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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.

Each page, including this homepage, has an index located in the lower portion of the page. In addition to the index, posts were updated with historical information, new postcards added from storage files, while some posts were completely rewritten or edited for corrections. Three articles have been added and are worth reading. They include how vintage postcards were made, the history of Pennsylvania Station, and the history of Grand Central Terminal.

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Thursday, January 4, 2024

 Porter Power

This pair of H.K. Porter 0-4-0 narrow gauge locomotives are pulling the two cars of the Huntsville and Lake of Bays Transportation Company located outside of Huntsville, Ontario. The railroad was used to carry passengers and luggage between steamers operating on Lake of the Bays and Penninsula Lake, a distance of just over a mile. Circa 1915.



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