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    A view of the new C.P.R. station, Red Rock, Ontario, 1948.

    CPR '5468' represents a high pressure oil-fired, heavy freight locomotive. It is one of the last class freight steam locomotives built new for a Canadian Railway. It is currently under lease to the S

    The Canadian Pacific Railway used a variety of locomotives to lead its trains from coast to coast in Canada. These were built to handle rugged terrain of western Canada. The 'Selkirks' were designed

    One of the twenty locomotives of this type designed in the 1930's for CPR's fast intercity passenger services and completed in 1937-38 by the Canadian Locomotive Co. in Kingston, Ontario. Also, refer

    With 65 engines, Canadian Pacific owned the second largest North American fleet. The first, delivered in 1929, were standard engines, but beginning in 1937 they were streamlined and used primarily fo

    View of the Canadian Pacific Railway station at Loon Lake, Ontario.

    CPR archives lists this photo simply as 'Historic North Shore: Lake Superior District, Ontario' It is speculated that the men in this photo could be returning from the west, where they fought in the

    The Canadian Pacific Railway completed this section of track while the troops were headed for Manitoba from Ottawa to suppress the Red River rising led by Louis Riel in 1885.

    The CPR tracks often defined the boundaries of many communities in Northwestern Ontario. In Marathon, the rail line formed the eastern most boundary from 1944 until about 1954, when new subdivisions

    Photo of the Canadian Pacific Railway station under construction.

    A view of the rail tie sawmill at Penninsula Harbour, Marathon, Ontario. As part of an agreement with the Canadian Government and CPR, the mill had to do the de-watering process and provide logs for

    A view of two sets of parallel tracks by Nipigon Bay. The upper tracks belong to the CPR; the lower set (on the right) belongs to the CNR. Lodge Mountain is on the left.

    A view of the CPR overhead bridge from the spur line to the Lake Sulphite Pulp and Paper Co.

    Hydro poles being installed near the CPR railroad tracks. Photo reads: 'Transmission and transportation lines to Lake Sulphite Co., Red Rock.'

    A CPR work crew near Red Rock, Ontario, August 1937. Lake Superior is in the background. The men are unidentified.

    Black and white photo of C.P.R. coach car with Lorraine Despin walking up the stairs.

    Photo of the rail line owned by Canadian Pacific Railway. The Lake Sulphite Pulp & Paper site is in the background.

    A train steams into the Heron Bay Station on a crisp winter day. This station burned down in 1953 and a new station was built across the road, near the present day McCuaig General Store. The second s

    December 5, 1949 created quite a stir for Marathonians, when the CPR showed off the new General Motors Diesel Ltd. locomotives that would shortly be replacing the old steam locomotives. That day, num

    Photograph of majestic CPR steam locomotive number 25.The occasion for the photograph is unknown.