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PEIR 1889-1890 changes to the railway

By Chris Mears on November 12, 2012 • ( 0 )

I’ve been collecting and reading these excellent Railway and Canal reports and tonight I’m reading through the one covering the fiscal year 1889-1890. I’m combing these reports for data illustrating the types of freight moved on the railway, it’s operations… Read More ›

Tignish, Miscouche from “Les archives vivante”

By Chris Mears on November 9, 2012 • ( 0 )

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 ›

CN Tignish 1992ish

By Chris Mears on June 24, 2012 • ( 0 )

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

By Chris Mears on January 13, 2012 • ( 0 )

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 ›

PEIR Plan no.13 station – full set ready

By Chris Mears on August 25, 2011 • ( 1 )

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 ›