- CA GPR 0256-0256.02-0256.02.11
- Item
- [1950]
Part of Schenk family fonds
Francis Schenk, Jr. is the fireman on Engine #51 with Lloyd Garrison as the engineer.
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Part of Schenk family fonds
Francis Schenk, Jr. is the fireman on Engine #51 with Lloyd Garrison as the engineer.
First Locomotive Fireman in Grande Prairie
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The first Locomotive Fireman in Grande Prairie was "Sledgehammer" Bill Henderson, shown here on the left with Watchman, Francis Schenk.
F.W. Schenk, Locomotive Foreman
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F.W. Schenk worked as a locomotive foreman for the N.A.R.
Last Steam Locomotive on the N.A.R.
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Last Steam Locomotive leaving Northern Alberta Railways at Dawson Creek on May 14, 1960. From left to right, Engineer Neil Doherty, porter George Dalton, conductor Ed Chausse, locomotive foreman Francis Schenk, fireman W.S. "Slim" Wearmouth, trainman George Kopt, and Express messenger Nick Krawchuk.
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Engine #73 was purchased in 1927. In 1955 it made its last trip back to Edmonton with (left to right) Sam Jones, fireman; Francis Schenk, locomotive watchman; and Carl Gage, locomotive engineer.
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Francis Schenk at the wheel of N.A.R. Locomotive 51.
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L-R: Clarence Comrie, master mechanic; Christine Schenk; Joe Newman, fireman; Art Gibbons, engineer; and F.W. Schenk, locomotive foreman.
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Snow plow on the front of the Railway Engine clears the snow off the tracks.
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Steam Locomotive on the Northern Alberta Railway Line in the south Peace River Country of Alberta.
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Railway cars were lifted off their wheel bases and overturned in a "weird storm" that resembled a tornado at Rycroft, September 1, 1951.