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A 1914 photo of Mirror's Grand Trunk Pacific train station. This view is from the back of the station.
This photo is on the front of a postcard, written on September 7, 1914 from an "Annie" from Calgary, Alberta, to a "Mr. James Brindle" in Mirror.
The trainyards and Roundhouse are in the background, (west of the station) with a passenger train between it and the station.
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The back of the postcard of the Mirror Station.
2 September 1914
Mirror, Alberta
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Here is the back of the same postcard.
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Trainyards and Town
1922
Mirror, Alberta
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The same trainyards on October 23, 1928, after the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway failed, and the Canadian National Railway took over.
Note the town of Mirror in the right of the photo, the train station in the middle with steam billowing over it, and the two grain elevators in the distance on the left.
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CNR (formerly GTP) Trainyard
1928
Mirror, Alberta
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Another October 23, 1928 view of the CNR yards, showing the turntable as well as the yards, roundhouse, station and a bit of the town itself.
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2076 Steam Engine Built in 1908
1928
Mirror, Alberta
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This photo was taken in the Mirror trainyards, and is of CN steam engine, 2076 (35%), built at the Canada Foundary in 1908.
It was pulled out of service Nov/33 to be cut up.
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Steam Engine 1286 Built in 1907
1928
Mirror, Alberta
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Steam engine 1286, built in 1907.
This was another one of the engines which regularly went through Mirror.
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2555 Steam Engine in Mirror Yards
1928
Mirror, Alberta
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CN steam engine 2555, built in 1917.
Photo is taken in Mirror yards.
Note coal car, far right.
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Man Beside Steam Engine
1929
Mirror, Alberta