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CA ETRC P020-003-06-D003a-P572
Item
[1910?], copied 1977

Part of Eastern Townships Heritage Foundation fonds

Item is a photograph of the Canadian Pacific Railway station located at the corner of Belvedere and Frontenac Streets in Sherbrooke.

CPR #251 freight train

CA ETRC P238-002-001-023
Item
1990-02-24

Part of George Matheson fonds

Item is a photograph of CPR #251 freight train in Sherbrooke, going under the Belvédère S. Street overpass. Locomotives 4701-4700-4568

CP freight train #251

CA ETRC P238-003-001-004
Item
1990-02-24

Part of George Matheson fonds

Item is a photograph of the tail end of CP freight train #251 at Sherbrooke, with the Belvédère S. Street overpass visible.

Canadian Pacific Railway train crash

CA ETRC P998-083-366-098
Item
4/18/1913

Part of Eastern Townships Resource Centre Graphic Material collection

Photograph of a Canadian Pacific Railway immigration train crash on April 18, 1913 near Glenday Road in Lennoxville. The brickyard is visible in the background.

Grand Trunk Railway Station

Part
[190-?]

Part of Eastern Townships Resource Centre Postcard collection

Item is a postcard showing the Grand Trunk Railway Station in Sherbrooke.

Sherbrooke, Que. Grand Trunk Railway Station

CA ETRC P999-053-D015-P013
Item
[ca. 1914]

Part of Eastern Townships Resource Centre Postcard collection

The item is a postcard of the Grand Trunk Railway Station in Sherbrooke, Quebec. A train is arriving or leaving from the station and a few street cars are seen on the street.

Behind 88 Queen

CA ETRC P020-003-06-D003a-P571
Item
[1920?], copied 1979

Part of Eastern Townships Heritage Foundation fonds

Item is a photograph of the view behind 88 Queen Street in Lennoxville, in which a feed store (possibly Union Grains Ltd.) and train are visible.

Grand Trunk Railroad Locamotive "Tiger"

CA ETRC P020-003-06-D003a-P365
Item
1894, copied 1977

Part of Eastern Townships Heritage Foundation fonds

Item is a photograph of the Grand Trunk Railroad locamotive "tiger", taken in Lennoxville.

Scrapbook

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.

Canadian Pacific Railway line

CA ETRC P238-002
Series
1957-2017

Part of George Matheson fonds

The series contains information on the locomotives, rail cars, stations, and railway routes of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR/CP) primarily in the Eastern Townships from 1957 to 2017. It consists of photographs, which include images of a derailment in Bury in 1992. Included among the locations are: Ascot Corner, Birchton, Bromont, Bury, Cookshire, Eastman, Farnham, Gould, Huntingville, Johnville, Jordan Hill, Lachute, Lennoxville, St-Luc, Sherbrooke, Magog, Megantic, and Racey (Quebec) and Smith Falls, Chalk River, Kathmae, Welsh, and Snake River (Ontario). In addition to the CPR, included among the rail and leasing companies: Bangor & Aroostook Railroad, Amtrax, Quebec Southern Railway, Canadian American Railroad, Northern Vermont Railroad, Chemin de fer Quebec Sud, St. Laurence & Hudson Railway (St.L&H), Acadian, Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway, Orford Express, Central Maine & Quebec Railway, Morrison Knudsen (MK), HATX/HLCX (Helm Financial Corp.), and LLPX/GATX

1994-1996