The CPR station in Winnipeg, Manitoba - Date/photographer unknown.

The "Countess of Dufferin" was the first locomotive to arrive at Winnipeg to begin construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway there on 8 Oct 1877 - Date/photographer unknown.

From a black and white photograph a tinted postcard of the CPR Winnipeg Station with their Royal Alexandra Hotel to the left of the station - Date/photographer unknown.

From a glass lantern slide the CPR's Royal Alexandra Hotel next to the Winnipeg Station - 1925 photographer unknown - McCord Museum.

From a tinted postcard the Main Street underpass beneath the CPR tracks. The Royal Alexandra Hotel is on the left (long since demolished) - Date/photographer unknown.

This is the Selkirk Dining Room in the Royal Alex, later known as the Cafe. In 1971 the Royal Alex was demolished but the Cafe was dismantled and stored for a number of years before re-assembly at the Canadian Museum of Rail Travel in Cranbrook, British Columbia - Date/photographer unknown.

The Royal Alex's Selkirk Dining Room, or the Cafe, after re-assembly inside the museum building at Cranbrook - 11 Oct 2003 William Slim.