The Prairie Dog Central Railway

The Prairie Dog Central Railway is a heritage railway northwest of Winnipeg, Manitoba in Canada. The picture on the front of this post card

is a train being pulled by City of Winnipeg Hydro No. 3. It is a 4-4-0 (Ammerican) in the Whyte nomenclature of classification of locomotives. It was built by Dubs & Company in Glasgow, Scotland. The Vintage Locomotive Society, Inc. operates excursions June through September. This is their webiste: https://www.pdcrailway.com/ The Prairie Dog Central Railway is a short line railway owned and operated by The Vintage Locomotive Society Inc. a Registered Charity, volunteer organization dedicated to the preservation and operation of a vintage steam locomotive and train. Events generally depart at 11:00 AM and we travel directly to Grosse Isle, approximately a 50 to 60-minute train ride. The stopover is approximately 75 to 90 minutes depending on the entertainment. Our arrival time back at Inkster Junction Station is approximately 2:45 PM. Initiated in 1970 by The Vintage Locomotive Society Inc., the first operations were in July, 1970. From 1970–1974, the train operated out of Charleswood on the now-abandoned Canadian National Cabot Subdivision. From 1975 to 1996 the train operated out of St. James, immediately west of Polo Park on a now abandoned Canadian National Railways line. Locomotive No. 3 is a 4-4-0 built in 1882 by Dübs and Company in Glasgow, Scotland, for the Canadian Pacific Railway, and later for the City of Winnipeg Hydro. From 2001 to 2009, it underwent a complete frame-off overhaul, including the manufacture of a new boiler. No. 3 is the oldest operating steam locomotive in Canada. They also own a diesel locomotive; 4138 is a classic EMD GP9 which was built in November 1958 by Electro-Motive Division of General Motors at La Grange, Illinois for the Grand Trunk Western. A GP9 model, it has 1,750 horsepower (1,300 kW).

The photo on the front was taken by D. Shores. The post card was published by The Vintage Locomotive Society, Inc. P.O. Box 33021 L155 - 1485 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3G 0W4. They did not operate in 2020 because of the Covid virus. You may want to ride the train later.