Sir Wilfred [Laurier's] special train
- YJ0136
- Item
- 1910
Part of Howard Jackson Collection
Sir Wilfred's special train being the first passenger train on the Melville Yorkton branch of G.P.T.
Sir Wilfred [Laurier's] special train
Part of Howard Jackson Collection
Sir Wilfred's special train being the first passenger train on the Melville Yorkton branch of G.P.T.
Part of PAHS Archives Collection
Crowd with Mayor William Knox and Ms. Queenie Thomas at a ceremony for the last spike of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway being installed in Prince Albert
Part of Biggar Photograph Collection
17 men, the Car Department for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway stationed in Biggar, Sasktchewan, standing in front of a train car, many of them holding tools; a wooden sign on the ground in front of them reads "Biggar Car Dept."
Two Wrecking Cranes Cleaning Up A Train Wreck Near Biggar, SK
Part of Biggar Photograph Collection
Groups of men standing among two wrecking cranes cleaning up a derailed train car
Written on the back in pencil "11"
GTP Round House in Biggar, Saskatchewan
Part of Biggar Photograph Collection
A view of the Grand Trunk Pacific (GTP also referred to later as Canadian Pacific Railway) roundhouse and rail yard on the south end of Biggar, Saskatchewan.
G.T.P. Station in Biggar, Sask.
Part of Biggar Photograph Collection
A large group of men standing on the platform of the Grand Trunk Pacific (GTP) Railway station in Biggar, Saskatchewan.
W.G. Elliot Studio
Part of Biggar Photograph Collection
Men and women standing on the platform with the train station building behind them and a steam engine pulling up in front of them
The sign on the train station says "Biggar"
Printed on the top of the postcard: "G.T.P. Station, Biggar, Sask."; Printed on the bottom of the postcard: "...by W.G. Elliot's Studio, March 12th, 1914."
Written in black in at the top of the postcard: "1914"
Written on the back in black ink: "From Fred L. Corbett Conductor"
Written on the back in blue ink: "R.N. Blaikie R.N. Blaikie"
Laying Steel: Battleford To Cutknife
Part of Biggar Photograph Collection
Laying railroad track on a bridge during the construction of the Grand Trunk Pacific line from Battleford, Saskatchewan, west to Cutknife, Saskatchewan; in the postcard/photograph there are trucks with trailers loaded with rail ties followed by a large group of men on a railway bridge
Part of Biggar Photograph Collection
An aerial view of the Grand Trunk Pacific rail yard with the town of Biggar, Saskatchewan in the background
Grand Pacific Train Station in Biggar, Saskatchewan
Part of Biggar Photograph Collection
A crowd standing on the platform in front of the Grand Pacific Train Station in Biggar, Saskatchewan
Santa Claus at The Canadian National Station in Biggar
Part of Biggar Photograph Collection
A large crowd of people surrounding two men, one in a Santa costume, with a train and the Biggar train stain in the background; A car is parked beside the crowd
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Grader At Work Near Biggar, Saskatchewan
Part of Biggar Photograph Collection
Men and horses hitched to wagons building a grade across a small body of water near Biggar, Saskatchewan
Group of Men on Grand Trunk Pacific Engine #1102 in Biggar, Saskatchewan
Part of Biggar Photograph Collection
A group of men on and in front of Grand Trunk Pacific Steam Engine #1102 with the train station on the back ground in Biggar, Saskatchewan
First Car Up New Coal Dock in Biggar, Saskatchewan
Part of Biggar Photograph Collection
A view of the first train car to go up the newly built coal dock in Biggar, Saskatchewan
'The Arrival of Santa 86 Years Ago" in Biggar, SK
Part of Biggar Photograph Collection
A large crowd of people surrounding two men, one in a Santa costume, with a train and the Biggar train station in the background; A car is parked beside the crowd