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  1. Four whistles to wood-up: Stories of the Northern Railway of Canada : issued on the occasion of the one hundredth anniversary of the running of the first ... (Upper Canada Railway Society. Bulletin) by Frank N Walker, 1953
  2. Great Western Railway Of Canada by Anonymous, 2009-11-25
  3. Statutes and Enactments Concerning Railways Having Reference to the North Shore Railway of the Province of Quebec, Canada
  4. The Canada Southern Railway, extending from Detroit and Toledo to Buffalo and Niagara Falls, forms the quickest and most attractive route between the west and the east
  5. Returns: Railway statistics of Canada, and capital, traffic and working expenditure of the railways of the Dominion; also, inland revenue statistics of Canada, from July to December, 1875
  6. Northern Railway Company of Canada, 1862 by Northern Railway Company of Canada, 2009-08-13
  7. Northern Railway Company of Canada, 1860: Report by Northern Railway Company of Canada, 2009-08-13
  8. Summer provinces by the sea; a description of the vacation resources of eastern Quebec and the Maritime Provinces of Canada, in the territory served by ... Railway, Prince Edward Island Railway by Intercolonial Railway, Prince Edward Island Railway, 2010-08-16
  9. The royal commission in re the alleged employment of aliens by the Pere Marquette Railway Company of Canada: Report of [John Winchester] commissioner [together with Minutes of evidence] by John Winchester, 2010-09-06
  10. Canada's National Railways; their part in war
  11. Rites of Passage: A Canadian Railway Retrospective by Greg McDonnell, 2000-10-01
  12. Canadian Railway Scenes
  13. The 'railway Game (Carleton Contemporary) by J. Lukasiewicz, 1976-01-15
  14. Over the Hills to Georgian Bay: The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway by Niall MacKay, 1992-07-01

61. Travel In Barrie - Canada-History-WorldTravelGate.net®-
Barrie history. the Nine Mile Portage to move supplies and troops between UpperCanada and the By the middle of the 19 th century, the railway had become a
http://www.americatravelling.net/canada/barrie/barrie_history.htm
Barrie - History L ong before Europeans came to the area, the native people had established small communities near the site of what, much later, became the City of Barrie. This was the eastern end of a portage route between Lake Simcoe and the Nottawasaga River, which empties into Georgian Bay. This route, eventually known as the Nine Mile Portage, became an important overland route for trappers and fur traders. In the early 1800's, an agent of the Hudson Bay Company established a storehouse at the eastern end of the portage, on the shores of what is now Kempenfelt Bay on Lake Simcoe. The Nine Mile Portage played an important role in the War of 1812. During the war, the Americans at Detroit had control of the St. Clair River and, consequently, access to the upper Great Lakes. Soon after the outbreak of the war, the British enlarged the Nine Mile Portage to accommodate wagons. To bypass the American forces in Detroit, the British used the Nine Mile Portage to move supplies and troops between Upper Canada and the military posts on Lake Huron and Lake Superior. In the 1820's, pioneers arrived, cleared the land and built homes in the area. Soon after, the British established a military presence in Barrie. The settlement was named after Sir Robert Barrie, the Admiral in command of the British fleet stationed at Kingston. The first streets in Barrie were named after British officers: Wellington, Nelson, Collingwood, Worsley, Collier, Poyntz, Bayfield, Owen.

62. The Tunnel Link Page 2, Edited By Gunnar Lotsberg
In 1913 construction started on the longest railway tunnel in canada. kilometres ofsome of the most hazardous railway line in The history of Canadian railways.
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The World's longest tunnel page ! Administrations and Organisations
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Railway Road ... Mines Tunnel History Railway Tunnels The World's longest tunnels Subaqueous tunnels Rack-Rail tunnels Old tunnels Mike's Railway History (A look at Railways until the mid 1930's) or www.railhistory.co.uk
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Featuring links to over 4,000 railroad websites. Features include a search engine, list of popular sites, user ratings and more. Railroad news and information site
Featuring a large links directory, railroad photo gallery, press release and railroad news listings and a Microsoft Train Simulator add-on files library.

63. Federal Museums In Canada - History Art Science And Technology
the last 40 years are displayed in a railway tunnel in An affiliate of the NationalGallery of canada. gemstones, mammals, birds and the history of scientific
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National and regional Canadian art galleries and art museums. Bank of Canada Currency Museum
Hours and location of this Ottawa museum which explores the evolution of money around the world. Information to help teachers prepare students for Dig It! program for 8 to 14 year olds. Canada Agriculture Museum Tour a working farm in the middle of Ottawa, Canada's capital. Kids can submit animal names and contribute to a bread cookbook online. Canada Aviation Museum View the collection using the alphabetical list of aircraft, by period, or by use (e.g. bomber, transport, bush flying). Great site for aviation enthusiasts.

64. Kettle Valley Brakemen; Kettle Valley Railway (KVR) Songs & History; The Trans C
and Songs about the history of the Kettle Valley railway on 2 New CD's. The KVRis part of the Trans canada Trail and the Historic Canadian Pacific railway.
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Era with music about The Kettle Valley Railway.
The KVR was part of the Canadian Pacific Railway
and is now part of the Trans Canada Trail. The Brakemen's unique show blends songs and stories as
they unfold the heritage of British Columbia's colourful
history. Hear about Bill Miner - the 'Grey Fox,' train
wrecks, railway brawls, and raining rattlesnakes! Check out sound clips from our CD's and read stories that go along with each song. Our performance schedule is here along with notes about Jack Godwin and the Kettle Valley Brakemen! The Kettle Valley Railroad, engineering marvel of Andrew McCulloch stretched through

65. Early Days In Richmond Hill: A History Of The Community To 1930 : Electronic Edi
Chapter 6 Stagecoach Lines and railway Tracks. 2. William Henry Smith,canada Past,Present and Future(Toronto 5. G. Elmore Reaman,A history of Vaughan Township
http://edrh.rhpl.richmondhill.on.ca/default.asp?ID=s6.1

66. The People's Railway: A History Of Canadian National. By R.B. Fleming
The People's railway A history of the Canadian National tells the story of canada'sgovernmentowned railway, the Canadian National (CN), from its creation in
http://www.utpjournals.com/product/chr/752/railway20.html
Published in Canadian Historical Review Volume 75, Number 2 June 1994 To see more articles and book reviews from this and other journals visit UTPJOURNALS online at UTPJOURNALS.com The People's Railway: A History of Canadian National. Reviewed by R.B. FLEMING Frost Centre, Trent University The People's Railway: A History of the Canadian National tells the story of Canada's government-owned railway, the Canadian National (CN), from its creation in 1919 to its troubled present. Prime Minister Mackenzie Bowell, a prescient if obscure man, once called on God's help to protect Canadians 'from the financial results' of government railways (13). God, apparently, is not omnipotent, but Donald MacKay does his best to write a heroic tale of CN's survival against villains such as political interference, inadequate equipment, passenger indifference, low freight rates, and the CPR.
The title is problematic. Does it refer to the ordinary folk who have operated the railway? MacKay incorporates dozens of interviews with conductors, engineers, and repair people, often quoting them at tedious length. He also has interviewed railway officials such as O.M. Solandt. Are they also the 'people' of the title? Does 'people' refer to the taxpayers of Canada, who since 1918 have funded CN?
Or does the title have something to do with MacKay's audience. This book, he tells us, is written for 'the general reader not the specialist' (vii). There are, it seems, only two categories, and MacKay defines neither. Who is the general reader? Anyone not affiliated with an academic community? Someone who enjoys a good read and who would never dream of checking a footnote? And 'the specialist'? Should the academic feel guilty reading beyond the preface? Or is the author asking that individual to read without comment? It may be a mortal sin for the specialist to review this book in the academic journal.

67. Leaside - A Brief History, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
A Brief history. They had 2 more children born in canada, son John Jr and daughterMary 1881 William sold a parcel of land to the Canadian Pacific railway for a
http://leaside.info/history.html
LEASIDE INFORMATION
Toronto, Ontario, Canada A Brief History
The name LEASIDE came from the Lea family. John and Mary Lea and their son William arrived from Lancashire, England via the United States in 1819. John Lea purchased 200 acres of timberland and a farm with a log cabin on lot 13 Concession 3 from the bay and he became a successful farmer. They had 2 more children born in Canada, son John Jr and daughter Mary Margaret who later married John Playter. In 1829 they built a larger brick house to replace the log cabin. It claimed to be the first brick house built in York township. When John Lea Sr. died in 1854 at age 81, the farm was divided. The brick home and 110 acres were left to John Jr. and 90 acres were left to the eldest son William. In 1841 William bought an additional 130 acres to the south and built an octagonal home which he named LEASIDE. It was located close to the present site of the Leaside Memorial Gardens. He also built a tomato cannery and maintained a large apple orchard. A laneway called William Lea's Lane connected the property to Yonge Street. In 1881 William sold a parcel of land to the Canadian Pacific Railway for a train station and gave 1/2 acre to the Anglican Church for the original St Cuthbert's Church on Government Road (now Bayview Avenue).

68. CM Magazine: "The Kids Book Of" Series.
The role of the railway in canada is an integral part of our history. Accurate illustrationswill keep children looking at and reading the very readable text.
http://www.umanitoba.ca/cm/vol7/no15/kidsbk.html
CM . . . . Volume VII Number 15 . . . . March 30, 2001 "The Kids Book of" Series. Toronto, ON: Kids Can Press, 2000.
48 pp., cloth, $18.95.
Grades 3 - 6 / Ages 8 - 12.
Review by Harriet Zaidman.
The Kids Book of Canada's Railway and How the CPR Was Built. Deborah Hodge. Illustrated by John Mantha.
ISBN 1-55074-526-3. Subject Heading: Railroads-Canada-History-Juvenile literature.
The Kids Book of the Far North. Ann Love and Jane Drake. Illustrated by Jocelyne Bouchard.
ISBN 1-55074-563-8. Subject Headings: Arctic regions-Juvenile literature.
Arctic peoples-Juvenile literature.
This impressive pair of books that will provide elementary-age children with solid factual information about different subject areas. The books' creators are to be credited not only for wanting to document events, but also for dealing frankly with historical injustices caused by encroachment of European civilization. The books are organized by subject area, with indexes and tables of contents. The layout on each page is appealing, with text interspersed by accurate illustrations. One note of complaint: original photographs would convey the hardships faced by the railway workers far better than an illustration can. Similarly, people who live in the North are more tangible to children through a photograph than a drawn illustration. The two forms could have been combined for a more realistic and educational presentation. The Kids Book of Canada's Railway and How the CPR Was Built.

69. History Of British Columbia, Canada - BritishColumbia.com
where he inscribed Alexander Mackenzie from canada by land are indelibly printedin the history of British of completing the Canadian Pacific railway by 1885
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The modern history of British Columbia begins with the First Nations people who have lived and flourished on the lush natural resources of these lands for over ten thousand years, since some time after the end of the last Ice Age.
There are three prominent First Nations groups of the Pacific Northwest who have divided the land between themselves for thousands of years: the Nootka , the Coast Salish , and the Kwak'wala Speaking Peoples . The rich land and marine resources enabled them to develop complex societies and the intricate aboriginal art forms that are now internationally acclaimed. To the east, in the region now known as the British Columbia Rockies, the Kootenay were the original keepers of the land, having fought fiercely for possession of the precious hot springs found in these mountains. The

70. Transit History Of Hamilton, Ontario
Blaine, William E., Ride Through the Garden of canada A Short history of theHamilton, Grimsby Beamsville railway Company, 18941931 , William E. Blaine
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Hamilton, Ontario
Principal System
Hamilton Street Railway Company (15 May 1874 - present)
Incorporated 1873 (Ont.) Became a subsidiary in 1899 of the Hamilton Cataract, Power, Light and Traction Company , later the Dominion Power and Transmission Company until April 1930 when Dominion Power was sold to the Hydro Electric Power Commission of Ontario . The HSR was a subsidiary of CCL from 1946 until 1954 when ownership was reorganized and CCL became a subsidiary of the HSR . Both companies were acquired by the City of Hamilton in 1960. (CUTA 1989, CUTA 1991/2, CUTA 1992, Chow 1998) (Photos: (upper) Collection of W.E. Miller; (lower) Richard Hooles 2001)
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Hamilton and Barton Incline Railway (11 June 1892 - 26 December 1931 and 01 March 1932 - 14 May 1932)
Funicular (Mills 1971). Hamilton Incline Railway
Funicular. Operation sold to a new company 1906. (Mills 1971). Wentworth Incline Railway Limited (1906 - 15 August 1936)
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71. Transportation Museum And Heritage Sites Directory
Museum SOO Line Historical and Technical Society Smith Falls railway Museum, ON,canada Smithsonian's National Museum of American history Southeastern railway
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72. Jasper National Park - History - The Railway Survey Era
Robson history the new colonies in British Columbia with the rest of canada. Thepossibility of a railway through the Yellowhead spurred further interest
http://www.canadianrockies.net/jasper/railway.html
Jasper and Mt. Robson - History
The Railway Survey Era
By Jeff Waugh In 1865, Dr. John Rae, sponsored by the Hudson's Bay Company, the Imperial and Canadian governments, and the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, made a trip through Yellowhead Pass. He surveyed the pass for the possibility of a railway, wagon road and telegraph line going through to connect the new colonies in British Columbia with the rest of Canada. The possibility of a railway through the Yellowhead spurred further interest, but it wasn't until 1871 that the next railway survey began. Walter Moberly, the brother of H.J. Moberly, took charge of a survey party under the direction of Sir Sandford Fleming, the newly appointed (by Sir John A MacDonald) engineer-in-charge of the transcontinental railway (Canadian Pacific Railway). Moberly, working on the upper reaches of the Columbia River, sent Roderick McLennan to survey the area of the North Thompson across Albreda Pass to Tete Jaune Cache and up the Yellowhead. A.R.C. Selwyn, of the Geological Survey of Canada, travelled with McLennan and made detailed observations of the area. In April of 1872 Sandford Fleming ordered Moberly to direct all survey efforts on the Yellowhead Pass. Fleming organized an expedition and set out to follow his chosen railway route from Halifax to Victoria. Amongst the men of Fleming's expedition was the Reverend George M. Grant who accurately recorded the journey in his diary. "At the summit, Moberly welcomed us into British Columbia, for we were at length out of 'No-man's-land' and had entered the western province of our Dominion. Round the rivulet running west the party gathered, and drank from its waters to the Queen and the Dominion".

73. Wreck! Canada's Worst Railway Accidents
Hugh Halliday's book Murder Among Gentlemen A history of Duelling in canada, publishedby Robin Brass Studio in 1999 canada's Worst railway Accidents 224
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Wreck! Canada's Worst Railway Accidents by Hugh A. Halliday This intriguing book looks at the 30 worst railway accidents in Canada. The earliest took place in 1854 at Baptiste Creek, Ontario, when a Great Western express collided with a work train in a remote area near Chatham, and the most recent was the Hinton disaster in Alberta in 1986, in which a CN freight missed several signals and collided head-on with a Via Rail passenger train. Not only does Hugh Halliday explain how each accident happened but also how it reflected railroad practices of the time, how railroading changed as a result, and what the legal aftermath was. The accidents chosen are the most serious in terms of loss of life. Most accidents involve human error in one form or another, often compounded by technological or climatic problems. There were despatchers who issued faulty train orders, or engineers who misread them, or an inattentive trainman who threw a switch thinking he was saving his train from disaster only to cause one. Several accidents involved bridges that either were open when the train came to cross them or collapsed. Fire was a problem, especially in the days when passenger cars were built of wood and were lit by oil lamps. Many accidents reflected the problems of railroading in a large and sparsely-populated country. Before communications and signalling systems improved, trains entered a "black hole" in which a possibly-unreliable timetable was the only guide a crew had to who might be sharing the track. Some accidents were related to the extremes of the Canadian climate: two tragedies involved snow-clearing crews, and others were the result of torrential rains or spring run-off. Accidents in remote places would require a major rescue effort mounted from the nearest centre, and survivors might have to wait hours in the cold and dark until help arrived. A recurring feature of earlier disasters was the power of railway management and lawyers to deflect blame from their organizations and employees.

74. VIA Rail Canada / Childrens's Section - Games
Take the Safe Trax Challenge where any time is train time! The AdventureTrain! is a game based on canada's railway history. Expect
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The Adventure Train! is a game based on Canada's railway history. Expect some amazing discoveries about the building of the railway, what the various railway cars were like, inside and out, and what you can learn about this history from museums. Hop on the adventure train for a cross-Canada trip back in time!
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Download and print this 3-D VIA Rail locomotive. Use scissors to cut out and a little glue to assemble. (This file requires Adobe Acrobat Reader which you can download for free.) For older children, there's Prospecting for dinosaurs, a fun-filled game and questionnaire on the great mammals of the Cretaceous period presented by the Virtual Museum of Canada. How well do you know Canada? Test your knowledge with this multiple choice quiz.

75. Historical Atlas Of Canada: Canada's History Illustrated With Original Maps
The atlas tells canada's history using maps that depict the seizing of an empire fortsand the fur trade, river communications and railway surveys, rebellion
http://www.fedpubs.com/subject/geography/hist_atlas.htm
Historical Atlas of Canada: Canada's History Illustrated with Original Maps
The Historical Atlas of Canada covers a period of a thousand years and contains the historically significant maps of Canada gathered from major archives and libraries around the world, including treasures of the National Archives of Canada-many never before published-and the archives of the Hudson's Bay Company. The atlas tells Canada's history using maps that depict the seizing of an empire and the settlement of the prairie, of war and wanderlust, battles and boundaries, forts and the fur trade, river communications and railway surveys, rebellion and gold rushes. All of the major cities in Canada are represented, including the map attached to the treaty purchasing Toronto from the Indians. Many of the maps are artistic, some utilitarian, but all are included for their historical significance and the stories they tell. The result is an understanding of Canada's past from a profoundly new perspective.
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76. Browse By Subject: C
Canadian Northern railway (1 title). Canadian Pacific railway (5 titles). CanningtonManor, Saskatchewan history (6 titles). Catholic Church - canada (1 title).
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Number of subjects: 48 Cameron, William Bleasdell (3 titles) Cameron, William Bleasdell - portrait (1 title) Canada - Armed forces - 65th infantry (1 title) Canada - Armed forces - History - 1885 (12 titles) Canada - Armed forces - North West Campaign, 1885 (2 titles) Canada - Armed forces - Officers (6 titles) Canada - Armed forces - Transportation - 1885 (1 title) Canada - Biography - Portraits (8 titles) Canada - Budgets - 1885 (1 title) Canada - Department of Indian Affairs - Administration (1 title) Canada - Elections - 1886 (1 title) Canada - Elections Canada (1 title) Canada - Emigration and immigration (1 title) Canada - Foreign relations - United States - 19th century (2 titles) Canada - Historic parks (4 titles) Canada - Historic parks - Fish Creek (4 titles) Canada - Historic sites (11 titles) Canada - Historical geography - Maps (1 title) Canada - History - Fur trade (4 titles) Canada - Indian Affairs - 1880s (13 titles) Canada - Land titles (3 titles) Canada - Law enforcement - History (1 title) Canada - Politics and Government (1 title) Canada - Politics and government - 1880s (40 titles) Canada - Politics and government - 19th century (1 title) Canada - Revenues (1 title) Canada. Department of Indian Affairs

77. Butterflies Of Canada History Of Butterfly Study In Canada
to Victoria on the Canadian Pacific railway in 1887 half of the nineteenth century,canada was also collecting plant and other naturalhistory specimens for
http://www.cbif.gc.ca/spp_pages/butterflies/history_e.php

78. History & Info - Standard Time Began With The Railroads
Although the large railway systems in United States and canada adopted standard timeat noon on 18 November, 1883, it was sometimes many years before such time
http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/d.html
First there was standard time For millennia, people have measured time based on the position of the sun - it was noon when the sun was highest in the sky. Sundials were used well into the Middle Ages, when mechanical clocks began to appear. Cities would set their town clock by measuring the position of the sun, but every city would be on a slightly different time. The time indicated by the apparent sun on a sun dial is called Apparent Solar Time, or true local time. The time shown by the fictitious sun is called Mean Solar Time, or local mean time when measured in terms of any longitudinal meridian. [For more information about clocks, see A Walk through Time Standard time begins in Britain Standard time in the US Standard time in time zones was instituted in the U.S. and Canada by the railroads on 18 November 1883. Before then, time of day was a local matter, and most cities and towns used some form of local solar time, maintained by some well-known clock (for example, on a church steeple or in a jeweler's window). The new standard time system was not immediately embraced by all, however. (The train at right is a Union locomotive used during the American Civil War, photo ca. 1861-1865.) The first man in the United States to sense the growing need for time standardization was an amateur astronomer, William Lambert, who as early as 1809 presented to Congress a recommendation for the establishment of time meridians in this country. This was not passed. Nor was the initial suggestion of Charles Dowd of Saratoga Springs, N. Y., in 1870. Dowd revised his proposal in 1872 and the revised proposal was adopted virtually unchanged by the railways of the USA and Canada eleven years later.

79. Rogers Pass A History Of The Canadian Pacific Railway And Trans-Canada Highway C
The history of the Rogers Pass crossing of the Selkirk Mountains of BC canadaby the Canadian Pacific railway and later by the Transcanada Highway.
http://cdnrail.railfan.net/RogersPass/RogersPasstext.htm
The History of the Rogers Pass crossing of the Selkirk Mountains of B.C. Canada by the Canadian Pacific Railway and later by the Trans-Canada Highway. The following is a copy of text and a few of the maps found in the Snow War publication which you can obtain from the Rogers Pass visitor centre when passing through Rogers Pass or by writing to them at the address listed below. The publication also contains several historic photos and sketches. If you will be passing through this area by train, Rocky Mountaineer Rail Tours runs through here 8 months of the year, using the Connaught Tunnel below the pass, you may wish to obtain a copy of this publication ahead of time for reference. I have posted this on my web site as there have been several folks inquiring over time on the history of this area, many are interested in this area but have not had the opportunity to visit, or may pass through under the pass on the train an never have the opportunity to view or obtain more information on the pass. Maps are at the end of this page so you can read through while waiting for them to download. Click here for photos of the Glacier area,

80. Canada Postal History: RPO (Railway PO’s)
canada Postal history, Jim Miller Ltd, Box 3005 MPP, Kamloops, BC, canada V2C6B7. RPO (railway PO’s) Covers. Covers are listed by date of acquisition.
http://www.canadacovers.ca/Covers/RPO1.html
Canada Postal History, Jim Miller Ltd, Box 3005 MPP, Kamloops, BC, CANADA V2C 6B7
Covers are listed by date of acquisition. Recently acquired covers are at the top. Click on the covers to enlarge. Page last built on Sunday, March 30, 2003, 3:41:57 PM. 1 to 20 21 to 40 41 to 50
TS-182b NFLD. RAILWAY/NOV 22 '40/PRINCETON blue ink boxed cancel ties Nfld. #193 to pstl. stry. reg'd. letter (style A) to St. John's, Nfld. RF 370. Very rare to find these Reg'd. stry. covers used with Railway cancels! Wee bit of aging.
Lot Number: RPO-00750 Canadian Dollars: US Dollars:
'RECETTES du CANADIEN NATIONAL' multi-colour litho viewcard shows interior of CNR dining car at top, and receipes in French at bottom, unused, 1920's-1930's. Clean card.
Lot Number: VIEW-00743 Canadian Dollars: US Dollars:
'HAMILTON LODGE No. 379, BROTHERHOOD RAILWAY CARMEN OF AMERICA' black ink illustr. adv. cover shows fancy logo, #104 tied by HAMILTON/ONT. AUG 1/1919 machine slogan cancel to USA, no b/s. Wee tiny bit of aging. No Back Image
Lot Number: ADV-00728 Canadian Dollars: US Dollars:
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Lot Number: RPO-00705 Canadian Dollars: US Dollars:
RR-123 P.E.ISLAND/M.C. 1/03 CDS ties #90 to cover to HALIFAX, N.S., CAN./1903 DEC 2 machine receiving b/s. RF 165. Bit of age stain, back flap tear.

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