Armstrong, ON
CNR Photographs


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  1. A rare sight in Armstrong - 25 December 1955.
    Courtesy Bob Wanner.

  2. CNR Railroad Crew Bunkhouse with train depot behind. CNR Telephone/Telegraph communications building to left - December 1955.
    Courtesy Bob Wanner.

  3. Phil Leonard, Frank McQuaig and Walter Dujeis standing in front of locomotive FPA-2 No 6711 on westbound Train No 1 "Super Continental" - 16 October 1955.
    Courtesy Bob Wanner.

  4. Freight train arrives at Armstrong - 2 October 1955.
    The rest of the story.
    Courtesy Bob Wanner.

  5. Water plug at roundhouse - 10 August 1955.
    Courtesy Bob Wanner.

  6. Locomotive on the "Round Table" - 5 August 1955.
    Courtesy Bob Wanner.

  7. CNR train telegraph detail - 25 July 1955.
    Courtesy Bob Wanner.

  8. Locomotives in Armstrong - 19 July 1955.
    Courtesy Bob Wanner.

  9. CNR train No 4 telegraph - 16 July 1955.
    Courtesy Bob Wanner.

  10. Train First No. 1 "Super" - 14 July 1955.
    Courtesy Bob Wanner.

  11. First No. 1 Super arriving four hours late (behind Steam 6259). Note the US bus at the depot - 13 July 1955.
    Courtesy Bob Wanner.

  12. Westbound Train No. 1 "Super Continental" - 13 July 1955.
    Courtesy Bob Wanner.

  13. Locomotive by the water tower - 11 July 1955.
    Courtesy Bob Wanner.

  14. Aerial view of the tracks at Wagaming - July 1955.
    Courtesy Bob Wanner.

  15. Aerial view of the Jackfish River - July 1955.
    Courtesy Bob Wanner.

  16. Maintenance on the locomotive in Nakina - 22 June 1955.
    Courtesy Bob Wanner.

  17. Lumber mill along side of the CNR tracks near Hudson by Sioux Lookout - 18 June 1955.
    Courtesy Bob Wanner.

  18. CNR Station at Armstrong - 5 June 1955.
    Courtesy Bob Wanner.

  19. Railway Street in Nakina Ontario - June 1955.
    Courtesy Bob Wanner.

  20. Airman Davey England (far left) at the CNR yard in Nakina Ontario - June 1955.
    Courtesy Bob Wanner.

  21. Connie & Allen Walter and family with Dave England in Nakina - June 1955.
    Courtesy Bob Wanner.

  22. Bob Wanner (age 19) in Nakina - June 1955.
    Courtesy Bob Wanner.

  23. Dave England in Nakina - June 1955.
    Courtesy Bob Wanner.

  24. Freight train as seen from the rear of the 914th AC&W Squadron - June 1955.
    Courtesy Bob Wanner.

  25. Train No. 1 at Armstrong - 29 May 1955.
    Courtesy Bob Wanner.

  26. Locomotive by the water tower - May 1955.
    Courtesy Bob Wanner.

  27. A/1C Dave England with Alan Walter and family (Willy, Robert and Nahomie) at Nakina - May 1955.
    Courtesy Bob Wanner.

  28. Stock pens, six yard tracks plus mainline tracks, Freight House, Ice House, Crew Bunkhouse (behind the Ice House) train depot to the right. Center rear is the Theatre, the Hudson's Bay Store and the King George Hotel - May 1955.
    Courtesy Bob Wanner.

  29. Two unidentified airmen watching the CNR train - April 1955.
    Courtesy Bob Wanner.

  30. CNR Menu, front cover - April 1955.
    Courtesy Bob Wanner.

  31. CNR Menu, page 1 - April 1955.
    Courtesy Bob Wanner.

  32. CNR Menu, page 2 - April 1955.
    Courtesy Bob Wanner.

  33. CNR Menu, back cover - April 1955.
    Courtesy Bob Wanner.

  34. CNR Menu, dinners - April 1955.
    Courtesy Bob Wanner.

  35. Dinette car menu, front - April 1955.
    Courtesy Bob Wanner.

  36. Dinette car menu, back - April 1955.
    Courtesy Bob Wanner.


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Updated: November 28, 2001