| description: | Passengers, from left to right: Inspector Herchmer, Royal Canadian Mounted Police; an unidentified aboriginal member of the crew; Captain H.H. Ross, Charles Denby of Winnipegosis; Mrs. Walter Munday; another unidentified crew member; Miss E. Nichols; and William Carrierre. The handcar, the platform of which is extended to carry crew, passengers, baggage, mail, and other freight, was used on the line between Hudson Bay Junction and The Pas, Manitoba in the Summer of 1909. Since the new track to The Pas was unfit to carry a train, this car was the only transportation in and out of The Pas that Summer. The trip took two days with everyone taking turns at the pumping. A sail could be hoisted to take advantage of the wind. |