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Men inside a train car in the Rocky Mountains watching another train pass by them. Caption in album reads: "Passing in the Rockies." Caption on back of photo reads: "Train passing in Rockies. Part of Eddy’s face in upper left corner of picture; 8/42."

This is a photo of the chartered passenger rail car and homesteaders presumably having arrived at Vanderhoof for their new frontier experience. The group consists of men, women, children and dogs. The cluster of women on the left includes Dora Suderman (10 years of age) in the light dress, her older sister Margaret Suderman (16 years old) In dark coat and hat and next to her Annie Suderman (age 12) in a light dress.

This is a photo of the transfer of refugees from the Lithuanian train to the German train.

This is a photo of the refugees transferring from the Russian train to the Lithuanian train, being assisted by Red Cross personnel.

Steam Locomotive at left

This photo has been identified as : "Arrival of the first group of Russian Mennonite immigrants in Rosthern, Saskatchewan on July 23, 1923." However this has been called into question based on the engine in the photo, suggesting the engine is built by Union Pacific in 1934, known as the M-1000, which toured the Union Pacific System on a promotional tour. The engine was scrapped in the 1940s.

This is a photo of refugees on the train, leaving for Paraguay, South America.

Cliff Cressman, Fred Cressman, Ed Weber, and Len Witmer sitting in a train car during their voyage to British Columbia. Caption in album reads: "Cliff Cressman, Fred, Ed Weber, Len Witmer on way to BC." Caption on back of photo reads: "Cliff Cressman, Fred Cressman, Ed Weber, Len Witmer on the train on the way out."

This is a very small photograph of a group of people standing outside of boxcars on a railway. They are presumably on their way out of Russia in 1924. On the boxcar you can see the Russian USSR and hammer and sickle symbol. This photograph is similar to Item 100 and may contain some of the same people. The people are plainly dressed, the women's dresses are long.

Ben and Erna Falk with their luggage on their way to Neudachino, Siberia. Two young men, Gerhard and Jakob Neufeld, accompanied the Falks to their destination. In front of Erna Falk, is Lenchen, the daughter of Gerhard Neufeld. Ben Falk (with the green jacket).

This is a photo of J.J. Thiessen (Herbert) and H.H. Redekop and others travelling by train - April 1955 The mountains are visible through the window of the train.

This is a photo of the Red Cross personnel that served immigrants on the German train at Riga.

BC electric tram at the edge of Sumas Lake, Mr Belrose's orchard, another pioneer farmer from Ontario.

This postcard shows the railroad bridge crossing the Dnieper River at Einlage. There is a train on the bridge.