"Sometimes things that are not true are included in Wikipedia. While at first glance that may appear like a very great problem for Wikipedia, in reality is it not. In fact, it's a good thing." - Wikipedia.
Hello James,
i can get to that page but once i was on it, there is no trace of the picture or a story behind it.
I did search on the page and found nothing.
Maybe someone else?
Best regards,
Willem
We learn that two Schneiders crossed the Atlantic, and that this one found its way to Boston, Mass.
This is the railway company, which all makes sense. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Trunk_Railway
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"Sometimes things that are not true are included in Wikipedia. While at first glance that may appear like a very great problem for Wikipedia, in reality is it not. In fact, it's a good thing." - Wikipedia.
Harold replied. The Schneider CA1 in Toronto is discussed on the page:
http://silverhawkauthor.com/royal-canadian-armoured-corps_316.html (scroll down lots)
not the url quoted earlier.
Harold's take on the Schneider in Toronto is:
<quote from email - also on website>
I found the photo in our Library and Archives section (mislabeled).
French First World War Schneider CA 1 tank loaded on a train in Toronto, Ontario, 2 Nov 1918. (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3401750).
According to research by Robert Robinson, a French Schneider tank that had served with Groupe AS 17 du Groupement n° IV and that had seen action in France, was presented to Boston. For some reason this tank was shipped through Canada on the Grand Trunk Railway as shown here in the railway yards in Toronto. Its unit markings can be seen. It was eventually displayed as the Soldiers and Sailors monument on Boston Common for a number of years. Its history afterwards is murky, but it may have been the Schneider tank located at Aberdeen for a while.
The only "research" from Mr Robert Robertson was, probably to read my topics, in "Pages 14-18" about Schneider and Saint Chamond in America . . . . It's always hilarous for me, to see "Wikimachin" put as a reference !
