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Life at the station begins. Canadian Pacific station, Banff, 1948.
Photographer: Canadian Pacific Railway. Courtesy Exporail and Canadian Pacific Railway Archives, P170-NS-7932_ppp.
Donald Smith driving in the last spike at Craigellachie, November 7, 1885.
Photographer: Canadian Pacific. Courtesy Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Mary Schaffer Fonds, V527/ps-1-810.
William Cornelius Van Horne.
Photographer unknown. Courtesy David Fleming.
Original Banff Springs Hotel, ca. 1900 1910.
Photographer: Byron Harmon. Courtesy Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Byron Harmon Fonds, V263-ng-002.
F.L. Frank Gainer, agent, Cochrane, ca. 1918.
Courtesy Gainer family collection.
Enid Mary Maggs, Cochrane, 1917.
Courtesy Gainer family collection.
Gainer family in front of Banff station (sister Mavis missing from photo, teaching in Rocky Mountain House), 1948.
Courtesy Gainer family collection.
My dad (front row, second from right) on his first day on the job in Banff, July 1948.
Courtesy Gainer family collection.
A Banff bear on duty, ca. 1940 1948.
Photographer: George Noble. Courtesy Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, George Noble Fonds, V227-3289.
Identical American Flyer electric train to my Christmas raffle win, but wrong kid(!), 1948.
Photographer unknown. Courtesy Glenbow Archives, IP-13y-14b.
Fred and me on the balcony of Banff station residence, ca. 1949.
Courtesy Gainer family collection.
Canadian Pacific movie train on set; action shot at Canmore (Rundle Mountain in background), 1948.
Photographer unknown. Courtesy Glenbow Archives, PA-2453-378.
Diagram of a wye for turning trains.
Courtesy Wikipedia.
Banff Springs and the Bow Valley, ca. 1930.
Photographer: Byron Harmon. Courtesy Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Byron Harmon Fonds, V263/na-3737.
CPR timetable, showing Trains 1, 2, the Dominions and the Mountaineer, 1948.
Courtesy Steve Boyko.
Me in front of the original fireplace, Banff station waiting room, 2016.
Courtesy Gainer family collection.
Interior of a colonist class railcar. Although built in the 1890s and early 1900s, colonist cars were still in use through the 1950s, chartered by Fugazy Travel of New York for all-girl teen tours to the Rockies.
Courtesy Glenmore Archives, NA-978-4.
5931, a massive Selkirk 2-10-2 locomotive on display at Heritage Park in Calgary, 2017.
Courtesy Gainer family collection.
Palliser Hotel dining room, Calgary, ca. 1940s.
Photographer: Nicholas Morant. Courtesy Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, V50-A5-Z-267.
The Dominion at Banff station, 1948.
Photographer: Nicholas Morant. Courtesy Exporail and Canadian Pacific Railway Archives, P170-M_4045_300ppp.
General Motors test diesel set leading the Dominion, 1949.
Courtesy Gainer family collection.
Diesel power on the Dominion at Castle Mountain, 1952.
Photographer: Nicholas Morant. Courtesy Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Nicholas Morant Fonds, V500_62_3_pg129_ns_027.
Morning departure of the Mountaineer, with open-air observation car, 1952.
Photographer: Ron Duke. Courtesy Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Ron Duke Fonds, V180_i.d.a_131_na_179.
Rare photo of eastbound Mountaineer at Morants Curve, 1953.
Photographer: Nicholas Morant. Courtesy Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Nicholas Morant Fonds, V50-A5-Z-245.tif.
Pacific Northwest Circle Tour brochure, 1954.
Courtesy Gainer family collection.
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