Canadian Pacific Postcard showing Steam Engine #127 Crossing the Williams River at Brockways Mills. Vt.
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Canadian Pacific Postcard showing Steam Engine #127 Crossing the Williams River at Brockways Mills. Vt.Entry/Object ID
2021.1643.01Description
Canadian Pacific postcard showing Steam Engine #127 as it was crossing the Williams River in Brockways Mills, Vermont. The front image shows the front and left side of the train, the engine, tender, and one passenger car are visible as it crosses the bridge on the river. The caption on the reverse side reads: "No. 127 Pacific No. 127, formerly Canadian Pacific 1278, crosses the Williams River at Brockways Mills, Vt. This locomotive is one of the feature attractions at Steamtown, U. S. A. as well as powering various special excursions on the railroads in the Northeastern part of the country." The postcard is blank. Distinguishing Features: The front image shows the front and left side of the train, the engine, tender, and one passenger car are visible as it crosses the bridge on the river.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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