Canadian Pacific Postcard showing Steam Engine #526 pulling a Mixed Train into the Station in Elora, ON, 1955
Name/Title
Canadian Pacific Postcard showing Steam Engine #526 pulling a Mixed Train into the Station in Elora, ON, 1955Entry/Object ID
2021.1644.01Description
Canadian Pacific postcard showing Steam Engine #356 pulling a mixed train into the station in Elora Ontario in 1955. The front image shows the front and left side of the train, the engine, tender, and cars are visible. On the left side of the postcard, the station is visible. The caption on the reverse side reads: "CPR 4-6-0 No. 526 brings the mixed train into Elora, Ontario, end of the branch line from Fergus, June 28, 1955. The class D6b ten-wheeler was built by North British Locomotive Works, Scotland in 1903 as No. 987 with compound steam: it was rebuilt as simple in 1921 and retired in August 1955. CP business car 35, along for inspection, brings up the rear." The postcard is blank. Distinguishing Features: The front image shows the front and left side of the train, the engine, tender, and cars are visible. On the left side of the postcard, the station is 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