150 passengers arrived on board the train of an engine, tender, baggage car, express and mail car, two emigrant sleepers, one first-class, one Pullman, and one private car. Hogan’s Alley in Vancouver’s Strathcona neighbourhood became home to many Black porters employed by the railroad.
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