SIDE A 00:00:05 -- 00:07:16
Discussion about Sheldon working as a brakeman for the Canadian National Railway; Edgar Jardine, 1943, army, Cliffmore, Borden, Charlottetown, CN railway, brakeman, way freight, Summerside, Tignish, hobos, Charlie d'Eon, Ernie d'Eon, CN.
SIDE A 00:07:16 -- 00:11:20
Discussion about staying in boarding houses and sleeping in railway cars, eating lunch on the train, and Sheldon's work schedule; Tignish, boarding house, Maggie Lapin, Charlottetown, Murray Harbour, Borden, baggage car, wages.
SIDE A 00:11:22 -- 00:13:52
Discussion about the change from steam engines to diesel, and Sheldon becoming a conductor in 1958; diesel, steam engine, conductor, train, tickets.
SIDE A 00:13:53 -- 00:21:03
Discussion about different runs and stations, and the stations being closed down; Charlottetown, St. Dunstan's, Sherwood, Riley Junction, Winsloe, Milton, Loyalist, Colville, North Wiltshire, Clyde, Fredericton, Elliots, Bredalbaine, Emerald Junction, Borden, Kinkora, Albany, Carleton, Summerside, Freetown, Kelvin, Kensington, Clairmont, New Annon, Traveller's Rest, railroad bridge, Hillsboro River, swing bridge, Silkport, Bunbury, Mt. Herbert, Hazelbrook, Mt. Albion, Village Green, Lake Verde, Millview, Vernon, Hermitage, Vernon River, Glencoe, Uigg, Granview, Fodhla, Souris, Melville, Belle River, Wood Islands, Iris, Hopefield, Murray River, Wilmot, Murray Harbour, turntable, Surrey.
SIDE A 00:21:03 -- 00:22:32
Discussion about trains going off the tracks, accidents, and storms; tracks, accidents, storms, snow, stuck, water, steam engines.
SIDE A 00:22:32 -- 00:24:31
Discussion about station masters, foxes, ; station master, agent, Palmeroy Murray, Tignish, Bredalbaine, Alberton, Misgouche, foxes.
SIDE A 00:24:31 -- 00:26:02
Discussion about Palmeroy Murray, Ivan Kennedy, and others; Bredalbaine, Fredericton, Palmeroy Murray, flag station, Fullerton's marsh, dam, passengers.
SIDE A 00:26:02 -- 00:27:59
Discussion about the steel bridge in Southport, taxis in Murray Harbour, and Hazelbrook; 1955, steel bridge, Mt. Stewart, Maple Hill, Southport, Hazelbrook, taxis, CN, passengers, Silkport.
SIDE A 00:27:59 -- 00:29:02
Discussion about Jim Cameron and family; Jim Cameron, Jack, engineman, Lester, Cameron.
SIDE A 00:29:02 -- 00:30:38
Discussion about life in Charlottetown and blacksmiths; engine shop, cars, tracks, Charlotteown, repairs, blacksmith, George Douglas, forge.
SIDE A 00:30:38 -- 00:31:58
Discussion about a train called The Pig's Eye, Borden, and German prisoners during the war; straight track, Pig's Eye, headlight, Carleton, German, POWs.
SIDE A ends at 00:31:58.
***Side A ends mid-sentence.
SIDE B 00:32:04 -- 00:33:31
Discussion about Sheldon's father Addison in WWI, and Sheldon's part in the war; Halifax, WWI, Newfoundland, Addison Coffin, navy, army, 1943,
SIDE B 00:33:32 -- 00:37:03
Discussion about growing up in Mt. Stewart; Mt. Stewart, Russ Clark's store, blacksmith, Trainor, Dwyer, Jay, Jardine, smelt, bass, Mt. Stewart school, strawberries, Cranberry wharf, 1922.
SIDE B 00:37:04 -- 00:37:46
Brief mention of the 1929 earthquake; 1929, earthquake, horse, Will Baker.
***Tape appears to be stop at 00:37:46.
SIDE B 00:37:48 -- 00:38:42
Brief mention of doctors in Mt. Stewart; Charlottetown, court, judge, Mt. Stewart, Dr. Walsh, Dr. Toombs, Dr. Martin, Dr. Farmer, Alvin Farmer.
***Tape appears to be stop at 00:38:42. Discussion ends abruptly.
SIDE B 00:38:42 -- 00:46:00
Discussion about the last train on PEI, accidents on the railway, different types of trains, and the first station; 1989, Borden, Wellington, propane tanks, station, station class, Cardigan, refer cars, gondola cars, train, van, plow, engine, flanger, 1910, 1895, caboose, VIA rail, routes, steam engine, O'Leary, mongrel train.
***Tape appears to be stop at 00:43:41, 00:43:56, and 00:45:00.
SIDE B 00:46:01 -- 00:46:50
Brief mention of Charlie d'Eon; CN, Sheldon MacKinnon, Garth Clark, Pete Blange, Ivan Gill, engineer, conductor, 1945, Ernest d'Eon.
***Tape appears to stop at 00:46:50.
SIDE B 00:46:52 -- 00:47:17
Brief mention of Sheldon's retirement from CN in 1984; 1953, 1958, yard foreman, conductor, 1984.
Interview ends at 00:47:17.
***The remainder of this tape is an interview with Roy Clow [Tape 8.2].
