The year was 1960. The event was the end of 80 years of steam on railroads serving the town.
In the second photo above, conductor George Nicklee signs register at the freight office prior to the departure of last steam train on that line.
Watching are Midland agent Harvey White, left, and Cy Ney, chief clerk, on this particular Friday.
According to an article in the Free Press Herald, the engine was one of the old "mudhen" types and "will go the Angus Shops in Montreal where it will be cut up by welders and tossed in the scrap-metal heap."
The following Monday, diesel locomotives started to pull all trains into Midland; on both CNR and CPR lines.