According to Stuckey and Bain (1996), “The Brandon, Saskatchewan & Hudson’s Bay Railway was built and operated as a totally owned subsidiary of the Great Northern Railway. Construction commenced in late 1905 and by the end of 1905, less than a mile of track had been laid north of the boundary at St. John. In 1906, the remaining 68.6 miles to Brandon were laid and service commenced that year. During the Depression of the 1930s, traffic declined significantly and the entire branch was abandoned in 1936. Over much of the branch’s length, the ties and rails were laid on the prairie without ballast and today little remains of the line apart from traces where there were cuts and bridges.” (p. 18)
Stuckey, L. A., & Bain, D. M. (1996). The Great Northern and Northern Pacific railways in Canada. Calgary, Alberta: British Railway Modellers of North America.
Custodial History
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Scope and Content
Great Northern wedge snowplow on ore gondola, Minot, ND.
Notes
From the collection of George H. Harris, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Stuckey and Bain (1996, p. 21) note that "Built in the company shops, simply by adding a plow to an ore jenny which was filled with rocks, these vehicles were quite effective at removing snow from single tracks."
According to Stuckey and Bain (1996), “The Brandon, Saskatchewan & Hudson’s Bay Railway was built and operated as a totally owned subsidiary of the Great Northern Railway. Construction commenced in late 1905 and by the end of 1905, less than a mile of track had been laid north of the boundary at St. John. In 1906, the remaining 68.6 miles to Brandon were laid and service commenced that year. During the Depression of the 1930s, traffic declined significantly and the entire branch was abandoned in 1936. Over much of the branch’s length, the ties and rails were laid on the prairie without ballast and today little remains of the line apart from traces where there were cuts and bridges.” (p. 18)
Stuckey, L. A., & Bain, D. M. (1996). The Great Northern and Northern Pacific railways in Canada. Calgary, Alberta: British Railway Modellers of North America.
Custodial History
For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
Scope and Content
View of the Great Northern Railway's station at Boissevain, Manitoba.
The Avro Anson is a British twin-engine, multi-role aircraft that served with the Royal Air Force, Fleet Air Arm and numerous other air forces prior to, during, and after the Second World War. Suitable as a multi-engine air crew trainer, the plane became a mainstay of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan.
DEW refers to the distant early warning line in the Arctic.
Custodial History
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Scope and Content
Image of a man and plane in an airplane hanger.
Notes
History/Bio information taken from the Avro Anson entry on Wikipedia (November 2010) available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Anson.
The Avro Anson is a British twin-engine, multi-role aircraft that served with the Royal Air Force, Fleet Air Arm and numerous other air forces prior to, during, and after the Second World War. Suitable as a multi-engine air crew trainer, the plane became a mainstay of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan.
DEW refers to the distant early warning line in the Arctic.
Custodial History
See fonds level of the CKX records for custodial history.
Scope and Content
Image of a man at the door of the plane.
Notes
History/Bio information taken from the Avro Anson entry on Wikipedia (November 2010) available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Anson.
The Avro Anson is a British twin-engine, multi-role aircraft that served with the Royal Air Force, Fleet Air Arm and numerous other air forces prior to, during, and after the Second World War. Suitable as a multi-engine air crew trainer, the plane became a mainstay of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan.
DEW refers to the distant early warning line in the Arctic.
Custodial History
See fonds level of the CKX records for custodial history.
Scope and Content
Image of two men working on the plane's propeller.
Notes
History/Bio information taken from the Avro Anson entry on Wikipedia (November 2010) available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Anson.