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The Lauder Subdivision of the CPR (which came to be known as the Blue Flea) was constructed due to a request which came from one Thomas Dand. Captain Large and the Empress of Ireland Web / PDF Vol. II, Page 44 A Homemade Steamboat Plies the Souris River ...1909-1913 Vantage Points Flashbacks: Radio Broadcast | Illu Places Link Web Link Great Northern Railway Web / PDF Vol. I, Page 30 Construction of the Great Northern Railway began during the winter of 1905 and finished in 1906, covering the 110 kms from St. John's, North Dakota to Brandon, Manitoba. Vantage Points Flashbacks: Radio Broadcast | Illustrated Text | Resources Web Lyleton Branch Web / PDF Vol. II, Page 42 Settlers in the area of Waskada and Goodlands in southwestern Manitoba waited in great anticipation for a branch line to be built through their communities. Vantage Points Flashbacks: Radio Broadcast | Illustrated Text | Resources Places Link Mr. Bryan's Whistle Stop Web / PDF Vol. IV, Page 58 “One time, Mr. William Jennings Bryan, a noted politician in U.S.A. was trying for the presidency. He came to Canada on the Great Northern Railway..." Web Link By Ships, Trains and Ox-Carts Web / PDF Vol. V, Page 7 A look at the routes taken from Ontario to Maniotba's Southwest Corner A Railway Builder’s Challenge— Crossing the River Web / PDF Vol. V, Page 9 The wooden trestles were used to cross steep ravines, and later filled with earth Places Link Napinka at the Crossroads Web / PDF Vol. V, Page 17 In 1890’s there was no north-south line in the district. By connecting at Napinka the CPR made the route to Brandon a little shorter. The decision created a boom in Napinka Places Link Why Locomotives Had Cow Catchers Web / PDF Vol. V, Page 32 A 1948 derailment in Medora was caused by a sleeping cow on the track. Vantage Points Flashbacks: Radio Broadcast | Illustrated Text | Resources Delivered by Train - Prairie Style Web / PDF Vol. IV, Page 29 The extension of the CN line from Adelpha on to Deloraine brought service to Mountainside and area. Vantage Points Flashbacks: Radio Broadcast | Illustrated Text | Resources The Great Northern Railway Web / PDF Vol. I, Page 30 Construction of the Great Northern Railway (GNR) began during the winter of 1905 and finished in 1906, covering the 69.5 miles (110 kms) from St. John's (Devil's Lake), North Dakota to Brandon, Manitoba. Vantage Points Flashbacks: Radio Broadcast | Illustrated Text | Resources Train Time Web / PDF Vol. V, Page 48 For many years Train Time was the occasion of the day in small town Manitoba. Home Delivery - The Drayman Web / PDF Vol. V, Page 44 In addition to doing the daily deliveries from the station, the draymen did deliveries from merchants to customers. In the days before everyone had a car, many busines Railway Schemes and Dreams Web / PDF Vol. IV, Page 10 While many of the railway proposals may have been based more on hopes than on available investors, most were practical, indeed modest, attempts to address a local Manitoba need. From Trails to Rails Web / PDF Vol. IV , Page 19 Whole villages like Deloraine, Waubeesh and Wassawa were moved to new locations when the rail line passed them by.
The Great Northern Line Jim Hill's Canadian Railway (pdf) A Canadian Rail article Rail Development in Maniotba (pdf) An HRB Document Vantage Points Copyright © Turtle Mountain–Souris Plains Heritage Association. |
