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CA ETRC P238-005 · Series · [1945?]-1959
Part of George Matheson fonds

The series contains information on locomotives in Kingsbury, East Angus, and Sherbrooke from around 1945 to 1959. It includes locomotives from the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Quebec Central Railway, as well as historical and technical notes on the various locomotives. Included among the views are the CPR turntable and station at Kingsbury and the QCR turntable at Sherbrooke.

Ending train service

Item is a letter dated 2 November 1965 to Mr. Heward Grafftey, Member of Parliament for Brome-Missisquoi, from C.S. Douglas of Sutton, arguing that the C.P.R. had obligations to the taxpayers of rural areas which contributed to the building of the railways to sustain railway service to those areas.