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    "C.N. 5548 Train # 29 St. Marys, Ont. Dec. 31, 1958"

    This image shows the Thames River with the Sarnia bridge in the background. The bridge was built after it was announced that the Grand Trunk Rail Line was going to come through St. Marys. The first train crossed the bridge in November 1859. By the time this photo was taken ...

    This image shows a CN train passing over the London Bridge as viewed from Station Street. The London Bridge itself was constructed in 1857 after the opening of a new branch of the Grand Trunk rail line was announced. The first trains passed over the bridge in 1858 and the ...

    This photo shows a CN train going over the London bridge as seen from Station Street with Trout Creek also visible. The bridge was built in 1857 after it was announced that the Grand Trunk rail line would be expanding into the area. The first train crossed the bridge in ...

    This photograph shows a train on the CPR tracks outside of town. There are several local landmarks such as churches which are visible in the background.

    This photograph shows a rail line in use by a CPR train passing outside of St. Marys. Some St. Marys landmarks are visible such as the church steeples in the distance.

    This photograph looks north towards the Victoria Bridge and shows the flooding along the CPR tracks.

    "G.T.R. Bridge Over Trout Creek. St. Marys."

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    "Another view of GTP train moving away from station at Frobisher, Saskatchewan with Pte. W.I. Riddell and someone else (trainman?) at read platform"

    Brandford Expositor - February 28, 1889 (page 1): "On Feb 27, 1889 a steel tire broke on the engine of the St. Louis Express causing two passenger cars to fall off the St. George bridge, killing 11 people and injuring 32 others."

    Brandford Expositor - February 28, 1889 (page 1): "On Feb 27, 1889 a steel tire broke on the engine of the St. Louis Express causing two passenger cars to fall off the St. George bridge, killing 11 people and injuring 32 others."

    This is a photograph of a train going across the London Bridge over Trout Creek. The London Bridge opened for traffic in 1858, a year after Grand Trunk Railway announced plans to open a railway line to London and Sarnia from St. Marys. Two bridges were built: the London Bridge ...

    This is a photograph of the Junction Station in St. Marys. The Junction Station was built in 1858 from locally quarried limestone and was operational until January 1941 when the CNR terminated the building’s public function. At its pinnacle of activity in the 1860s and 70s, the Junction saw three ...

    This photograph shows the rail station in St. Marys, it was constructed in the late 1850's when the Grand Trunk line was extended through the area. It is still used today by train passengers as well as holding offices of local artists.

    This photograph shows people waiting on the platform outside the G.T.R Station. The station is still in use today for train passengers as well as holding offices of several local artists.

    Information printed on back: VIA train 663 slows to a stop at the fine St. Marys, Ontario station to entrain passengers for London, having just crossed Trout Creek on a long trestle. Although most trains on the Toronto-Stratford-London route are handled by RDC units, heavy traffic requires conventional trains such ...

    The "Cannon-Ball", 12 Miles an Hour.

    "Wreck at Junction. July 28, 1903."

    This photo, taken by local amateur photographer Milton Reesor, shows a locomotive derailment on the Grand Trunk Railway on July 28, 1903. It is one photo in a set of two. The accident occurred on the main line of the railway. There were two derailments in one day, only six ...