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 Railway engine 208 & passenger train, Brandon, Manitoba.
Notes
[Great Northern Railway engine 208 was a class B-21 4-4-0 ["American" type], built by Rogers in 1887. It had 18x24" cylinders and 63" drivers.]
Photograph is looking northeast and shows the Western Canada Flour Mill Co. Ltd. complex (purity flour, oat meal, feed) and a couple of horse drawn carts.
Notes
Corresponds with negative 1-2002.3.9.H4.
Repro Restriction
The McKee Archives is the copyright holder for the Stuckey materials.
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Scope and Content
Image of CPR Highway 10 bridge (town in background) and XW 5693-5703-5918-5960-5947-3036, Minnedosa, Manitoba. Image was taken along the CPR Minnedosa & Bredenbury subdivision (ex. Manitoba & N.W. Railway).
Mr. Stuckey's notes: On bridge mile 87.2, Bredenbury Sub[division]. Has permanent 10 MPH slow order [on] account [of] footings in shale.
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Scope and Content
Image of CP XW 6015-5701-5929-5747-QNS&L 215-6037, Harrowby, Manitoba. Image was taken along the CPR Minnedosa & Bredenbury subdivision (ex. Manitoba & N.W. Railway).
Photograph is looking southwest and shows the A.E. McKenzie Building under construction. In black lettering above the building are the words: "Brandon College Cornerstone Laying." In white lettering below the building are the words: "Sat. May 28 - 3 pm CKX TV"
Notes
The Winnipeg Tribune is stamped on the back of the photograph.
Excavated earth was loaded into a hopper, which itself was on a rail running a half block back. It was then dumped back to fill the trench where pipe installation had already been completed - Art Baker (of Art's Confectionery, NE 15th St. & Princess Ave.). This information was provided in response to a request in the Brandon Sun (Fred McGuinness) for further information.
Custodial History
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Scope and Content
Brandon sewer line construction
Notes
View of Pacific Avenue, looking east from 5th Street
[This station, located 13 km north of Brandon on the east side of PTH 10, was] built in the early 1930s to replace Knox as the CNR’s mainline station for Brandon. All passenger trains stopped and buses operated between the CNR’s Brandon station and Brandon North to meet all trains. It was enlarged as shown here in late 1930s, and at peak operation in the 1940s & 1950s saw six daily passenger trains 1 - 2 & 3 - 4 “Continental Limited” and 11 - 12 locals. VIA trains 3 and 4 "Supercontinental" ceased operation Nov. 15, 1981 leaving no passenger service on the former Grand Trunk Pacific mainline of CNR [at that time]. This station was demolished in the fall of 1982.
Custodial History
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Scope and Content
Image of CPR 5908-5524-5560 and Station, Minnedosa, Manitoba. Image was taken along the CPR Minnedosa & Bredenbury subdivision (ex. Manitoba & N.W. Railway).
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Scope and Content
Image of CPR 2/977. 5900-5592-5544-8804 and station, Minnedosa, Manitoba. Image was taken along the CPR Minnedosa & Bredenbury subdivision (ex. Manitoba & N.W. Railway).
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