Taras Grescoe 🚇 on Nostr: On this day, Oct. 27, in 1856, a wood-fed locomotive with a huge sparkcatcher hauled ...

On this day, Oct. 27, in 1856, a wood-fed locomotive with a huge sparkcatcher hauled 7 yellow passenger coaches at 50 km/h between Montreal and Toronto. It made 64 stops along the way.

Five months later, sleeping cars were introduced.

The Grand Trunk was Canada’s first mainline railway.