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INCORPORATED 1952 NUMBER 488 JUNE 199Q UPPER CANADA RAILWAY SOCIETY P.O. BOX 122, STATION "A" TORONTO, ONTARIO 2 • UCRS Newsletter • June 1990 Upper Canada Railway Society Society Nctices Newsletter Newsletter This month's NEWSLETTER is printed in an experimental format. For now, this Number 488 - June 1990 is a one-month test. Please drop us a post card soon, if you have any comments on the appearance of this NEWSLETTER. Upper Canada Railway Society P.O. Box 122, Station A Flyer insert service Toronto, Ontario M5W 1A2 Now that the NEWSLETTER is mailed in envelopes, we are able to enclose leaflets for commercial and non-profit organisations. The fee for distribution Editorial Group of one page for one month is $95.00, with a discoimt available for non-profit Editor - Stuart I. Westland groups with messages of special interest to the members. AH proposals are Assistant Editor - John D. Thompson subject to the approval of the Society. For information, please write to Steve Activities Editor - Ed Campbell Danko, Corresponding Secretary. Production - Pat Scrimgeour, John Carter Financial Typing The Society is reviewing its accounting and auditing procedures. Would any Art Clowes, Gray Scrimgeour, Chris Spinney member with experience in this field who is wflling to advise or assist with om work please write to Art Clowes, Treasurer. Mailing John Garter, Bill Hood, Don McCartney, Readers' Exchange Dave Scott, Denis Taylor, John Thompson Contributions Dave Savage has advised that the July issue of Canadian Station News has Please send news and short contributions to the been produced. Copies are avaHable for $5.00 by writing to Canadian Station section editors, at the addresses shown above each News, P.O. Box 171, Cobourg, Ontario K9A 4K5. section. Please send articles and longer contributions to the above address. If you are using a computer, please send a plain DOS/ASCII text file on IBM-compatible (SA" or 3%'j, UCRS Calendar Macintosh, or Commodore 64/128 disks, and enclose a printed copy. Friday, June 15 - UCRS Toronto meeting, 7:30 p.m. Peter Jobe will show slides of the resource railways of Quebec: the Quebec North Shore and Upper Canada Railway Society Labrador, Cartier, Riviere Romaine (Quebec Iron and Titanium), and Pat Scrimgeour, President 778-0912 Robervai-Saguenay. Rick Eastman, Vice-President 494-3412 Friday, June 22 - UCRS Hamilton meeting, 8:00 p.m. Art Clowes, Treasurer 980-0083 Sunday, June 24 - CPR 1201 trips in Ottawa. Three two-hour tours through Gordon Shaw, Recording Secretary 889-6972 Steve Danko, Corresponding Secretary 287-2844 Ottawa and Hull leaving from the National Museum of Science and Al Maitland, Membership Secretary 921-4023 Technology at 10:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., and 4:00 p.m., adults $16, children George Meek, Entertainment Chairman 532-5817 $11. Bytown Railway Society, PC. Box 141, Station A, Ottawa, Ontario, Al Faber, House Committee Chairman 231-7528 KIN 8V1. John Carter, Sales/Publicity Chairman 890-8651 Frid^, July 6, to Sunday, July 8 - UCRS Ottawa Weekend excursion. The trip will include a ride behind CPR 4-6-2 1201, visits to museums at Membership dues for the calendar year 1990 are Kingston, Smiths Fails, and Ottawa, and a look at Ottawa's Transitway. The $22.00 for addresses in Canada, and $24.00 for fare is $180.00. We leave from Toronto Union Station on Friday at 8:00 p.m., addresses In the U.S. and overseas. Student with a pickup at Whitby GO station at 8:45 p.m., and return on Sunday memberships, for those 17 years or younger, are evening. For information, call Rick Eastman at 416/494-3412. For $15.00. Please send inquiries and changes of reservations, send a cheque or money order to UCRS, 5 Vradenberg Drive, address to the above address. Scarborough, Ontario MIT 1M5. Friday, July 20 - UCRS Toronto summer meeting, 7:30 p.m., at the CHP Monthly Meetings Heritage Centre, second floor, Cumberland Terrace, on the east side of Bay Toronto Street north of Bloor Street. Third Friday of each month {September-June), 7:30 p.m., at the Toronto Board of Education, 8th floor Fridey, August 3, to Mondcy, August 6 - UCRS Montrial Weekend auditorium, 155 College Street at McCaul Avenue. excursion. The feature of the weekend will be a special tour of the General Hamilton Electric locomotive plant. The trip also includes a visit to the Canadian Fourth Friday of each month, 8:00 p.m., at the Railway Museum, and train watching on the Mont-Royai electric line. The fare Hamilton Spectator auditorium, 44 Frid Street, just off is $180.00. Information and reservations, as for the Ottawa Weekend, listed Main Street at Highway 403. above. Sunday, August 26 - Raiifan Ramble to visit stations in southwestern COVER PHOTO by Jim Brown Ontario, CNR 5700 at St. Thomas, and Port Stanley Terminal Rail. The van leaves from Toronto Union Station. Fare: $45.00. For details, write to Raiifan On June 5, 1960, Royal Hudson 2857 hauled Rambles, Kingfisher Promotions, P.O. Box 171, Cobourg, Ontario K9A 4K5. the UCRS farewell to CPR steam excursion from Toronto to Port McNicoii. At Fesserton, on Other UCRS excursions - Dates and details to be announced. the Port McNicoii Subdivision, 2857 headed • Day trip to London and Port Stanley. west on an unscheduled runpast. For more • One-day excursion on the New York and Lake Erie to Salamanca reflections on CPR steam, see Page 6. • Toronto city and area tour (December). UCRS Newsletter • June 1990 • 3 Lindsay and Area Subdivision Observations BY NORMAN J. CARDWELL The weatherman had advised the day before that Saturday railway hobby stuf^ memorabilia, books, raflfare, and everything April, 5, 1990, was to be dear and sunny but slightly chilly. else you can imagine. Taking advantage of this dear weathep Bill Pyke, a fellow We were fortunate to meet one of Lindsay's original UCRS membep and I dedded to take off for Lindsay Ontario, working railroad and musical encydopaedias, Larry Murphy. for a httle railfanniag and to visit the 16th annual Lindsay and Larry and I met many years ago when we were both involved District Model Engineers Show. in the band business. As a matter of fact, Larry was We left Toronto about 8:00 am and headed out Highway instrumental (no pun intended) in producing one of the most 401 east to Highways 35 and 115. progressive and entertaining bands ever to have emerged firom The following is our trip report: the Lindsay area. After reriiing from his musical interests, Larry returned to his railway hobby. Larry kindly invited BiU and me CP Bobcaygeon Subdivision up to the Exhibitor's Lounge where we aU enjoyed a leisurdy Leaving Highway 35, we proceeded east on Highway 7A into lunch and got caught up on all the local railway news. Bethany. The rails were lifted on this sub in March of 1989. Some tidbits: The rails on CbTs CampbeUford Sub were sold This now abandoned right-of-way is comfortable to drive untn to refurbish an American raUroad. The rails on ClTs Fleetwood Creek, just north of the former Fleetwood Station, Lakefidd Spur were sold to a Nevada, U.S-A. concern and where we encountered a large mormd of earth blocking the reportedly were trucked out by Nevada truckers. CP's right-of-way. Further investigation revealed that a short steel Bobcaygeon Sub rails were sold for scrap, the whereabouts girder type bridge had been removed. After taking a few photos, unknown at this time. we backed down to the first concession south and traveled I understand firom taUdng to Larry afterwards that the show approximately one concession west in order to skirt this detoun enjoyed record attendance. This show is highly recommended Heading north again, we were warned by a local sign and Bfll and I are eagerly looking forward to next years edition. which said "WASHOUT AHEAD." Since we were riding in Bill's Around 3:00 pmu we dedded to return to Toronto and to SDAROWS (Super Duper Abandoned Right-Of-Way Scooter), investigate some former railway Unes on the way home. which in reality is actually a four-wheel drive GM Jimmy, we Exiting Lindsay via Highway 7 West; we dedded to take a cleared ah. obstacles until we reached the next concession. This drive down the former Toronto and Nipissing. (Until about three route is not recommended for ordinary vehicles). years ago, part of this line remained from Blackwater Junction Returning to the right-of-way all was dear sailing, or to Woodvflle and was referred to as the Cannington Spur.) should we say dear railing, into Lindsay untn we reached George Street. The right-of-way at this point is completdy CN Cannington Spur (From Highway 7) impassable (you can see the CN CampbeUford Sub overpass Driving soufiibound on this abandoned right-of-way from about half a mile ahead). We backed down to Mary Street and Highway 7 turned out to be a pleasant, semi-scenic drive save then headed north on Logie Street. Just south of Mary Street, for one or two large bumps and some minor washouts. At one can see faint traces of the former Lindsay Junction, where Sunderland, one must detour with a short swing to either the the Burketon and Dranod Sections cormected. east or the west, as a private business now blocks the right-of- As a passing note, at Bethany about one mile north, one way here. Picking up the right-of-way immediatdy south of can also observe the abandoned right-of-way of the former Port Sunderland, aU is dear to the north end of the Blackwater Hope, Lindsay and Beaverton.