I did a google search on W. Shanly and came up with the following link to an article about Frank and Walter Shanly. A book was written about the two brothers in 1999 by Richard White. If you google Gentlemen Engineers you will come up with a few more articles about the brothers and a [...]
The Sarnia Observer and Western Advertiser January 5, 1854 Numerous surmises having been afloat lately regarding the Grand Trunk Railway, and the difficulties with which the enterprise was surrounded, – the following extract of a letter from the Chief Engineer, Mr. Shanly, to a gentleman in Michigan, will be read with interest as affording reasonable [...]
This page will contain vintage News Paper articles that maybe unrelated to the Railways but are an interesting read, or of some historical significance to this site. I hope you find them as interesting as I have. A special Thanks to my wife Dina for typing out the first article which was quite long. “Women [...]
The Sarnia Observer and Western Advertiser December 22, 1853 Yesterday afternoon, as the Railway train from Niagra Falls was approaching this city, the locomotive came in contact with some cows that were strolling on the track, and was thrown off the rails with considerable violence, twisting rails and sleepers and everything out of their proper [...]
The Sarnia Observer and Western Advertiser December 22, 1853 The Pioneer Locomotive. — Shortly after two o’clock on Tuesday afternoon, the first cry of the Pioneer Locomotive was heard in London; and soon after, up she came, bringing with her a cargo of passengers, among whom was Mr. Bridges, and some other prominent members of [...]
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