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."
See fonds level of the CKX records for custodial history.
Scope and Content
Image is looking southwest across Brandon College campus. Visible are Clark Hall, the Brandon College Building, the Citizens' Science Building and the A.E. McKenzie Building.
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Image is looking northwest across Brandon College campus. Visible are the H-Huts and the Citizen's Science Building. Behind the Citizen's Science Building are the Brandon College Building and Clark Hall.
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Scope and Content
Image is looking south southwest across Brandon College campus. Visible are Clark Hall, the Brandon College Building and the Citizens' Science Building.
See fonds level of the CKX records for custodial history.
Scope and Content
Image is looking northwest across Brandon College campus. Visible is part of an H-Hut, the J.R.C. Evans Lecture Theatre and the A.E. McKenzie Building.
See fonds level of the CKX records for custodial history.
Scope and Content
Image is looking north northwest across Brandon College campus. Visible are the Dining Room, the J.R.C. Evans Lecture Theatre and the A.E. McKenzie Building.