadian Pacific Postcard showing Steam Engine #2238 in Streetsville, ON, 1956
Name/Title
Canadian Pacific Postcard showing Steam Engine #2238 in Streetsville, ON, 1956Entry/Object ID
2021.1642.01Description
Canadian Pacific postcard showing steam engine #2238 in Streetsville, Ontario, 1956. The front image shows the front and right side of the locomotive, the engine, tender, and freight cars are visible. The caption on the reverse side reads: "CPR Pacific No. 2238 (class G-1-v Angus Shops 1914) hurries home to Lambton Yard (Toronto) with a local way freight on the Galt Sub Train is pictured nearing the Base Line Rd. crossing (Eglinton Ave.) in Streetsville, November, 1956" The postcard is blank. Distinguishing Features: The front image shows the front and right side of the locomotive, the engine, tender, and freight cars are visible.Context
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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Canadian Pacific