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Thank you for stopping by! This is the blog for the Russell P. Panecki Collection of vintage railroad-related postcards. The entire collection consists of nearly one thousand so far with images dating from circa 1904 to the 1950s. To leave a comment, ask a question, to contribute or correct historical information, a comment box is located to the left for your convenience.

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Friday, October 16, 2015

St. Thomas, Ontario Yards

This circa 1910 postcard shows the large Michigan Central Railroad yard in St. Thomas, Ontario. A subsidiary of the New York Central, it represented the Central's extensive Canadian operations in both southern Ontario and Quebec Provinces. Note the switcher moving cars on the left and the locomotive coaling tower on the right.


2 comments:

David Emery said...

What's the flat car load? Looks like big cookies to me!!!

October 16, 2015 at 5:39 PM
Russ Panecki said...

Dave...

I was wondering about that, too. Maybe flatbread? Maybe the tops of cable spool reels?

Russ

October 17, 2015 at 9:33 AM

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