CPR Facilities

Aerial view of downtown Vancouver yard 1953
Detailed description of facilities.

Views of downtown Vancouver yards 1959.

Aerial view of Hochelaga facilities in 1926.

Aerial view of Ottawa West roundhouse.

Modern coaling plant at Ottawa West. G2 2582 has its small 12 ton tender filled with an extra half ton or so of coal!
New RS-10 8481 delivered 4/28/55 dates this photo. Ron Visockis Collection

CP 233 westbound with 3096_STLH_8223_8207 at Dalhousie Mills Mileage 41.6 Winchester Sub. right on the Quebec-Ontario boundary, passing old water tank apparently still in use by the town judging by the gauge. The red paint is just too bright but, never-the-less a nice restoration. This style of water tank with a stone foundation was in use at a number of locations on the CPR including Perth and Renfrew. (See below for more water facilities) May 5, 2007 Brian Nicholson

Preston assigned 8161 in the Electric yard Galt. Note overhead crane in center background and scale at far left.
Main yard on the Galt Sub. in the foreground.

Typical crossing watchman's tower. Chatham Oct. 15, 1980

Water tank still in use long after steam engines ended,
serving the small community of Spanish, ON. July 13, 1973

Very typical standpipe to water steam locomotives.
Likely built by Fairbanks-Morse which also made scales.
Galt March 1959

Standard steel water tank seen all over the CPR.
Long after dieselization. It still exists long after abandonment of line. .