Max Jacquiard creates amazing paintings of trains from our past

Images from 2006

Great Northern at White RockGreat Northern at White Rock CPR PiersCPR Piers, Vancouver
From the railway station just beyond the pier Pacific #1361 works its Seattle bound train along the beach towards the U.S. border at Blaine. Nearing the end of her career in this summer of 1948, she'll be replaced by orange diesels. These are also long gone and the Great Northern Railway now forms part of today's Burlington Northern Santa Fe. A summer evening view of Burrard Inlet and the North Shore mountains sometime prior to 1938 - Pier D was destroyed by fire in July of that year. Pier A, partially visible on the left, was constructed in 1908, followed by the larger Pier D (1914) an Pier B & C in 1927. The ochre-funneled white liner at Pier B is Canadian Pacific's "Empress of Japan", at 26,000 tons, is the largest passenger carrier in regular service on the Pacific at the time. The "Niagara" at Pier C belonged to the Canadian Australasian Line in which CP had a half interest. At Pier D is the "Princess Kathleen" of the company's Coastal fleet. In the foreground is some railway activity in 'N' yard, including a passenger train pulling alongside one of the covered station platforms under the overpass from Cordova Street. The station, fronting on Cordova, is out of the picture to the right of the neon sign.
Assiniboine River Kings of the Road
Assiniboine River
Just out of Union Station a section of the CNR`s 'Continental' slowly gathers speed as it crosses the bridge over the Assiniboine near the junction of the river with the larger Red River. The chateau style building in the background is the Fort Garry hotel, built by the Grand Trunk in 1914. The bridge and hotel are still in use,and the skyline has grown considerably since this early 1950's scene.		 Kings of the Road
The Great Depression of the 1930s brought hard times to Canadians as well as to much of the world. Unemployed men took to the roads and rails in the often vain hope of finding jobs and opportunities unavailable in their own regions. Between trains and between possibilities, three travellers settle in to contemplate tomorrow.
Tete Juane Water Stop
Tete Jaune
At Redpass Junction, Canadian National's Prince Rupert line diverges from the Vancouver bound mainline and the two closely parallel each other on different elevations for approximately 20 miles. On reaching the Rocky Mountain Trench, they go off in opposite directions with the former Grand Trunk Pacific line heading northwest towards Prince George and Prince Rupert. This eastbound freight on the north line is seen near Tete Jaune with mountains of the Premier Range in the background.		 Water Stop
The Fraser River flows out of the western end of Moose Lake, 44 miles west of Jasper. Here, at Red Pass Junction, the CNR mainline divides into separate routes to the ports of Prince Rupert and Vancouver. The double spouted steel water tank standing between the diverging tracks was well positioned to service steam locomotives from either side. The engineer of a Vancouver bound freight examines the running gear of his 2-10-2 while the fireman tops up the engine's tender. The water tank, hotel and store in the picture are gone as well as the station and other buildings that housed a small community here.
White CanyonWhite Canyon Rocky MountaineerRocky Mountaineer
The Lower Thompson River flows west out of Kamloops Lake, joining its clear waters to the muddier ones of the Fraser at Lytton. Four miles east of this junction, it passes through picturesque White Canyon. As an eastbound C.N. freight negotiates the rocksheds below, its C.P. counterpart rounds a curve high above on the opposite bank. Engine 2707 is a G4A 'Pacific" type which spent much of its nearly 40 year career in passenger and freight service between Vancouver and Revelstoke, B.C.