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from: America's Largest Railway, 1950, Canadian National Railways. Collection of LC Gagnon |
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from: America's Largest Railway, 1950, Canadian National Railways. Collection of LC Gagnon |
The setting sun casts shadows on the former Grand Trunk Railway Bonaventure passenger station -
seen at the end of the new freight sheds.
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from: America's Largest Railway, 1950, Canadian National Railways. Collection of LC Gagnon |
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from: America's Largest Railway, 1950, Canadian National Railways. Collection of LC Gagnon |
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from: America's Largest Railway, 1950, Canadian National Railways. Collection of LC Gagnon |
The Newfoundland Railway was added to the CNR when Newfoundland joined Confederation in 1949.
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from: America's Largest Railway, 1950, Canadian National Railways. Collection of LC Gagnon |
"Freight comes to use in all shapes and sizes and we are equipped to handle all of it."
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from: America's Largest Railway, 1950, Canadian National Railways. Collection of LC Gagnon |
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from: America's Largest Railway, 1950, Canadian National Railways. Collection of LC Gagnon |