Name/Title
Photograph - CN train no. 6785Entry/Object ID
2012.79.324Description
Color photograph of CN train no. 6785 in the winter.
Photograph is housed in a brown cardboard frame designed to look like wood.Context
These objects are part of the estate of the late Jim McRae. They were donated to the museum by Dale Wilson, to whom they was given by Jim's wife.
Jim McRae was a Sudbury area train enthusiast who had donated objects to the museum in the past. He passed away in the summer of 2010 at the age of 85. He came from Manitoulin Island but he worked in Sudbury as a projectionist at the Odeon theater for many years.
His father was Gore Bay's only pharmacist.Collection
Library ArchiveMade/Created
Date made
Feb 1973Place
City
Greater SudburyCountry
CanadaContinent
North AmericaState/Province
OntarioNotes
Materials: Photographic paper (colour photograph), cardboard, masking tape, adhesive label, red inkInscription/Signature/Marks
Notes
Verso of print, typed in black ink on white adhesive label:
Super
Continental.
Sudbury
Junction.
February 1973
Verso of frame, in red ink: JIM McRAE
Verso of frame, masking tape, in red ink: NMRA - 26549
NFR - 2208
Verso of frame, white adhesive label on masking tape, in blue ink: 33Other Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
Number Type
Item NumberOther Number
4582Dimensions
Height
16-3/16 inWidth
21.4 cmLocation
Location
Location
Photo Archive (By Item Number)Room
Dale Wilson Reference LibraryBuilding
NORMHC Heritage Centre, Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre* Untyped Location
Capreol, OntarioDate
March 10, 2022Condition
Notes
Digital Copy Only (Matthew Gill 2015)Created By
admin@catalogit.appCreate Date
March 14, 2022Updated By
normhclibrary@gmail.comUpdate Date
April 21, 2022