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Canadian National Railway (CNR) Railways√
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Rail Yard and Coal Dock

Train cars lined up beside a coal dock
Three other structures can be seen in the background
Printed on the bottom: "Biggar, Sask."
Written on the back in black ink: "R.N. Blaikie" and "Water Tank is not completed"
Written on the back in pencil: "?Identification 1 (d) ? Date"

"First CNR Tennis Court"

Two men on a tennis court
Four buildings on First Avenue in Biggar, SK can be seen in the background
Written on the bottom: "First C.N.R. Tennis Court"
Written on the back in pencil and blue ink: "Foreground Johnny Johnson Ray McKay in Back About 1926 or 28"
Written on the back in blue ink: "I believe O.J. Rowe not McKay - Rowe was Asst. Sept C.N.R at Biggar & was a great tennis player & was instrimental in having C.N.R. build and maintain up to 6 tennis courts on C.N. Right of way. Courts were made of cinders & clay - watered - raked & rolled daily"

CNR Workers In Biggar, SK

Fourteen men posing for a group photograph in front of some train cars
Written on the back in black ink: "1942 Bob Blaikie, Bill Anderson, Joe Gagen, Bill Brown, Jim Blaikie, Tom Robson, Duncan Gabie, Harry Lewis, Art Skinner, Joe Badrock, Jim Smith, Dan Mansfield, George Halliday, Albert Foster"

Demolition of Coal Dock in Biggar, SK

The coal docks in the CN rail yard in Biggar, SK in the process of being demolished by a CN crane.
Stamped on the back in blue ink: "Finished by Len. Hillyard saskatoon"
Stamped on the back in black ink: "52"

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