I may have shared these links before, and if I have forgive me. Some great historical bits and a great PEIR narrow gauge photograph in each one. Gare à Tignish http://www.livingarchives.ca/fr/blog/shawnk/mar-12-2008/1860 Includes a great shot of the second Tignish, PEI… Read More ›
PEIR Tignish Subdivision
CN Tignish 1992ish
Okay so I have no idea when I took these photos. I promise if it ever comes to me or I’m able to figure this out I’ll amend this post with the dates. To help situate them I can offer… Read More ›
Tignish station photo on historicplaces.ca
I’ve seen a few photos of the second Tignish station but this one was new to me. I found it on the Parks Canada website. The site itself looks really interesting and I think I’ll take a look around inside… Read More ›
Reply to Mr. Swinyard’s reports on the Prince Edward Island Railway
I just found a copy of John Boyd’s April 19th, 1875 reply (report) to the Swinyard report on the PEI Railway. I figured I’d open this blog post to make some notes from the article for future reference. First here’s… Read More ›
PEIR Plan no.13 station – full set ready
This evening I drew the final two major elevations for this station and assembled the whole set, so far, onto one sheet of paper. Click here to download a copy of the sheet but be warned the PDF is designed… Read More ›