Rockies By Rail : 1935 : Banff station (No.7 in a series)

            In 1935 family members took a rail trip from Vancouver to Alberta on the Canadian Pacific Railway's Trans-Continental train. The CPR's main line traverses the Rocky Mountains by way of Revelstoke, Glacier (Rogers Pass), Golden, Field (Kicking Horse Pass), Lake Louise and Banff. Fortunately they took some sepia photos en-route and at stations. I have scanned and PhotoShopped the prints to form this series.

This 7th image in the series is taken at Banff railway station in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. Both Banff and nearby Lake Louise are major tourist destinations, long promoted by the CPR that owned the fabulous Banff Springs Hotel. Mountains such as Cascade Mountain seen in the background tower over the townsite.

In this photo one of our family members has taken a short stroll from the train onto the station's forecourt where a variety of limousines and taxis wait to convey passengers to the various hotels (see also photo No.6). Please comment if you can identify any of these vehicles.

The photos in this series are in my 'North American Railroads' album here on flickr.
ps. Can anyone figure out what that big sign near the train says?
(see solution in Comments below)
Epson V500 scan of a small, over-exposed print, heavily PhotoShopped to tone down the lighting.
   

Taken in: Canada / Alberta / Banff (show map)

Taken on: January 1, 1935

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