Map shows 'PeeDee' line through the North Lake area in Northwestern Ontario.

   The North Lake Station was located approximately 86 miles from Port Arthur, at Mile Post 71.0 on the Port Arthur Duluth and Western Railway line. The station was abandoned by 1916. The railway was intended to link up with the Western Railway Company of Minnesota.

   Eastbound CPR train #8 passing through rock cut near Rossport, Ontario

 1890  In 1890, Black Auntie, a wood burning locomotive, brought passengers to Stanley Park for a picnic. Picnickers were transported by flatcar or boxcar for the day. The locomotive pushed the flatcar so that the smoke and cinders from the locomotive would not bother passengers. The service lasted a...

   Freight locomotive 3718, named 'Ye Salem Witch', was one of the 10 Lima Pacifics produced at the Lima Locomotive Works in Boston N.Y.

 1938  Canadian National Railway ticket issued to Mrs. Marander to take the train to market twice per month, from the stop at Wolfe to Fort William in 1938.

 1938  Identification, or pass, for the Canadian National Railway, with photo of trackman and his wife. This would have allowed them free transportation on the CNR. The employees years of service with the CNR, was also recorded on the back of the pass.

 1918  Johnny Hume (right) train agent and George McLeod (left) engineer. Johnny Hume was remembered for his unfailing kindness. George McLeod delighted onlookers with the theatrical show he put on when he did his routine oiling of the train.

   This multipressure locomotive was designed in Montreal at Montreal Locomotive works in 1928. These locomotives were assigned road numbers 5900 through 5919. These were part of the Selkirks, a name chosen for then range of Rockies they travelled and crossed. Exhaust steam was mixed with 250 psi...

   CPR '5468' represents a high pressure oil-fired, heavy freight locomotive. It is one of the last class freight steam locomotives built new for a Canadian Railway. It is currently under lease to the Selkirk Division of the CRHA, Revelstoke, B.C. and is on display at the Revelstoke Railway Museum....

   The Canadian Pacific Railway used a variety of locomotives to lead its trains from coast to coast in Canada. These were built to handle rugged terrain of western Canada. The 'Selkirks' were designed to maintain smooth flow of mainline Canadian Pacific traffic through treacherous winding curves...

   Cover of an actual schedule from Canadian National Railways, August 1929. This timetable shows local departure and arrival times across Canada and the Western region. Mileage was 11,345 miles. The whole CNR system was 22,790 miles, the largest railway system in America in 1929.

 1948  One of the twenty locomotives of this type designed in the 1930's for CPR's fast intercity passenger services and completed in 1937-38 by the Canadian Locomotive Co. in Kingston, Ontario. Also, referred to as Class Flas 4-4-4, steam locomotive.

 1918  Makies Siding (Gravel Lake)was the stop before North Lake on the Port Arthur Duluth and Western Railway line to the Gunflint Trail, Northwestern Ontario.

   The locomotive 3002, was built at the Montreal Locomotive Works, and was assigned to service the area between Toronto and Windsor, Ontario

 September 1946  With 65 engines, Canadian Pacific owned the second largest North American fleet. The first, delivered in 1929, were standard engines, but beginning in 1937 they were streamlined and used primarily for freight. Also referred to as 4-6-4 or Hudson locomotives, they had a stable riding engine. ...