++ Old ships of the Great Lakes Service ++
After posting, Jim Christie found a series of excellent primary references regarding these ships.
One of the last redcaps in and out of Windsor Station.
The Speno and track geometry car at Morant's ... photographed by Morant. The Sperry at Mount Stephen.
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| from: CP Rail News, 24 April 1974. |
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| from: CP Rail News, 24 April 1974. |
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| from: CP Rail News, 3 November 1976. |
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| from: CP Rail News, 3 November 1976. |
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Here are a few articles on the CPR Great Lakes fleet which Jim Christie found after posting.
The last page of shipping information was so good that I am reproducing the whole page.
The 1906 October storm and superstructure icing account affecting the Athabasca occurred a month earlier in the season than the 1885 wreck of the Algoma.
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| from: The Mechanical Engineer, 18 Aug 1883, Hathi Trust, Jim Christie. |
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| from: The Mechanical Engineer, 28 June 1884, Hathi Trust, Jim Christie. |
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| from: The Quebec Chronicle, 11 Oct 1906, BANQ, Jim Christie. |
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| from: Montreal Herald, 26 May 1890, BANQ, Jim Christie. |