Banff Alberta to Revelstoke BC | CPR Passenger Train on Mountain Curve | Scarce RPPC Postcard SP25

Real photo postcard showing a passenger train rounding a mountain curve between Banff, Alberta, and Revelstoke, British Columbia. The handwritten caption identifies the journey and states that the photograph was taken while the train was running, from the traveller's car.

Scene Details:

• View along passenger cars curving through a mountainous landscape.
• Forested slopes, rocky trackside ground, and a river beside the railway.
• Handwritten front caption: “A picture of the train on which I traveled between Banff & Revelstoke while going through mountains around a curve. Took it while running; from my car.”

Postal Markings:

• Divided back with a green United States one-cent Benjamin Franklin stamp and machine cancellation.
• Handwritten message headed Medford, Oregon, and dated September 4, 1909.
• Addressed to Mr. & Mrs. Chas. Miller, 611 W. Cal. Ave., Urbana, Illinois.
• Message mentions returning from Jacksonville, warm days and cool nights, and a planned visit to the Applegate Valley.
• No publisher imprint is visible.

Please zoom into and look closely at the front and back photos to view condition, and feel free to send me a message if you have any questions. Thank you, D