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Canadian Eastern Railway Lines map from Toronto, Ontario to Woodstock, Ontario

Canadian Eastern Railway Lines from London to Windsor, Ontario and Detroit, Michigan

Postcard photo of Canadian National Railways semi-streamlined U-1-f 6000's "Mountain" type 4-8-2's built by the Montréal Locomotive Works, of Montréal, Québec in the 1940s, This is shows the Mountain locomotive on the head end of a passenger train running through Woodstock, Ontario in the 1950s. CNR had 79 of these locomotives on their roster and started using them in 1923, the originals were built by the Canadian Locomotive Company, the last order of 20 semi-streamlined locomotives was made in 1944. Only five survived today, and only one is in running condition, although out of service this year for some repairs, it is CN 6060 (known as bullet nose Betty) and runs summer tourist steam excursions between Stetler, and Big Valley, Alberta.

Canadian National Railways used CN 6062 on its last steam powered train Passenger No. 10 from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan to Winnipeg, Manitoba via Humboldt on April 20, 1960, that happened to be my 11th birthday.

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Longines 16 size, 17 jewel, bridge model, Serial No. 5153082, Manufactured 1929. Private-label "Robt. Brown, Sudbury. Longines" double sunk Black Arabic 24-hour in red tract dial, cased in Silveroid screw back and bezel case.

Company still in business Robert Brown Jewelers Inc. 62 Cedar Street, Sudbury,Ontario.

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Postcard view CPR Sudbury station

Older color postcard view CPR station Sudbury, Ontario. Sudbury was an important junction on the CPR is mainline, there was A lot of mining done by the International Nickel Corporation, the CPR mainline split at this junction continuing eastward through North Bay, and the Ottawa Valley to Montréal, Québec, and going southeastward towards Perry Sound, Victoria Harbour, and Toronto, Ontario

Canadian Railway Eastern Lines map showing Sudbury and route eastward to North Bay, and Southeast branch towards Perry Sound and Victoria Harbour

Canadian Railway Eastern Lines Map Running Northwest from Toronto to Victoria Harbour, and Perry Sound, Ontario

5Illinois 18 size, 17 jewel, Serial No. 1903819, Manufactured 1900, private-label single sunk Arabic dial marked "F. Spenard & Fils, Arthabasca, Qué." Movement full plate marked same as dial. Housed in a screw back and bezel Silveroid case with faint locomotive engraving on back .

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