RAIL AND TRANSIT IN NUMBER 508 EEBRUARY 1992

UPPER CANADA RAILWAY SOCIETY 2 * UCRS Newsletter * February 1992

UPPER CANADA RAILWAY SOCIETY EDITOR IN THIS MONTH'S NEWSLETTER Pat Scrimgeour The Little Trains of Long Ago 3 Of Cinders and Prime Rib 6 CONTRIBUTING EDITORS North Station 7 John Carter, Art Clowes, Scott Haskill, A Trip to 9 Don McQueen, Sean Robitaille, CP Rail Freight Train Schedules 10 Number 508 - February 1992 Gray Scrimgeour, Chris Spinney, Motive Power and Rolling Stock 11 John Thompson, Gord Webster The Ferrophiliac Column 12 UPPER CANADA RAILWAY SOCIETY In Transit 14 EDITORIAL ADVISOR P.O. BOX 122, STATION A Follow That Car! IS TORONTO, M5W 1A2 Stuart I. Westland Transcontinental — Railway News 16

NOTICES CALENDAR OMER IAVALLLE UCRS STATION EXHIBIT Omer Lavallde, Canada's leading railway historian, died on There is a display of photographs of Ontario stations from the February 5. Omer was the author of several books on railways collections of Bill Hood and Dave Spaulding at the CHP Heritage and for many years was the head of the Canadian Pacific archives Centre, upstairs at Cumberland Terrace, in Toronto, on the east in Montreal. He was inducted into the Order of Canada in 1989 side of Bay Street between Bloor and Cumberland. The room is in recognition for his contributions to the field and to the nation. open on Wednesdays from 1:00 pun. to 6:00 p.m., and on Omef s career with CP began in 1942, with Canadian Pacific Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays from 12:00 noon to 4:00 p.m. Air Lines. He moved to the CPR later that year, where he worked The show continues until March 28th. Free admission. in the finance department for nearly a quarter of a century. From Friday, February 28 - UCRS Hamilton meeting, 8:00 p.m., at the 1966, he was an historical specialist in the public relations Hamilton Spectator auditorium, 44 Frid Street, just off Main department, and in 1970 set up CP Bygones, to dispiose of Street at Highway 403. The programme will be recent news and surplus material from the company's stock. He established the a showing of members' current and historical slides. archives in 1973, and was corporate archivist until his retirement in 1986. His "swan song" was the celebration in 1985 of the Friday, March 20 - UCRS Toronto meeting. Neil McNish will centennial of the driving of the last spike at CraigeUachie. speak on railways in Canada, the United States, and Europe, with Through the 1940s, '50s, and '60s, Omer was a key emphasis on steam. participant in the and the Canadian Saturday and Sunday, March 21 and 22, 1992 - 17th Annual Railroad Historical Association. He also helped many other Toronto Model Railway Show, sponsored by the Toronto and organisations; in 1985, he spoke at the UCRS annual banquet. York Division, Canadian Railroad Historical Association, Omer's books, including Narrow Gauge Railways of Canada, International Centre, 6900 Road, Mississauga. Saturday, Van Home's Road, and Canadian Pacific Steam Locomotives, are 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.; Sunday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. regarded as among the most authoritative works on the Admission: $8.00, children 6-13 $4.00. For information, call Mike development of railways in Canada. For the last decade, he had Tibando, 416 488-9446. been producing a manuscript, soon to be published, on the Friday, March 27 - UCRS Hamilton meeting. International of Maine division of the CPR, where had spent many years on Pay Car 52. Saturday, April 4, 1992 - Forest City Railway Society 18th We will miss Omer, but his lifetime of accomplishments shall Annual Slide Trade and Sale Day, 1:00 to 5:00 p.m.. All Saints' be a lasting memory. -PS, AC, ROB, RFC Church, Hamilton at Inkerman, London. Admission: $2.00. Dealers welcome; for information, contact Ian Piatt, UCRS ANNUAL MEETING 519 485-2817. The 1992 Annual General Meeting of the UCRS was held on February 21 in Toronto. Al Maitland, George Meek, and Pat Friday, April 17 - UCRS Toronto meeting. Pete Mcintosh will Semple were elected as directors for a term of three years. give a slide presentation on the Sacramento Railfair of 1991 and President Rick Fastman thanked retiring director Albert Faber Colorado narrow gauge railways. and the many other volunteers for their work over the last year. Friday, April 24 - UCRS Hamilton meeting.

The UCRS will be preparing an exhibit for the federal Please send news for this calendar to the UCRS well in advance in North York, and Al Maitland asks for your ideas and your help. of the event, in time for publication.

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PASSENGER SERVICE AT WALLACEBURG IN JUNE 1893 THE LITTLE TRAINS OF LONG AGO

BY GORDON C. SHAW Trerice, now obsolete for her original Dresden to Detroit run, connected with these trains at Erieau and provided service to and WaUaceburg, an important agricultural and manufacturing centre from (Rhodes 1991, p. 98). of about 12 000 people in Kent in , has This June 1893 Official Railwc^ Guide shows the Erie and always been a difficult place to reach by public transportation. Huron Railway to have been very much Chatham-based. Its head This has been espedaUy the case relative to the larger office was located there and, apart from its president who Uved communities of Chatham, the county seat of Kent County in Toronto, aU of its officers lived in Chatham. Those listed were: eighteen miles to the south, and Samia, the seat of Lambton E.H. Bickford - President County about thirty miles to the north. J.j. Ross — Managing Director Chatham is on direct Canadian National and Canadian J.E. Foreman — General Auditor Pacific railway lines Unking Toronto, London, Windsoi; and E.H. Edwards — Accountant Detroit, while Samia, weU-known for its railway tunnel, is on an W.N. Warburton — General Freight and Passenger Agent almost direct Canadian National line between Toronto, London, R Stamelen — Master Mechanic and . These Canadian National lines were buUt in the C.H. Crofts — General Storekeeper mid-1850s and the Canadian Pacific through Chatham to Windsor was opened in 1891. Also, as shown by this June 1893 Official Railway Guide, the Erie WaUaceburg was just left out! It has always had to depend and Huron RaUway provided two "express" trains each way daUy on secondary carriers for connections to and from these major except Sunday between Blenheim and Samia; these left railways at Chatham and Samia. At one time, WaUaceburg reUed WaUaceburg for Chatham at 9:25 a.m. and 6:35 p.m. and for heavily on steamboats. A poster displayed for many years in Mr. Samia at 10:20 a.m. and 5:45 p.m. In addition, there was a John Scotf s private banking office on James Street, WaUaceburg, "mixed" traia leaving WaUaceburg at 12:50 pan. for Chatham advised that the new steamer Hiawatha would commence service and Blenheim. These schedules seem to have been operated by on November 1, 1874, and would leave WaUaceburg at 6:00 the three train consists, dispatched as foUows: a.m., daUy except Simday for Samia and intermediate river . "Express A" (Based in Chatham) At Samia, she would coimect with the mid-day trains of both the Left Chatham 8:00 a.m. Great Western and Grand Drunk raUways before returning to Arrived Blenheim 8:35 a.m. WaUaceburg in the evening. With this 6:00 a.m. departure in Left Blenheim 8:45 a.m. Novembei; one hopes — but doubts, since she was only 99 feet Chatham 9:25 a.m. long and 20 feet wide (MiUs 1983, p. 53) - that the Hiawatha Dresden 9:55 a.m. had a heated cabin and served breakfast. (In 1874, the Great WaUaceburg 10:20 a.m. Western and the Grand Trunk were competing raflways although Arrived Samia 11:45 a.m. both are now part of the Canadian National. The Great Western Left Samia 5:15 p.m. operated between Toronto and Samia via London and Strathroy WaUaceburg 6:35 p.m. whUe the Grand Drunk ran via Stratford and Forest; this latter Dresden 7:02 p.m. Une was abandoned west of St. Marys Junction in the 1980s.) Arrived Chatham 7:35 p.m. For a time, WaUaceburg also had an overnight steamboat service, thrice weekly to Windsor and Detroit; this was suppUed by another smaU steamei; Byron Trerice, which was buflt by Dresden interests in 1882. My father's fiiend, the late Walter Fisher of WaUaceburg, once told me that the Trerice would leave Dresden in the late aftemoon and stop at WaUaceburg before arriving at Detroit early the next morning. She would then leave Detroit the next evening to return. Walter also reported that her second deck cabin was equipped with upper and lower berths along each side somewhat like a standard raUway sleeping car. By June 1893, howevei; WaUaceburg had rail service. The Erie and Huron RaUway started buUding north in 1879 from Rondeau Bay on to Blenheim and Chatham. It opened to WaUaceburg in 1883 and to Samia in 1886 (Rhodes 1991, p. 100). The June 1893 Official Railway Guide shows the Company providing passenger service over its 67-inile Une between Samia and Blenheim but not over a four-mUe extension south from Blenheim to "Rondeau." Howevei; the Erie and Huron soon extended this latter trackage to reach their newly-developed of Erieau and passenger service foUowed (Rhodes 1991, p. 97). For at least a few seasons in the 1890s, the steamer Byron

Map by M Clowes and Pal Scnmgeour 4 « UCRS Newsletter » February 1992

2. "Express B" (Based in Samia) miles east of the main Crand Triink station. At Samia, the Left Samia 7:30 a.m. passenger had a choice of two stations, one mUe apart, either the WaUaceburg 9:25 a.m. Erie and Huron station or the Crand Trunk Station. The former Dresden 9:55 a.m. was probably near the current CSX yard office in south Samia Chatham 10:35 a.m. whUe the latter coiUd have been either the former Creat Westem Arrived Blenheim 11:15 a.m. terminal on the waterfront just south of the Dock Hfll or Left Blenheim 11:50 a.m. the then newly-opened "Dinnel Station," now used by VIA RaU. Arrived Chatham 12:20 p.m. A passenger going beyond Chatham to London, Toronto, Left Chatham 4:40 p.m. Windsoi; or Detroit, had to connect with either the Crand Trunk Dresden 5:15 p.m. or the Canadian Pacific at Chatham. These connections are WaUaceburg 5:45 p.m. summarised as foUows: 7:40 Arrived Sarnia p.m. Dp WaUaceburg 9:25 a.m. Erie and Huron 3. "Mixed C" Ar Chatham 10:35 a.m. Erie and Huron Left WaUaceburg 12:50 p.m. Dp Chatham 10:37 a.m. Grand Trunk Arrived Chatham 2:30 p.m. Ar London 12:10 p.m. Crand Trunk Left Chatham 4:20 p.m. Ar Toronto 5:25 p.m. Grand Trunk Arrived Blenheim 5:00 p.m. Dp Chatham 12:47 p.m. Canadian Pacific Left Blenheim 5:30 p.m. Ar Windsor 2:00 p.m. Canadian Pacific Arrived Chatham 6:15 p.m. Dp WaUaceburg 12:50 p.m. Erie and Huron Ar Chatham 2:30 p.m. Erie and Huron Since no schedule was shown for a "mixed" morning trip from Dp Chatham 3:15 p.m. Grand Trunk 3:03 p.m. Canadian Pacific Chatham to WaUaceburg, it is possible that this trip was omitted Ar London 5:50 p.m. Grand Trunk 4:50 p.m. Canadian Pacific from the passenger timetable to permit flexibUity in Ar Toronto 8:55 p.m. Canadian Pacific accommodating freight car movements. Thus, most setting-off and Dp Chatham 4:30 p.m. Crand Trunk picking up of freight cars could have be done on these northward Ar Windsor 6:00 p.m. Grand Trunk trips, permitting reasonably consistent running times for passengers on the southward trips. (Since the Official Guide did Dp WaUaceburg 6:35 p.m. Erie and Huron not show freight schedules, it is also possible that the southward Ar Chatham 7:35 p.m. Erie and Huron movements of these trains originated in Samia and the northward Dp Chatham 7:50 p.m. Canadian Pacific 1:56 a.m. Canadian Pacific movements terminated in Samia with the passenger coaches Ar London 10:15 p.m. Canadian Pacific 3:45 a.m. Canadian Pacific being transferred at WaUaceburg. That is, the Erie and Huron's Ar Toronto 8:10 a.m. Canadian Pacific entire freight and passenger service could have been handled Dp Chatham 8:56 p.m. Grand Trunk 12:47 a.m. Canadian Pacific with four locomotives and crews.) Ar Windsor 10:05 p.m. Grand Trunk 2:00 a.m. Canadian Pacific From the above, a passenger from WaUaceburg would have to The above passenger schedule permitted a passenger to leave leave at either 9:25 a.m. or at 12:50 p.m. to get to Toronto that WaUaceburg at 9:25 a.m. and to have a fuU day in Chatham same day and without having to ride one of the "red-eye before leaving Chatham at 4:40 p.m. to return home at 5:45 p.m. specials," the overnight trains which both the Crand Trunk and SimUarly the 10:20 a.m. train would permit a fuU day in Samia the Canadian Pacific operated through Chatham during the night. before returning to WaUaceburg at 6:35 p.m. In either case, the WaUaceburg-to-Toronto joumey would involve The "express" trains would carry only passenger train about eight hours. Passengers could leave for London on any one equipment, that is, probably a combination maU and express car; of the three departures but the joumey varied fixim two hours a combination baggage and "smoker" coach, then one or two and 45 minutes with the 9:25 a.m. departure to four hours with passenger coaches. The "mixed" train would cany freight cars, the 12:50 p.m. departure. Similarly a passenger could leave for then probably some kind of a combination baggage-passenger Windsor on anyone of the trains but the travel times varied from coach. (Based on the venerable sway-backed coach operated by three hours and 30 minutes to over five hours. Part of these the Pere Marquette RaUway successor to the Erie and Huron, on travel times involved waits of up to two hours in Chatham and, their WaUcervUle to Chatham mixed train in the 1930s, these in some cases, changing from the Canadian Pacific to the Crand coaches would be of wood construction and heated by stoves.) Dunk station, a mile away. WhUe these trains provided reUable aU year transportation, they The westward travel times from Toronto, London, and were leisurely. The express trains required, on average, two hours V\/indsor to WaUaceburg were similar to the above eastward and 41 minutes for the 55 mUe joumey between Chatham and times. Probably the most convenient schedule was that of the Samia; that is, they had an average speed of 20.5 mUes per hour. Canadian Pacific leaving Toronto at 7:20 a.m., arriving Chatham The express trains made regular stops at Blenheim, Fargo, at 12:47 p.m., and then leaving for WaUaceburg at 4:40 p.m. Chatham, Darrel, Eberts, Ennett, Dresden, "UipperviUe, WhUe there was a corresponding service on the Crand Tnmk WaUaceburg, Port Lambton, Sombra, Courtright, Mooretown, leaving Toronto at 7:35 a.m., its use required changing stations Corunna, and Samia. Other stops were made when traffic in Chatham, The alternative was to leave Toronto at 11:00 p.m. warranted at four "flag" stations: Richardson, Whitebread, on a Crand Dunk "red-eye," to arrive at Chatham around Watson, and Wawanosh. WhUe the 1893 Official Railway Guide 7:00 a.m. in time for the Erie and Huron's northward train at shows the Erie and Huron as using the Canadian Pacific station 9:25 a.m. The general inconvenience of making coimections in in Chatham, it also shows direct connections being made with Chatham was, no doubt, a factor in WaUaceburg supporting the some Crand Trunk trains at "E and H Crossing," a junction 0.85 buUding of the Chatham, WaUaceburg and Lake Erie RaUway an UCRS Newsletter » February 1992 » 5 dectric line which opened to WaUaceburg in 1906 which, in turn, was leased by the P^ Marquette Railway in and which provided more frequent service to Chatham than did 1904 (Rhodes 1991, pp. 104 and 124). During the 1890s the the steam raUway. Also, its cars stopped near the Canadian LE&DR extended its line from Blenheim to St. Thomas and Pacific station and this facilitated train connections. obtained running rights over the Central from St. Similarly the four-hom rail travel times between Thomas to the Niagara frontier. These extensions made it possible WaUaceburg and Windsor encouraged the continued use of for the P^e Marquette to seek "bridge" fi^ight traffic between its passenger steamers. For many years, WaUaceburg supported the home base in Michigan and New York state. The Pere Marquette locaUy-owned passenger steamer Winona. Then, during the continued to provide passenger service over its Canadian lines; 1920s, Canada Steamship Lines operated its steamer Thousand the 1916 and 1930 Official Rmiway Guides show two trains each Islander and, for a time, the Rapids King, several times weekly way daily except Simday over both the Walkervflle to St between WaUaceburg, V\todsoi; and Detroit. Five hour sailing Thomas and the Samia to Erieau branches. By 1930, however times were provided and these services operated until late August one of the two trains had become a mixed with slow running in 1928 (Beaton and Beaton 1979, p. 24). times and, by the mid-1930s, most of this passenger service was The Jrme 1893 Official Railway Guide shows the Erie and abandoned. The P&re Marquette did, howevei; continue a daily Huron also coimecting with the Grand Drunk RaUway at Samia. except Sunday mixed train between Chatham, Blenheim, and Passengers leaving WaUaceburg at 10:20 a.m. arrived in Samia Walkervflle until the late 1940s. This train seemed an anomaly in time for a train reaching Toronto, via Stratford, at 7:40 p.m. when listed, with various streamliners, in the Chesapeake and They could also coimect with trains to and from Chicago and timetables foUowing the C&O's takeover of the Pere various Michigari points. Marquette in 1947- This 1893 Official Railway Guide also showed coimections WhUe, as noted before, these Erie and Huron trains, albeit between the Erie and Huron RaUway and the Michigan Central slow by 1990 standards, were a big improvement over the stage Railroad at both Fargo, on its main line, and at Courtright, on its coach and the Utde steamboats. It is sad, howevei; that they were branch from St. Thomas. Howevei; for WaUaceburg passengers, also an improvement over the service to and from these connections were more in theory than in fact. The WaUaceburg today. The December 1991 Official Bus Guide lists 9:25 ajn. train from WaUaceburg got to Fargo at 11:00 ajn., only one bus each way daUy except Sunday between Chatham, much too late for both the morning eastward and westward WaUaceburg and Samia. It leaves Chatham at 9:15 a.m., Michigan Central locals. (WhUe the 8:00 a.m. train, from foUowing the arrival of a Greyhound bus firim Vfindsoi; and Chatham made connections with a westward local on the MCRR, returns to Chatham at 2:55 p.m. in time for a connecting bus to it missed the eastward local by about thirty minutes.) Windsor. Howevei; this 9:15 a.m. departure forces a passenger A passenger could leave WaUaceburg on the "mixed" at from London or Toronto to spend the previous night in Chatham. 12:50 p.m., get to Fargo at 4:50 p.m., and then wait for either an In the eastward direction, a passenger from WaUaceburg must eastward MCRR local at 6:52 p.m. to arrive at St. Thomas at wait in Chatham almost four hours for a Greyhound bus at 9:00 pun. or for a westward local at 6:42 p.m. to arrive in 6:50 pjn. Clearly the automobile has decimated pubUc Windsor at 8:20 p.in. (A two-hour wait in Fargo would be a real transportation at WaUaceburg. Therefore, those of us stfll charmei; espedaUy in the winter; howevei; it may have been the interested in it can only hope that, some day its needs wfll be only way to go for someone wishing to go from WaUaceburg to, recognised. Surely at least a direct connection could be provided, say Rodney.) morning and evening with the principal east-west and VIA RaU trains. Perhaps, as we think of the Uttle trains of long ago, The Courtright connections with the Erie and Huron were we can also think of what is required today. even less useful. The Guide shows the MCRR trains leaving Courtright at 7:25 aun. and at 10:40 a.m., both much too early ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS for a passenger leaving WaUaceburg on the Erie and Huron train The author wishes to thank Mr. Cray Scrimgeour for the loan of at 10:20 a.m. (A passengei; having an early business his reproduction of the June 1893 Official Railway Guide. It is appointment in, say OU Springs, could, of course, leave hoped that this Guide wiU inspire other raU and marine WaUaceburg at 5:45 p.m., enjoy a fish dinner and stay overnight scheduling articles. The author also appreciates conversations at Bedard's Hotel in Courtright and leave there on the 7:25 ajn. with the late Walter Fisher of WaUaceburg. (He, with his sister MCRR train to arrive in OU Springs at 9:30 a.m.) Meta, operated the CN Express and Telegraph office there for WhUe not mentioned in the 1893 Guide, the Erie and Huron many years.) The author also appreciates conversations with Alan also coimected with the newly constructed Lake Erie and Detroit Mann of WaUaceburg, John MiUs of Toronto, and John Rhodes River Railway at Blenheim. This line, promoted by the Walker of Chatham. interests of Walkervflle, only reached Blenheim in late 1892 (Rhodes 1991, p. 111). Perhaps, by the foUowing June, REFERENCES connections had not been formalised; howevei; an LE&DR mixed Beaton, Horace L. and Beaton, Charles P., From the Wheelhouse, train from Leamington was scheduled to arrive in Blenheim at The Story of a Captain, Cheltenham, Ontario: The 8:50 a.m., five minutes after the 8:45 ajn. departure of the Boston Mills Press, 1979. northward Erie and Huron train. Schedules were more convenient Mills, John M., Canadian Coastal and inland Steam Vessels 1809- southward: the 9:25 a.m. train from WaUaceburg got to Blenheim 1930, Providence, Rhode Island: The Steamship Historical at 11:15 a.m. in time to catch the LE&DR train at 2:15 p.m. for Society of America, 1983. Leamington and Walkervflle. This latter station was reached at 5:55 p.m.; again, travel was leisurelyl Rhodes, John, Rails to the Heartland, Chatham, Ontario: John Rhodes, 1991. The Erie and Huron Railway did not survive as such. It was purchased by the Lake Erie and Railway in 1901 Russell's Official National Coach Guide, December 1991. 6 * UCRS Newsletter • February 1992

A WFFKFND IN ATLANTA OF CINDERS AND PRIME RIB

Rome, Georgia, brought the first runpast and the cool air BY RICK EASTMAN and dear skies combined to produce a striking image of steam In 1963, Paul Merriman, an engineer with Dupont, purchased an and our first look at the NS's official cars on the rear of the train, about-to-be-scrapped Mikado from a Tennessee short line. This transporting invited guests. was not just any Mikado, but the first of this type purchased by After 'ooarding, we continued on to our destination, the the Southern Railway No. 4501. Mr. Merriman then received Choc-Choc Holiday Inn in Chattanooga, Teimessee. Several permission from the Southern Railway management to move the firdghts spiced up the ride and just east of our destination we 4501 under steam to Chattanooga. The media got wind of the passed the Tennessee "VhUey Railway Museum — a fine looking special movement and the rest is history — 25 years of steam property with many varied artifacts on display induding an excursion history — a history that Norfolk Southern celebrated in Aerotrain set. style on the weekend of November 2 and 3, 1991. The Choc-Choc Holiday Inn is built aroimd and incorporates This celebration resulted in my wife and 1 being seated in the the one-time Chattanooga passenger station. Most of the trackage rear of the airport Umo en route to Pearson International Airport has been removed. The remaining tracks hold several converted and a shuttle to Cleveland, Ohio, for a Delta flight to sleepers for hotd guests and a track for a former New Orleans Atlanta, Georgia, and the weekend of celebrations. St. Charles line streetcar. The track for the streetcar was cut back Our Air Ontario flight was to depart at 9:30 a.m., but for the weekend and 611 cautiously backed us onto this track. Toronto's air traffic controllers had other ideas and we did not We disembarked and checked into the hotd, then walked to depart xmtil 3:30 p.m., which was supposed to be our arrival a yard south of the hotd, to be greeted by a truly amazing time in Atlanta. This caused some anxiety, as we had reservations sight - all four of Nos. 611, 1218, 4501, and 722 under steam. for the New Georgia Railroad's dinner train at 7:30 that evening. No. 4501 was scheduled to power a short excursion, so 611 Once airborne, the flights were uneventful, and that is pulled its train out of the hotd complex and 4501 backed its exactly what you want your flight to be: rmeventful. Upon arrival short train in. We boarded the train and discovered it had no at Atlanta's Hartsfield Airport, signs directed us down an interior lights. The sun had long since set, and we were treated to the baggage-claim area. But what greeted us was a to the lights of Chattanooga and a very dark tuimd. The evening station for the "Metro" — an internal transport system using a was capped by a banquet and slide show in the grand ballroom. rubber-tired three-car subway very similar to Montreal's Metro, Sunday dawned equally dear and possibly cooler than and aU automated. This system took us to the baggage-claim'area Saturday. A visit to the yard south of the hotd showed the crews and a problem encountered by many a traveller — no luggage — had been busy as 4501, 611, and 1218 now headed up our and less than 40 minutes to catch the dinner train. train, which was in excess of 30 cars. Teimessee "Valley Railway A quick lost-bag claim with Delta and a fast cab ride Museum No. 630 stood guard a couple of tracks oven MUes of downtown left us out of breath, but seated for dinner in an Kodachrome went through the cameras and several commercial exquisitely-converted Budd stainless-steel coach, heading for video producers did their thing. Stone Mountain Park while enjoying a superb prime-rib dinner. Departure time arrived and the engineer on 611 refused to Power for the train? Two EMD E8A diesels painted in a depart on radio orders from the conductor. Instead, he instmcted Central of Georgia Railroad scheme. The Es were coupled at each the hoggers on 4501 and 1218 to "do it the way we did before end of the train as no turning or run-around facilities exist at radios," and both responded with two pulls on the whistle cords. Stone Mountain Park. The ride was three hours and the price Satisfied, the hogger on 611 cracked the throttle and we left for reasonable, well worth the effort if you find yourself in Atlanta. Atlanta. All further communication between the locomotives was Upon arrival back at Mile 0, the departure point for the by whistle signals and no one on board complained. dinner train, a quick cab ride took us to our hotel and a pleasant Just beyond DeButts Yard, a nmpast was annoimced. We surprise — our baggage had beaten us to the hotel, a fact which detrained and the locomotives backed out of sight The allowed my wife a good nighf s sleep. locomotives that returned were a pair of London-built SD60s on The next morning dawned sunny and cool, with a view of a freight containing a large contingent of BC Rail lumber cars. Stone Mountain on the horizon. A cab ride took us to Amtrak's The freight departed, and 4501 et al whistled and stormed past Peachtree Station, a large crowd of excursionists, and even a the photographers. As the train slowed and stopped, many of the group of real passengers, as Amtrak's southbormd Crescent was gathered throng broke into a sustained round off applause. due. passes and and seat assignments were obtained Everyone reboarded, and we proceeded south to the junction and the Crescent arrived with three F40PHs and 25 cars. The with the line from Cleveland, Teimessee. No. 4501 and her short Crescent was running on time" — but with Amtrak's president, train left us at this point and we continued south to Atlanta. A Robert Claytoi; on board, the crews would not dare run late. imexpectedly-long time was taken to split the train, due Next on the platform was our train, a 25-car consist headed particularly to a slow freight. This resulted in the cancellation of by J-dass locomotive 611, a bullet-nosed 4-8-4 constructed in the a runpast by 611 and 1218, and a straight shot to Atlanta with Roanoke shops of the Norfolk and Westem. The train departed an on-time arrival — important, as many riders had to make a on time, but firdghts getting into and out of NS's Inman Yard put connection with the northbound Crescent. us about 40 minutes down. All in all, an excellent weekend. Our only regret was that we A walk of the train found all the seats taken and indeed the did not have a chance to see the city of Atlanta. I was told, announced ridership was 700-plus. Back at our cai; conversation howevei; that the 1994 NRHS convention will be in Atlanta. with our fellow riders revealed people from all over the U.SA., Now, lef s see, "VIA to Montr&l and Amtrak to Washington and along with Canada, England, and Germany. Atlanta . . . hmmm . . . . • UCRS Newsletter * February 1992 » 7

TORONTO'S OTHER CREAT RAILWAY STATION NORTH TORONTO STATION

BY RODERICK SERGIADES Since the station dosed in 1930, it has had only the two present tenants, and is largely unaltered from its original make• One of Toronto's great "lost" binldings, familiar to most people up. In fact, the exterior is virtually identical to its state in the as a landmark liquor and beer store, is the 75-year-old North station's heyday of the 1920s. The only major visual change is the Toronto railway station on the east side of near loss of the elegant butterfly canopies that extended the length of Summerhill Avenue. the platforms. It is Toronto's other great railway station, largely unknown An incomplete North Toronto Station was officially opened, a by most and obscured by its present function; it is now the focus little over a year after construction began, on Wednesday June of a proposed large redevelopment of the lands immediately east 14, 1916, with a grand celebration hosted by Toronto Mayor of it and of proposals to re-open it as a passenger station for GO Tommy Church. Thansit commuter trains. Speaking firom a dais in the main waiting room. Mayor North Toronto Station is essentially made up of two Church cheerfully announced that the building of the station was structures, the 147-foot-taIl clock tower and the actual station- the beginning of the end of the transportation feuds between itself which consists of the main waiting room flanked by two dties and raflways which had existed for some time. smaller wings. Then, a CPR official gave a speech in which he said, 'Tt is the The main jsart of Uie station is surroimded by a canopy and duty of the dvic fathers to develop the dty and it is the duty of faced with three two-storey arched windows which originally a railway to do parts in making it a point of interest for the allowed sunlight to flood the large waiting room (now occupied travelling public. Lack of faith along such lines shorfld not be by the liquor store showroom). These vrindows are now sealed tolerated. The motto which should stand out prominently is told off by a false ceiling. On each side of the windows on the outside in a few words — "Encourage enterprise and travd throughout are stone carved railway crests with swags. the Dominion'." The main waiting room, which was lined with marble, filled Following the speeches, the dignitaries and members of the most of the building and was approximately three storeys high. public proceeded upstairs at predsdy 10:00 p.m. to send off the At night, this room was illiaminated by four large bronzed first official train, the "North Toronto Limited," for Montreal via standards, each topped by a cluster of frosted bulbs and a large Peterborough, as bands played in the background. reflector. Such magnificence was indicative of the great stations The opening of the new station was well-covered by the of the period and meant to be a constant reminder of the press. The Globe reported, "The station "propef is a beautiful greatness of the railways. Occupying the low east wing were the monument in that it contains appointments somewhat out of the ladies' waiting room, the smoking room, and the lavatories; to ordinary for what has been regarded as a suburban ." the west were the Canadian Pacific and Canadian Northern ticket offices. There was also a news agent. Among the destinations listed for the new station were Montreal, , , Lindsay Port Hope, Streetsvflle, Beyond the passenger facilities were the fi-eight rooms, Teeswatei; and Owen Sound. mostly for passengers' baggage, and the passageways leading to the tracks. This part of the station lay mostly under the tracks. North Toronto Station was buflt by the CPR primarily to handle A weigh scale, one relic of those long-ago hustle-and-bustie the popular Montreal—Toronto passenger service, which had days, is stiU in this area, now the warehouse portion of the beer become too great for the much smaller old North Toronto Station store. One ticket wicket also survives, hidden behind a false wall. on Marlborough Avenue on the west side of Yonge. That service And several waiting room benches stQl exist, now used by had begun using North Toronto about 1912 in protest over the employees for their limch breaks. delays with the new downtown, which did not The station's focal point is the clock towei; which was open until 1927. CPR also thought that the station would nicely designed to attract attention for some distance arotmd, and is serve the affluent Rosedale community nearby and complement today stfll somewhat successful for that purpose. It was inspired Union Station in the long term. by the Campanile of St. Mark's Square in Venice, after that As well, the Canadian Northern entered into an agreement structure was rebuilt subsequent to a devastating fire in 1902. with the CPR to jointly use the new terminal for most of their passenger activities. Hence, North Toronto Station was sometimes 8 « UCRS Newsletter * February 1992 called a imion station in its early days. The "union" never came depression of the 1930s, the CPR closed the station, as an to be, due to the financial difficulties of the Canadian Northern. economy move, on September 27, 1930. The station was designed by the well-known and prolific At that time, the CPR said that no permanent decision had Toronto architectural firm of Darling and Pearson. They had been been made about the station's future. The CPR strongly hinted in responsible for the Parliament and Peace Tower in the September 18, 1930, edition of the Toronto Telegram that Ottawa, the Canadian Bank of Commerce head office in Toronto North Toronto would only be closed temporarily. (for several decades the tallest building in the ), In 1931, the beer store moved in, foUowed by the Liquor Control Convocation Hall at the , and many bank Board of Ontario in 1940. Until a few years ago, this liquor store branches across the coimtry. was the most profitable in the country. North Toronto Station was built on the site of the formej; On May 22, 1939, North Toronto Station was specially imdeveloped, Grimsby Street, and was one of the few large reopened for one day for the Royal visit of King George VI and projects in Toronto completed during the first world war. Queen Elizabeth (now the Queen Mother). During the second The CPR was tight-lipped about the cost of the station, but world war the station was used for some troop movements. it was probably at least one million dollars. About this time, the station's clock broke down, and disappeared North Toronto Station was open for only 14 years. By the late a few years laten 1920s, passenger traffic had started to fall off as people found it Now, with development of offices, shopping, condominiums, too inconvenient to transfer between Union Station and North and housing proposed by Marathon Realty and with the possible Toronto Station. As well, the automobile was making its presence use of the station by GO Transit as a mid-town terminal, perhaps felt — North Toronto Station served mostly small-town Ontario, the station may come full-circle and again serve the community within driving distance of Toronto. With the deepening for its intended purpose as a grand railway station. •

NORTH TORONTO STATION: THE TOUR This 'article appeared previously in the February 1992 Leaside rescue and volunteered to continue. With determination, I Town Crier. Reprinted by pennission of Town Crier Inc. pushed open the trap door completely and withstood a continuous avalanche. A few minutes later, none the worse for The: day 1. showed: up:; at :Nortfi; Toronto: Station-exj^ wear, thanks to my "space suit," we propped the ladder up and tour: only the main part of the station, I found tojny pleasftnt continued to clock level. surprise that 1 Wotild be able to: go up: the: clock tower: as well:: There, like all the other levels of the tower, the floor was Several experts were on hand to gather information covered was at least a foot of bird dung. More interesting were on the restoration, of the station under the auspices of the four clock-faces, hidden for decades by four large steel Marathon Rehltjt,: the development arm of: Canadian Pacific:: plates outside;: The: metal frames of the faces were intact, with . To go up the tower, I had to be properly outfitted. no glass. All other evidence of the clock was gone. By that l triean dres.sing up in a "space suffii tq protect'ine from Two. of the four plates have had doors cut into them. I the extremely unhygienic conditions in the tower. peeked through, both to take a look at the view the tov/er The exercise was done with the assistance of the :offered;Peekmg:Dut: the: nortfi:ride:and:looking west,: Icoifl^ bird cohtroi. e5cpert who will be in chrrfge bfifhe.rernoyal of see Casa Loma and the tops of buildings for many blocks. East ;pige3n:.m^^ along the tracks were what appeared to be the great forests of (least:'tyift>.tbi^^^ : Rosedale: and the ravine. Peering north and south gave: good Now that 1 had my white suit on, complete with views of Yonge Street. spacehelmet and:a:batxeiy-powered:au:lflter:^::highr^ With the help of a longer ladder brought up, two of us ffihMfy-fr-ide\w : had a look, at the interior: of the short spire.: Pitch dark :except We entered through what was once the -for the light from 6u(r flashhghts, it(was the :;St;afionma of the rest of the tower. It was dean as a whistle — perhaps :here .to: indicate :the history; :except for a: switch box: which was: • the smaU opeiiing into this space was very difficult for a pigeon ::s1ffi:(:i:ahtii^^ 'ffioffiy^iffiiTiCfiffi^ ••:(--7:(:;:(:(:(:/.-:(:(:(:--:-:':-::^ Trom there, , we .-proceeded , up the rust-covered stairways to the clock area of the tower. Passing through After about a half-hour in the tower, we headed down and our (:;seTCM('fibom to rid ourselves: of our space suits and move on to the next .mariure:(wtOts:resideht::w.ori^ eggs-arid stage: the station itself. pigeon.carcasses -left piling up: for: more than: :60: years:::Never: We dedded to work our way up by starting in the have 1 been in a place, as :reyolting(;as the tbwcftf.We saw also basement...Several.:.of lis .had(/wondered .and; researched; the graffiti here and there, left by teenagers making eternal vows whereabouts of the clock, to no avail. It then occurred to us ;rif:undylj^ that it might be tucked away in. some dark, long-forgotten I was now at the highest level of the tower, comer of the station. immediately below the docklevel. Here, 1 was accompanied by With this in mind, we "began our inspection of the boilers. (::a.Wbiiferi4^ ..About the.size of a(Mack truck and unused for years, (they were. no helmet. He was there to assist the clock expert. ::in:;:;.relatively( gc^ (some :-rusr- a^ ah- ;()Mii5S/:Sx^^ .qc(casi6nd wine oh.beer. (bottle inside. «)me .of. .them. Ih partis(.(6f. But before this was done, the worker took, a prod and began the dank basement, there was about half an inch of water on : :to::piish..on .the trap door, •when .a-smaU avalanA the floor. droppings liegan to rain on him: Ujxsh seeing this, 1 came to (his; Upstairs, we had a look at the freight area, used for • UCRS Newsletter « February 1992 * 9

NORTH TORONTO STATION: THE TOUR A TRIP TO MONTREAL •>• Continued from Page 8 Between January 29 and February 1, my wife, my two-year-old storing beer behind the store showroom. Resting here were the son, and 1 made a trip firom Kingston to Montr&l and return, freight , imused like everything else except for storage. experiencing the service offered by VIA and the Society de These wire cages were covered with plaster debris on top, and transport de la Communautd urbaine de Montr&l (STCUM). beneath them was more garbage. Below one was a desk. In the same area there was a lone old-fashioned six-foot-tall On-time departure from Kingston was aboard VIA No. 64, weigh scale with a large dial. Now covered with many layers of behind F40PH-2 6445, with four LRC coaches and an ex-CP filth, it must have remained behind because of its great weight. baggage car. We saw four CN freights in the next two hours, one Nearby was a small employee washroom, probably unused of them switching a chemical plant near Brockvflle. At Coteau, since 1930. It still had its two Edwardian wooden cubicles, which there were several CN locomotives present, induding M420 3563 were surprisingly low in height. Perhaps we have grown a bit and GP9 4323, as well as several cabooses. since then. The toilets were clogged and broken. Near Dorval, we met a westbound CN freight, a westbound On our way to the Hquor store end of the station, we passed VIA train, and on the adjacent CP tracks, an STCUM train was through the Midway the old passageway to the stairways and heading for Dorion. Powered by CP9 1312 (ex-CN 4299), in its platforms, now filled with cases of wines and spirits. Over each 10-car consist was an ex-VlA electric generator unit and single- platform entrance were the well-preserved signs in black paint level Bombardier coaches in the attractive two-tone-blue and showing the way to the tracks. Screen doors guard the blocked- white scheme. At Central Station, CN SW1200RS 1298 and CE ofr stairways, which lead to nowhere, as the exits to the centre-cab electric 6726 were awaiting their next assignments. platforms have been cemented over. On January 31, we made a mid-day round trip on the Immediately to the east of the liquor store showroom is the STCUM Lakeshore line between Vrindsor Station and \hlois. Our employee Irmch room, once the smoking room. Its walls were stfll train, departing Windsor as No. 13, had FP7 1303, coach 809, lined with the original tall-backed wooden benches. To the nortii and double-deck gallery cars 926, 921, and 925, with cab car is the mens' loo, stfll well-used by employees. In none of these 901 leading. Glen Yard, at Vendome station, housed several sets places did we find any sign of the dock. of STCUM equipment, as well as FP7 1300. CP Rail archives cars Hidden behind the false wall on the west side of the old 80 and 81, former baggage cars, were also in the yard. waiting room is a lone ticket wicket. Throughout the passenger While waiting for the return of our train as No. 22 at Valois, sections of the station stfll exist the wooden frame portals that VIA No. 33 to Ottawa and No. 63 to Toronto hurtled west, the used to be topped with glass signs directing passengers to the latter pulled by 6438, with an ex-CP baggage car and seven LRC parcel and baggage areas and the Dominion Express. coaches. A 60-car westbound CP fireight had a five-unit lashup, In fact, if one proceeds to the north end of the liquor store including an Algoma Central SD40-2. With 1303 leading this directly opposite the store entrance and a little to the left of the time, our consist returned, taking us through the snow flurries large display case, one portal is visible. It was also here that 1 back to downtown Montr^. CP CP9s 1602 and 1689 were on and the others looked up through a small hole in the false ceiling a switching train east of Dorval. of the liquor store and got a look at the grand ceiling of the old Departing Central Station at 10:15 on February 1, we saw three-storey-high waiting room. an Amtrak Dirboliner depart for New York as No. 28-68, the Perhaps in the future that view and the rest of the station Adirondack. At the same time, F40s 357 and 356 powered will be returned to its original opiflence. -Roderick Serglades Amtrak No. 60-623, the Montreaier, inbound from New York City with a six-car Heritage Fleet consist. NORTH TORONTO STATION At Cape, 1.2 miles west, articulated grain hopper CN 398000 was set out in a small yard. A prototype for service on the light RFDFVFLOPMFNT PLANS rails to Churchill, , the car appeared to be not in use. Marathon Realty has announced its plans for the redevelopment Most of the STCUM Lakeshore fleet could be seen laying over for of the CPR North Toronto Station on Yonge Street in Toronto. the weekend on CP trackage near Dorion. As well, the Soulanges Marathon had annovmced three years ago its intention to develop Industries car complex at Les Cedres was visible, north of the CN the site by building above, below, and on each side of the CP main line, with several interesting pieces of equipment. tracks, creating a tunnel. That plan did not develop and An eastbound CN freight was switching at Brockvflle, with Marathon attempted to sell the station and surroimding property. units 9541, 9677 (in CO colours), 2029, 3558, and 4279. We Now, Marathon has annoimced that it wfll be applying for arrived a few minutes early reaching Kingston at 13:00. rezoning in February to develop the station grounds to a This trip gave me my first ride on the STCUM Canadian European-style village with a piazza and 700 homes. Vickers gallery cars, and the service was prompt and efficient. The station will be restored to its 1916 condition and wfll be The one-way was only twice that of a bus or subway ride, connected to the TTC Summerhill subway station, below the making it a very good value. The stations were well-marked and station, linking the TTC subway system with GO trains that could accessible. The hike from Windsor Station's concourse to the train also stop at the station in future. The clock, which was removed is long, but hej; this is 1992 - wouldn't you walk a couple of during the second world war; wfll also be restored to operation. hundred yards to ride a train powered by an F-unit? Included in the proposal are single-family homes, medium- VIA also provided very good service. The complimentary rise condominium apartments, condominium street townhouses, meals and beverage service are nice touches, and included cups and 500 000 square feet of commercial office space in two of coffee and tea served on departure from Central Station. We buildings. Most of the construction wfll be to the east of the appreciated the efforts made by the train and station staff to station. The earliest construction can begin is in two years. accommodate us as a group. All in all, a very pleasant trip with Despite its announcement, howevei; Marathon still has frie the chance to see a wide variety of equipment types not seen at site up for sale. -Toronto Star home, here, in Kingstonl -Eric Gagnon 10 * UCRS Newsletter.* February 1992

ONTARIO SCHEDULFS OF TRANSCONTINENTAL TRAINS CP RAIL FREIGHT TRAINS

THUNDER BAY TO TORONTO AND MONTREAL Train 407 Toronto—Winnipeg—Alyth 402 404 406 412 416 472 474 482 484 498 Tuesday to Saturday Thunder Bay 23:05 22:00 05:00 14:25 03:30 23:55 10:10 19:00 06:30 23:30 Handles pool and intermodal traffic from Schreiber 02:45 01:40 08:55 18:30 07:20 03:50 14:00 23:05 10:25 03:15 Toronto for Thunder Bay Winnipeg, White River 06:45 05:35 13:05 22:50 11:20 08:00 18:00 03:25 14:40 07:15 Regina, and Calgary. Chapieau 11:20 10:05 17:50 04:00 16:00 12:45 22:40 08:10 19:45 11:50 Carder 15:20 14:05 22:05 08:45 19:55 17:00 02:45 12:20 00:10 15:55 Train 409 Sudbury 16:25 15:10 23:20 10:10 22:00 18:15 03:50 13:50 01:50 17:05 Toronto—Alyth i I MacTier 19:50 18:30 02:55 15:10 01:25 i 07:10 20:45 Monday to Saturday Elder (Vaughan) 22:30 21:15 21:00 04:35 I i I Priority traffic for Thunder Bay, Winnipeg, Emery 21:00 1 I I Regina, Alyth, and imexpedited \tocouver Toronto Yard 07:35 I 10:00 I I 23:59 traffic for connection at Alyth. North Bay 20:50 16:10 06:45 Chalk River 01:05 19:50 11:00 Consolidated with 481 at VNSnnipeg if Smiths Falls 06:10 00:15 16:25 there is insufficient traffic for two trains. Dorion • 09:30 02:30 19:00 Train 411 Dorval 10:00 03:00 20:00 Toronto—Coquitlam Operates on Sundays or as required MONTREAL AND TORONTO TO THUNDER BAY Pool and intermodal traffic from Toronto 401 403 405 407 409 411 415 471 481 to Thunder Bay Winnipeg, Edmonton, St-Luc 02:55 03:20 Regina, Calgary and Coquitlam. Replaces Dorion 03:20 03:40 401 on days when there is not sufficient Smiths Falls 06:25 07:00 volume to operate 401, 403, or 407. Chalk River 10:00 10:25 North Bay 13:45 14:50 Train 412 Toronto Yard 23:30 01:30 05:30 03:30 11:00 23:30 1 i Vancouver-Toronto (Elder) Emery 08:50 14:30 11:30 I I Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, as required Elder (Vaughan) 03:50 05:00 08:00 03:50 I I Handles expedited import containers on MacTier 06:50 07:55 12:15 10:55 17:35 06:55 15:25 I I spine cars direct from Vancouver to Sudbury 09:40 10:45 15:15 13:45 20:45 09:45 18:40 15:55 17:05 Toronto. Train will operate early if traffic Cartier 11:30 12:35 17:15 15:40 22:50 11:35 20:40 17:45 19:35 has been assembled. Chapieau 16:00 17:05 21:55 20:05 03:55 16:10 01:45 22:10 00:20 White River 20:00 21:05 02:00 00:05 08:20 20:10 05:55 02:10 04:40 Train 415 Schreiber 23:55 00:55 05:30 03:50 12:30 23:55 10:20 05:45 08:45 Toronto—Winnipeg Current River 03:20 04:30 09:00 07:15 16:30 03:30 14:00 09:00 12:15 Operates as required Carries miscellaneous traffic from Toronto to Winnipeg. Train 401 Train 404 Toronto—Coquitlam Edmonton—Toronto (Elder) Train 416 Tuesday to Saturday Sunday to Friday Coquitlam—Alyth—Winnipeg—Toronto Handles intermodal traffic direct from Handles expedited pool, piggyback, and Operates as required Toronto to Coquitlam. Also carries container traffic from Edmonton, Runs with the combined consists of 402 \tocouver pool traffic from Toronto on Saskatoon, Wiimipeg, Dryden, and and 406 when there is less than 2500 feet Stmday liiesday and Wednesday only. Thunder Bay to Toronto. of Toronto traffic. On Saturday also carries Regina and Train 405 Train 474 Calgary traffic for set-off at Winnipeg for Toronto—Coquitlam Winnipeg—Toronto Train 467. Since January 1, carries pool traffic from Operates as required Train 402 Toronto to Coquitlam, finished autos from Operates with overflow traffic destined for Coquitlam—Toronto (Obico) Eastern Canada to Winnipeg, Alyth, and Toronto, local traffic for Sudbury and Monday to Saturday; Sunday as required Coquitlam, and empty multis as required west, and traffic for North Bay Smiths Handles expedited containers, piggybacks, to Coquitlam. Before January 1, this traffic Falls, and Ottawa if 484 is not operating. and pool traffic in direct service from was carried on trains 495 and 499, and Train 498 Coquitlam to Toronto. Operates on Sunday 405 handled the overflow traffic of 407. Vancouver—Alyth—Toronto if more than 20 cars are prepared. Train 406 Tuesday to Sunday Train 403 Coquitlam-Alyth—Toronto Handles finished import vehicles from Toronto—Edmonton Operates seven days a week l^couver to Calgary Toronto, and Tuesday to Sunday Handles direct intermodal traffic from Montreal and empty multi-racks from Handles expedited pool, containej; and Coquitlam to Alyth and expedited lumber "Wncouvej; Alyth, and Winnipeg to piggyback traffic from Toronto to and pool traffic from Coquitlam to Toronto. Draffic for Montreal coimects Winnipeg, Saskatoon, and Edmonton. Toronto. with Train 906 in Toronto. • UCRS Newsletter * February 1992 » 11 MOTIVE POWER AND ROLLING STOCK EDITED BY JOHN CARTER AND DON McQUEEN

CN NORTH AMERICA Hamilton, to be fitted with multi-level racks and enclosures by Thrall Car Manufacturing of Chicago, . The total value of TWO UNITS TO TEST CNNA COLOURS the NSC-Thrall order is $24-million. Two units are to be painted as demonstrators for a new CN North America paint scheme. One will be completed by CN in COVERED HOPPERS WITH SLOGANS Montreal, and the other by GTW at Battle Creek, Michigan. Additional CN covered hoppers lettered "Rail - The NEW AND REBUILT UNITS Environmental Mode" have been reported by many of our sharp- CN currently has tenders out for the purchase of 25 locomotives. eyed spies. The complete list of cars seen now includes 368291, New "Taper Toaster" Dash 8s, perhaps? • SD40 5037 is at the 368624, 370011, 370407, 370517, 370533, 370599, 370817, recently-renamed Atelier de Montreal/Montreal Fadltity (AMF) 370998, and 371214. Later white repaints (12-91) do not have at Pointe St-Charles, to be rebuilt along the lines of an SD40-2. the graphics, so maybe the project was completed in 10-91. If s This is said to be the first of 10 to be overhauled in 1992, and interesting that many of these cars were seen in salt service — would be renumbered into the 8000-series. • Eight GTW SD40s the salt destined for highway snow control. Environmental, eh? will be rebuilt to CN standards. This work is expected to be handled at Battle Creek. • If only automobiles would last as long CP RAIL SYSTEM as SD40s! Do you realize that the first of those lousy, stinMn' things SD40-2 B-UNITS are already 27years old? The following is a list of the SD40-2s that have been modified to become "B-units," with their cab windows blanked and control GTW UNITS ON CN equipment removed: Five CTW (ex-DT8J) CP38s have been transferred for use on CN 5768 5772 6065 6070 6075 6079 in international service between Toronto and Buffalo, New York. 5703 5713 5763 6060 6076 6080 On January 3, their locations were: 5707 5759 5764 5769 5793 6061 6066 6072 5761 5766 5770 6058 6062 6068 6073 6077 • CP38 6201 - Battle Creek, Michigan 5709 5710 5762 5767 5771 6059 6064 6069 6074 6078 • CP38 6206 - Battle Creek, Michigan • CP38AC 6211 - On •frain 253 to Battle Creek • CP38AC 6213 - On Train 371 toward Battle Creek FREIGHT CAR SPOTTING • CP38AC 6216 - On Tiain 422 to Flat Rock, Michigan LOs STORED AT LONDON EAST —Ken Lanovich There are a number of LOs (covered hoppers) stored in the MOTIVE POWER NOTES London East yard. They are all plastic granule cars stored, at CN has found it is able to operate its westem grain trains with $18.00 per day until the chemical industries in Samia need two 2400s where three six-axle units had been required before. them. They enter the storage lines fix>m the Highbury end of the yeard and are pulled firom the Egerton end when needed, and • Pacesetter equipment has been installed in M420s 3521-3525 travel to Samia on Tfain 511. You will no longer find LO storage for Westray unit coal train service in Stellarton, Nova Scotia. at Ingersoll (West) or in Samia on the Forest or Point Edward GTW BACKSHOPS TO CLOSE spurs. The reason for the change is that the London East yard is With the integration of CTW into CN North America, the heavy no longer needed for the now-closed Reclamation Yard. Most of repair function at the Battle Creek, Michigan, shops will be the cars are UNPX122000- and 123000-series and UNCX (Union moved to CN shops, in particular the Atelier Montreal Facility at Carbide) 815000s. There are usually a small number of NAHX Pointe St-Charles, over the next several years. Battle Creek will (North American-CE Raflcar) and PLCX (Pullman Leasing-ltel) remain a running-repair location. in the pack. Some individual cars have been stored for as long as CNNA has approximately 1000 employees in Battle Creek, six months — just another indication of how sluggish the but they expect no layoffs as a result of the integration. With the economy really is. 'Weeks" was the word two years ago. proposed new St. Clair River tunnel, CNNA hopes to double the CANADIAN EQUIPMENT ON THE MOVE IN THE U.S. traffic through Battle Creek in the next ten years. A great many CNWX (and CPWX?) Canadian Wheat Board LOs —Battle Creek Enquirer via Ken Lanovich have been reported moving west on CSXT Michigan lines during RETIREMENTS IN DECEMBER 1991 the fall. Does anyone have an explanation? • On January 7, two • SlSs 112, 119, 301, 304, 309 CN Burro cranes were spotted on CSXT at Dearborn, Michigan, • S3 Slug 356 heading west. CN 50412 was on CP flat 303584 and CN 50415 • SW1200RSS 1264, 1287, 1289, 1303 was on CP 303188. Can anyone teU us the destination? • RSC14S 1768, 1775, 1782 ITEL ACQUIRED BY CE RAILCAR • CP9s 4224, 4282, 4294, 4298, 4318, 4338, 4401, 4403, 4407, We have media reports that private-car owner ltd has been 4417, 4532, 4534, 4536, 4566 "sold" to CE Raflcar in a long-term lease-buy arrangement. • CP40-2S 9521, 9532, 9537 Whether this means massive changes in reporting marks and FREIGHT CAR ORDERS renumbering of the huge fleet wfll remain to be seen. CN North America has placed an order with Monan Corp. of Monan, , for 400 chassis and 200 domestic containers as MOTIVE POWER AND ROLLING STOCK a result of increased demand in double-stack service. CN will also Please send motive power news to John Carter, 126 Willow Avenue, build 150 containers itself in Moncton. • CNNA has ordered 347 Toronto, Ontario M4E 3K3, and rolling stock information to Don new and rebuilt auto carriers from National Steel Car in McQueen, 38 Lloyd Manor Crescent London, Ontario N6H 3Z3. 12 * UCRS Newsletter * February 1992 THE FERROPHILIAC COLUMN CONDUCTED BY JUST A. FERRONUT

On my Christinas trip east; after having spent several hours in a of the West Saint John Subdivision. library 1 stopped at one of the national monuments of New With no one in the cab or tender the engine suddenly Brunswick — an Irving Oil gas bar and restaurant. While waiting started down the track in the direction of FairviUe. for my coffee and pie, the placemat caught my eye. It had several In FairviUe, our errant engine was said to be going 35 m.p.h. short stories on it, and one was about an attempt in February At a crossing in this Saint John suburb, a streetcar was passing 1915 to dynamite the 's international over the rails when the locomotive arrived. The motorman, railway bridge at l^ceboro, Maine, a few kilometres west of Charles Parkei; put on speed and got the car almost across when McAdam. These stories were out of a series of booklets on the engine struck it, demolishing the rear vestibule and throwing general historical facts. While the restaurant didn't have the the car cross-ways on the street The second crew member, booklet with this story in it, 1 figured there would be no problem conductor John Sommervflle, was at the front of the car. Ceorge to get it elsewhere, so 1 didn't even take the placemat. To date 1 King, a feUow streetcar conductoi; was the only passenger They still haven't tracked down the booklet, but to confirm the story were badly shaken-up but escaped serious injuries. it was off to another Hbrary. StiU in FairviUe, at the junction of the West Saint John and As the placemat story stated, Canada was at war with the Saint John Subdivisions, the Ught engine ran through the Cermany while the Americans were not. So, in the early hours switch and onto the main line towards McAdam. of Thesday February 2, 1915, an amateurish attempt was made While the engine was racing along the main line, another to sever this important CPR link between Saint John and engine that was imder steam in FairviUe was dispatched in Montreal. Vanceboro, Kke much of Canada, is subject to frequent pursuit. The runaway with no hand to feed its fires, graduaUy snow storms in February. Investigators at the bridge were able to exhausted its steam, and at Ketepec, about six mUes from its Bay take advantage of fresh snow, and foUowed the footsteps to track Shore home, it was overtaken by the pursuit engine. Upon its the perpetrator back to the vUlage hotel. Here, they found a return to Bay Shore, no defects were found in the mechanism. Cerman named Captain Werner Von Horn. He was arrested on a Further investigation foimd that the engine had been carelessly charge of "injury and defacing private property." The papers left. reported that the American authorities were on the verge of Ian Caie sends along a couple of questions, one of which keeps letting him go free until Canadian authorities started pushing the us mixing streetcars and raflways. This often-asked question is: Americans to hold him for possible extradition to Canada. Where was the CN-CTR passenger station in Oshawa prior to the Captain Von Horn said he had escaped firom a military prison present VIA-CO station at Thornton Road? for Cermans at Halifax. He was one of the persons landed from This earUer station was south of the Crand Trunk line farther the steamei . From Halifax, he had traveUed to Boston, east. The single storey brick buUding was 30 feet by 60 feet with where in a city hotel Von Horn and three other Cermans hatched a sheet iron roof and had a bay window on both the north or their plan to dynamite this bridge. He caUed this plan an act of track side and on the west end. In the Crand Trunk days, this war against Creat Britain. station was caUed Oshawa Junction. The Americans sentenced Von Horn to 30 dajis in jail at Today you travel under ChTs Kingston Subdivision on what Machias, since the damage caused by the explosion was on the is caUed Simcoe Street. This imderpass is about 200 feet east of United States side of the border His departure to jafl attracted old Simcoe Street. As you travel south and reach the crest of the Uttle attention. A smaU crowd of men and women gathered at the grade from under ClSTs tracks you wiU see a railway track Vanceboro station. The prisonei; who was not shackled, smiled running down Simcoe Street. This track is part of the old Oshawa upon the women and waved goodbye as the train drew out. Railway line. Back in the 1920s, this street was called Nonquon In their book Spy Wars, J.L. Cranatstein and David Stafford Road. Travelling back north along the street track, you wiU see attribute this attempted sabotage to a decision by Captain Franz the track curve west and join into the Kingston Subdivision. von Papen, Cennan mUitary attache in Washington, D.C., aimed Had you been there in 1920 the track and road would have at disrupting communications in Canada and gaining support continued northward across the Crand Trunk mainline. The single from the Cerman-Canadian community. The Canadian authorities track of the Oshawa Railway crossed the double-track Crand had been tipped-off by British code-breakers, who had Trunk at grade, "frains of the two railways were controUed from intercepted a telegram firom Arthur Zimmermann, the Cennan a tower in the north-east quadrant of the crossing. Just south of foreign secretary in Berlin. (Cranatstein and Stafford, howevei; the Crand Trunk, there was an Oshawa RaUway siding that ran got the date wrong — they give the date of the telegram as 1916, east for about 400 feet and was about 100 feet south of the a year after the incident was reported in the newspapers.) Crand Trunk. The Crand Trunk station was in the gap between My trip east dug out another story that 1 am not sure should be this siding and the main Une. The station was about 150 feet caUed a raUway story or a transit story so — your choice. west of Albert Street. Shortly before 7:00 a.m. on Friday December 15, 1916, A survey of the traffic volumes on Saturday February 17, Canadian Pacific locomotive No. 43 was brought out of the Bay 1923, at the diamond crossing of the two raUways indicated that Shore roundhouse in West Saint John, and left on a siding. Bay 357 automobiles, 173 other vehicles, 1033 pedestrians, 118 Shore is the junction of CP's original line to St. Ceorge and St. streetcars, and 20 trains each way used it. The record shows that Stephen (the Shore Line Subdivision) and the original main line on the next day, Sunday February 18,1923, 340 people used the to McAdam (the West Saint John Subdivision). When the CTR station. Of this numbei; 175 people caught trains in mid- Suspension Bridge over the Reversing Falls was completed, the afternoon: 150 people traveUed west on train No. 27 and 25 main line was diverted towards Saint John and the 1.7 miles of headed east on train No. 28. the old main line between FairviUe and Bay Shore became part UCRS Newsletter « February 1992 « 13

Ian also queried as to where the Canadian Northern Railway As we leave the island one must think of the difference from station was in Oshawa. -118 years ago when a newspaper account in May 1874 Compared to the Crand Trunk Railway both the Canadian announced that the narrow gauge line from Summerside to Nortihem and the Campbellford, and Westem (CP Charlottetown had been opened. This dipping dosed with the Rail) are newcomers to the Oshawa scene. The Canadian statement that the PEIR Superintendeni; engineers, and Northem and Canadian Pacific at least discussed many joint conductors were all from . ventures in the early 1900s. Among these was a proposal for a Ronald L. Colpitis and Jim Frost have sent along some railway joint line through the Oshawa area, but this didn't come to equipment news from Orfllia. Bofii members point out that the fruition. Both raflways proceeded on their own, and the Canadian Ossawippi Express Restaurant, made up of eight pieces of rolling Northem Railway line through Oshawa was opened on stock, is for sale. The Toronto Star advertisement states that this Monday October 9, 1911. unique restaurant near the Port of Orfllia waterfront can seat 246 Again, while both Canadian Northem and Canadian Pacific people induding the patio. Anyone offering a party? looked at going around the north end of Oshawa, only the Jim Frost also pointed out an advertisement from the Canadian Northem buflt along that northem route. The Canadian November 30, 1991, Toronto Star offering the vintage GTR-CNR Northem came through Oshawa roughly along the alignment of locomotive No. 96, located in , Ontario, for sale. The Taunton Road (Regional Road No. 4). Their line crossed to the Canadian TFackside Guide 1991, published at this time last yea^ south of Taimton Road west of Simcoe Street and continued east, listed that the engine was for sale then — perhaps the market's south of Taimton Road. not good for old railway equipment. The Canadian Northem station and a yard of six or eight tracks was located west of Simcoe Street and was called North In the December 1991 Newsletter, the Rusty Railfans described Oshawa, at least during the tenure of the Canadian National their adventures of chasing C&O (former Pere Marquette) stations Raflways. The station was located on the north side of the tracks. in . We also had some reference to these While 1 haven't collected much data on this station, it was the lines in our October column. site of an interchange with the Oshawa Railway. This Oshawa Bfll Reddy on reading this material, has sent along some Railway track was a northward extension of the line along Ritson goodies induding a photocopy of a May 1942 Pdre Marquette Road. This spur stayed east of Simcoe Street until it got near the Railway Timetable for the Canadian Division. This timetable Canadian Northern, where it crossed Simcoe Street and shows four second dass passenger trains per day in each connected with it. direction between St. Thomas and the CPR station at Windsor. In It was only a matter of time for the Canadian Northem addition, there was a mixed train both ways every day except following the establishment of Canadian National Raflways. The Simday between Walkervflle and St. Thomas. Board of Railway Commissioners authorised the abandonment of The footnote in this timetable confirms why train crews need operations on the Canadian Northem from Creenbum, 9-36 miles very large lunch buckets. Tfain and enginemen needed to provide west of North Oshawa, to Ronnac ("Can Nof' spelt backwards), and familiarise themselves with a copy of the Canadian Pacific at the north end of Port Hope, on December 26, 1935. Railway timetable (to travd from Watkerville Junction to CPR Windsor), service on the 32.44 miles fi-om North Oshawa to Ronnac was a London and Port Stanley timetable (for travd from St. Thomas discontinued on February 2, 1936, and the track dismantled in Junction to the MCRR wye in St. Thomas), a Michigan Central August, 1937. The line from North Oshawa to Creenbum was Railway timetable (for operation over the Canada Southern from kept for a siding. This siding maintained a connection with the St. Thomas to Niagara Frontier), and finally a Erie Raflroad Whitby Port Perry and Lindsay Railway at Brinlook Crossing. timetable (for operation into Fast Buffalo, New York). The old North Oshawa station site was used for years first by This Pere Marquette timetable shows the fuU 70.87 miles a coal and fuel company and later by a lumber company. This from Erieau to Samia. This line did not have any through company had a major fire in the early 1980s and ceased requiring passenger service but did have a mixed train between Blenheim raU service. The Oshawa Railway spur was cut back to the east and Chatham, each way every day except Sundays. An interesting side of Simcoe street, where it is stfll visible. Standing at the end note in this regard was that these mixed trains would stop at the of the spur will stfll give a feel for the layout of the North CNR tower in Chatham for passengers. Oshawa yard and station. After reading last month's review on the book The RaUway King Speaking of stations, Keith Pratt, our man with the pulse on of Canada, about Sir Wflliam MacKenzie, 1 went out and has advised that the PEIR-CN station in purchased it. 1 had picked up an artide on my trip east about a Tignish was so vandalised that it had to be demolished last year. street acddent here in Toronto in late April 1923 in which Keith goes on to state that much of the track in the Murray Alexander MacKenzie, Sir Wflliam's older brothei; had been Harbour and Montague (southeastem) part of the island has stmck. The acddent had occurred on Yonge Street, and Mr. been removed, as well as aU the track from Borden to Emerald MacKenzie had received serious injury induding a broken leg. Junction, and from there to both Smnmerside and Charlottetown. Being curious, 1 had to start checking my new book, and there is On inspection late last siunmei; the spikes had been pulled from a tie-in. December 5,1923, saw the death of Sir WiUiam, and the Souris to Harmony Junction and, on the Elmira Spui; to that book describes how Alexandei; who had been in bed since his community on the eastem tip of the island. Some track had been acddent, got his 87-year-old body out of bed to help settle the removed in the Elmira area, from the yard to Munn's Road. family dispute as to under which religion Sir William would be Moving back westward on the island, the Kensington Subdivision buried. One more case of just how small the world is. through Summerside to the wye at the Liifldetter Spur has been removed. This spu^ as well as the spur off it to the airport, have THE FERROPHILIAC COLUMN been lifted. Please send yourthoughts, reminiscences, and historical notes to Just The remaining 65 miles of line, from this wye near A. Ferronut, do Art Clowes, 50 Alexander Street, Apt 1708, Summerside, west to Tignish, wfll be lifted during 1992. Toronto, Ontario M4Y1Bfr 14 • UCRS Newsletter * February 1992 IN TRANSIT EDITFD BY SCOTT HASKILL

MONTREAL coaches. In the meantime, all of the overhead will remain in place, with the power turned off. MfTRO EXTENSIONS ANNOUNCED In addition to the storage at Birchmount and Lakeshore Concrete plans to extend the Metro system will likely be made garages, as reported in the January Newsletter, some TTC trolley public within the next three or four months. Technical design coaches are stored outdoors at the St. Clair (Wychwood) work on the oft-promised extensions is already in progress, a carhouse. Also at Wychwood and stored indoors (along with the result of a Communaute urbaine de Montreal bylaw which 40 leased Edmonton trolley coaches and Vfitt car 2766), are the approved funding for possible future M^tro extensions to Laval two "vintage" PCCs, 4500 and 4545, in their as-delivered livery and the northeastern part of Montreal island. The new Line 7 not used for sightseeing tours during the winter. would nm north from Pie-DC station on boulevard Pie-DC to St- During the fall, the trackage on Wychwood Avenue and at Leonard and Montreal-Nord. Line 5 would be extended from St- the carhouse was rehabilitated. While the track entrance into the Michel station to Anjou, and Line 2 would be extended from carhouse was rebuilt, only one track in the yard now remains Henri-Bourassa station to Laval. coimected to the street, with the remaining specialwork removed Not all of the local municipalities are happy with the pace of or paved over. —John Thompson, Russ Schuhz, Dave Morgan the latest expansion programme. The mayor of Montr&d-Nord opposed the amounts of money spent on the commuter lines in MORE BUDGET PROBLEMS the west end, and urged faster action bringing the Metro to his Early reports of ridership in January showed a continued dedine dty. He, in turn, came under fire from residents and lobbyists in revenue from passengers, on top of a shortfall of about $35- who pressured for the reserved along boulevard Pie-DC million for the 1992 budget. In response, staff prepared a report to be continued through Montrdal-Nord. Currently the centre-of- recommending an 18 percent fare increase, to take effect on very the-road lanes end at the boundary. While the STCUM supports short notice. After a marathon meeting, the Commissision the extension, Montreal-Nord has refused to give permission, deferred consideration imtfl its next meeting, and asked for preferring instead the extension of Mdtro service. -R.D. Brown reports on other possible solutions. The proposed increases would have seen adult ticket prices increase by $0.20 to $1.30, and the TORONTO monthly Metropass rise by more than ten doUars to $67.00. AT THE HILLCREST SHOPS PROGRESS ON NEW LINES As the PCC rebuild programme winds down (only one ca^ 4618, Public information meetings have been held for the proposed remains to be completed), TTC Hillcrest shop forces are turning Waterfront West LRi; Eglinton West rapid transit (possibly their attention to other projects. PCC 4601, rebuilt by UTDC in ICTS), and Bloor-Danforth Subway westem extension. The map 1986 and painted at that time in the red, white, and black paint at the bottom of the page shows the alternative alignments for scheme, was in the shops in late January ready for repainting. the B-D subway extension into Mississauga. This car and the first rebuild, 4600, were done as demonstrators for the programme. The subsequent cars have been outshopped FARE NEWS since 1989 in a version of the original red and cream paint OTTAWA scheme, and the first two cars were to be repainted in the "new" In raising its for 1992, OC "franspo has also made changes old colours when they came due for repainting. to its fare structure and discount practices. The average increase At the same time, surface work car W-31 was in the rebuild is about 6.3 percent, with the base cash fare rising from $0.95 to bays at the Duncan shops, being readied for repainting in its yellow non-revenue paint scheme. Formerly TTC 4668, the 1946 ex-Cleveland PCC was TORONTO - BLOOR-DANFORTH SUBWAY WEST EXTENSION rebuilt into the second unit of the two-car surface rail grinding train in 1974-75. Mated with lead car W-30 (ex-4631 from the same dass), W-31 is the car that does the actual rail grinding, and is usually the dustiest and grimiest of the pair. -Dave Morgan

TROLLEY COACHES The last troUey coach in revenue service on the TTC was 9247, a TTC-owned Westem Flyer coach. Operating on the Bay 6 route as Run 3, the coach pulled into Lansdowne Garage at 02:52 on Sunday January 19, 1992. That TC may not have been the last electric bus to operate in Toronto. At a TTC commission meeting in March, technical papers will be presented on the issue of trolley coaches and their suitability for use in Toronto. This wfll be Dundas St. Route -Underground followed by a public meeting to be held in CP Rail Route -Surface Sherway Route -Surface to 427 April, which will also discuss the future of the then underground to Dixie Station UCRS Newsletter » February 1992 * 15

$1.30. Peak hour mainline fares increase by ten cents to $2.00, and express fares are increasing to $2.60, also by ten cents. FOLLOW THAT CAR! Peak-hour ticket users pay less under the new regime, with Ever wondered about the day-to-day travels of a freight car? No? express and mainline fares effectively decreasing by $0.10. The Weii, you'iijust have to grin and bear it while those of us who have off-peak base fares rises to $1.20. In all cases, tickets represent follow the wandering path of Saskatchewan Grain Car Corportation a ten-cent saving from cash fares, a change from recent years covered hopper SKNX 397084. when tickets were not discoimted. Passes also have changed, with, a new $2.00 day pass, and the discontimmnce of the Econopass, which was valid only on local routes outside rush hours. Another major change is a $0.60 surcharge on riders Saskatchewan transferring between OC "franspo and the Sod^t^ de transport de SKNX397084H Grain Car Corporation rOutaouais (STO). This transfer was previously subsidised by the federal government, and the subsidy is now scheduled to end.

EDMONTON Edmonton Transit has announced a proposed 1992 fare structure, Our story begins in Woodstock, Ontario, on January 2 .. . with ten-cent increases in peak and off-peak adult cash fares. The Date Time Status Location Train Contents recommended peak fare is $1.60, with an off-peak fare of $1.35. Jan 2 21:00 Woodstock, Ontario Loaded Adult tickets will rise from ten for $12.50 to ten for $13.50, and Jan 3 01:00 Placed Woodstock, Ontario Loaded adult monthly passes will increase from $40.00 to $42.00. Jan 6 14:00 Ar Woodstock, Ontario Empty Jan 7 11:00 Ar Toronto MacMillan Yard Empty MISSISSAUGA Jan 8 Dp Toronto MacMillan Yard Train 303 Empty Mississauga fransit has also increased fares by approximatdy ten Jan 9 08:00 Dp Capreol, Ontario Train 303 Empty cents across the board. Cash fares for aU passengers are now Jan 9 14:00 Dp Foleyet, Ontario Train 303 Empty $1.50. Adult tickets are ten for $14.00, and an adult monthly Jan 9 21:00 Dp Hornepayne, Ontario Train 303 Empty pass is $60.00. The add-on sticker for travel on MT to and from Jan 10 10:00 Dp Sioux Lookout, Ontario Train 303 Empty CO Transit stations is $15.00 each month. -All from CUTA Forum Jan 10 18:00 Ar Winnipeg Symington Yard Train 303 Empty Jan 12 19:00 Ar Dauphin, Manitoba Empty INDUSTRY NEWS Jan 13 16:00 Ar Swan River, Manitoba Empty EXPORT PROBLEMS Jan 13 19:00 Placed Birch River, Manitoba Empty New Flyer Industries of Winnipeg was in danger of losing a $12- Jan 16 20:00 Ar Swan River, Manitoba Loaded million (U.S.) bus order from Las Vegas, because the company is Jan 17 08:00 Dp Swan River, Manitoba Train 550 Loaded not American. Staff at the Clark County Regional Transportation Jan 17 17:00 Ar Dauphin, Manitoba Loaded Dauphin, Manitoba Train 844 Loaded Commission recommended that the county buy 60 buses for Jan 21 12:00 Dp Jan 21 21:00 Dp Winnipeg Symington Yard Train 844 Loaded $200 000 each from New Flyer. The county almost reversed the Jan 22 03:00 Dp Fort Frances, Ontario Train 844 Loaded decision at the last minute after one U.S.-based competitor and Jan 22 18:00 Placed Thunder Bay North Loaded some transit board members said the county should not buy from Jan 23 11:00 Ar Thunder Bay North Empty a foreign company. New Flyer countered with the fact that 80 Jan 24 09:00 Ar Winnipeg Symington Yard Empty percent of the parts in its buses come from the U.S., and about Jan 24 12:00 Dp Winnipeg Symington Yard Train 843 Empty a third of the vehicle assembly is carried out in Crand Forks, Jan 24 22:00 Ar Canora, Saskatchewan Empty North Dakota, where Flyer has a plant that employs about 60 Jan 26 10:00 Ar Canora, Saskatchewan Train 867 Empty people. New Flyer Industries was formerly a Crown corporation, Jan 26 15:00 Placed Englefeld, Saskatchewan Empty and is now owned by Dutch bus builder Den Oudsten. Jan 27 14:00 Released Engiefeid, Saskatchewan Loaded Jan 28 17:00 Dp Canora, Saskatchewan Train 844 Loaded The possible reversal of the contract comes shortly after a Jan 28 22:00 Ar Dauphin, Manitoba Train 844 Loaded decision in Los Angeles to cancel a signed contract with the Jan 29 17:00 Ar Winnipeg Symington Yard Train 844 Loaded Japanese firm Sumitomo to produce cars for the Creen Jan 30 05:00 Dp Atikokan, Ontario Train 844 Loaded Line, not yet under construction. The canceUation, an admittedly Jan 30 10:00 Ar Thunder Bay North Loaded symboHc move aimed at Japanese trade dominance in the U.S., Feb 5 14:00 Ar . Thunder Bay North Empty may have set a precedent dangerous to not only Japanese, but Feb 6 20:00 Dp Neebing, Ontario Train 861 Empty also Canadian suppliers of transit equipment to the U.S. Feb 7 04:00 Dp Atikokan, Ontario Train 861 Empty Feb 7 18:00 Dp Winnipeg Symington Yard Train 843 Empty EXPORT ORDERS Feb 8 01:00 Ar Dauphin, Manitoba Train 843 Empty Engineering firm SNC-Lavahn, separate from the now-defunct Feb 9 11:00 Dp Dauphin, Manitoba Train 843 Empty Lavalin firm that owned UTDC, has signed a contract with Feb 9 16:00 Ar Canora, Saskatchewan Empty Thailand for a major "bulld-operate-transfer" rapid transit project Feb 10 02:00 Placed Quill Lake, Saskatchewan Empty in Bangkok, Thailand. The elevated route will use technology Feb 11 08:00 Released Quill Lake, Saskatchewan Loaded similar to Vancouver's Skyfrain, and will be supplied by UTDC, Feb 11 18:00 Ar Canora, Saskatchewan Loaded now owned by Bombardier. For a pre-negotiated price, the Feb 12 02:00 Dp Canora, Saskatchewan Train 552 Loaded Canadian contractors will design and build the system, and then Feb 12 05:00 Ar Melville, Saskatchewan Loaded operate the system for several decades, while retaining a certain Feb 12 18:00 Dp Melville, Saskatchewan Train 303 Loaded Feb 13 00:00 Ar Saskatoon Yard Train 303 Loaded portion of the revenues. The project has been in the works for Feb 13 10:00 Dp Wainwright, Alberta Train 303 Loaded several years, and some final approvals must still be secured. Feb 14 07:00 Dp Edmonton Calder Yard Train 519 Loaded Feb 14 15:00 Placed Wabamun, Alberta Loaded IN TRANSIT Please send public transit news from across Canada to Scott Haskill, . . . and as we go to press, SKNX 397084 is standing quietly at 15-2520 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Ontario M6S 1R8. Wabamun, waiting for its next call to duty, m 16 - UCRS Newsletter • February 1992 TRANSCONTINFNTAL RAILWAY NEWS FROM COAST TO COAST

NEW LINE PLANNED CN has published a formal application to build a 39 km spur in Alberta to serve the new Alberta Pacific Forest Industries pulp W E sl^T E rTT I clf^^^ D Amill near Athabasca, The line wfll nm north firom a junction at Mile 71.09 of the Lac La Biche Sub, just south of Boyle. THfE P/AN|0RA/4A CANADIAN NATIONAL-CANADIAN PACIFIC EDITE CRAY SCRIMCEOUR DOUBLE-STACK TRAINS The Giobe and Maii on February 8 had an article by Robert Williamson devoted to double-stack operation in Westem Canada on CN and CP. It was an update on the aims, and included a CANADA progress report on the expansion of tunnels and extension of clearances generally. NEW SCHEDULE FOR THE "CANADIAN" Both raflways wfll finish their work in 1992. CN will soon VIA has announced a new schedule for the Canadian, to begin in award contracts for about $7.5-million for work on 27 tunnels, May. With the conversion to electrically-heated equipment, the four rock sheds, and three bridges west of Edmonton, most of car-service stops can be made shorter; and operation for two them between Kamloops and Hope. Special machinery wfll chew years over the present route wiU have shown where the times can notches into tunnel ceflings, and low-profile steel ties wfll be laid be accelerated. The new schedule calls for a 70-hour trip imder the track to lower it slightly. between Yhncouver and Toronto, the fastest schedule for a A similar CP project, described previously in The Panorama, transcontinental train since 1978. will be completed this year. CP's engineers are trying to Train 1 Train 2 anticipate future generations of rolling stock by increasing tunnel Tu Th Sa Dp Toronto 12:45 Ar 21:45 Th Su Tu heights a few extra centimetres. We Fr Su 17:30 Ar Dp 14:40 Winnipeg There's an interesting note about the CN double-stack trains 18:30 Dp Ar 13:40 We Sa Mo from \tocouvei; which started in 1991. CN has had to be careful Th Sa Mo 08:40 Ar Dp 21:20 to stack orfly a 2.55 metre domestic container on top of a Edmonton 09:00 Dp Ar 21:00 now-standard 2.85-metre international cargo container. This has 14:20 Ar Dp 15:45 minimised efficiency gains, by requiring sorting of the containers. Jasper 15:30 Dp Ar 14:30 Tu Fr Su VERNON STATION RENOVATED Fr Su Tu 08:00 Ar Vancouver Dp 21:00 Mo Th Sa The ex-CP station in Vemon, B.C. - used by both CP and CN - has been renovated for private use by a number of specialty CANADIAN NATIONAL stores. The main waiting room, former operators' office, and CREW SIZE AGREEMENT telegraph bay are now a spacious beauty salon. Some CN trains in Westem Canada will have two-person crews SHORT LINES PROPOSED IN MANITOBA starting this spring. CN and the United Transportation Union Several communities in Manitoba are considering the possibility have agreed to the change in order to help CN become more of running their own railway lines. The lines in question run firom competitive. The railway says it will provide an enhanced Binscarth to Inglis (CP Russell Subdivision, 38 km), and firom separation package for those union members who wOl not be Neepawa to Russell (CN Neepawa Subdivision, 7 km, and required to operate the railway. The reduction in crew size means Rossbum Subdivision, 168 km). They are supposed to be CN will not have to hire some 300 trainmen for vacation relief in protected until the year 2000, but other lines protected under the Westem Canada. Burhngton Northem is seeking the same type same programme have been abandoned. Local farmers say either of agreement. -Telegraph Lines they set up their own line, or they'll have to truck all of their grain. —Telegraph Lines TELEVISION ADS WITHDRAWN The threat of a lawsuit by CN has prevented the airing of a controversial commercial on TV in westem Canada. The ad was TOURIST RAILWAYS AND MUSEUMS AWARD TO CANADIAN NORTHERN SOCIETY produced by the Westem Canadian Wheat Growers in an effort The January newsletter of the Canadian Northem Society of Big to conviuce farmers that the Crow's Nest Pass benefit and other Valley Alberta, announced that the society was selected by the transportation subsidies should be paid to farmers, rather than to Alberta Heritage Resources Foundation as winner of the 1991 the railways. After seeing the commercials, CN threatened to sue Heritage Sites and Resources Award, for their commitment to for damages uiiless the ads were pulled. preservation, restoration, and reuse of their buildings. The commercial began by showing historical footage of a Congratulations! steam locomotive coming down the tracks in the distance. The next scene showed a fireman shoveUing dollar bills iuto a blazing STATION RESORATION IN ALBERTA firebox. CN had a threefold argument: false depiction of what it The historic Canadian Northem Station at Lloydminster — buflt does with the payments, implication of outmoded equipment, and in 1905 — was extensively damaged in November 1991 by a fire fear that people would think a CN employee was acting illegally set by an arsonist; an order has been given for demohtion. The by burning money. The ads have been redone, and have been sister station in Fort Saskatchewan is now the oldest Canadian rurming since January 15. -Ted Deller in Telegraph Lines Northem station iu Alberta. • The Canadian Northem station in UCRS Newsletter « February 1992 « 17

Hanna, built in 1912, has been placed on the federal snow plough on front and wings built onto the sides, as on a government's heritage protection list. • Since November 1991, spreader. the Canadian Northem Society on behalf of VIA, has been DOMINION ATLANTIC OPERATION restoring the Viking station (1909). The building is being On September 14, the DAR train arrived in Halifax with nine restored on-site to be a VIA waiting room. • The Camrose station empties and left for Kentvflle with three loads. This had been the has been transferred from CN to the society who will have it first train to Halifax in two weeks. The DAR had scheduled only moved just south from the present site for redevelopment. 16 gypsum trains that week, down from the usual 20. Four trips CNR 6015 AT JASPER ran on Monday Wednesday and Friday and two trips were The display of CNR 4-8-2 6015 at Jasper will be upgraded this made on lUesday and Thursday. • By the end of June 1991, DAR year through the efforts of the Rocky Moimtain Rail Society. The track had been lifted from Digby to Coldbrook, and is now likely Canadian Northem Society has donated station name boards and gone right to Yarmouth. the Jasper train bulletin board for the display. BRIEF STRIKE AT TRENTON WORKS THE PANORAMA Most workers at the Trenton Works Lavalin plant ignored a Please send railway news from Western Canada to Gray Scrimgeour, provincial back-to-work order after they walked out to protest 227 Hanna Road, Toronto, Ontario M4G 3P3. work practices and union-management relations. The president of the union local, one of those who returned, was suspended for two months for his role in the walkout. Latei; the employees returned when management agreed to meet with them.

A T L A N T\„ CANADA THE OCEAN Please send railway news from Atlantic Canada to Pat Scrimgeour, T H F CiOVQ«.E A N 250 Queens Quay West #1607, Toronto, Ontario M5j 2N2. EDITED BY A0 CLOWES AND PAT rS-^G4R^I M G E O U R

CENT R-^^A-^l) C-DA N a D a STATUS OF EQUIPMENT IN As of September 1991, the disposition of TerraTransport railway T H B^ mA m D O equipment was as follows: EDITE D^B WEBSTER • At Bishop's Falls - 924 for display; 917 and 919 sold for scrap. • At Comer Brook - 931 for display; 923 stripped and on its side for the removal of its tmcks; 934 stripped (one of these two may go to Port-aux-Basques for display). VIA RAIL CANADA • At Clarenvflle - 932 (may go for display at Bonavista); 914 FATAL COLLISION OF MONTREAL-TORONTO TRAIN and 937 sold to nitrate mine in Chile, along with 12 air Four VIA passengers were instantly kflled and 48 others received dumps and 18 hoppers. minor injuries in the worst passenger train accident in Canada • At Stephenville - 930 and 935 sold to scrap dealer in New since 23 people were killed on February 8, 1986, at Dalehurst, , Nova Scotia. Alberta. The acddent occurred during a white-out at 13:15 on CN NOTES February 11, when the lead unit of Train 65, F40PH-2 6414, On EE.I., the rails have been lifted from the ferry dock at Borden struck a highway tractor and flat-bed trailer at the Highway 201 to Charlottetown: the rails are removed, and the ties piled in level crossing in Coteau-du-Lac, . The driver jumped from various places. Also, the yard at Borden is gone. • CN has the truck when he realised he would not be able to stop the lowered track by two feet at Mountain Road, in Moncton, to truck before it entered the railway crossing. allow the use of double-stack trains. • The water tower at The trailer jack-knifed around the side of the train, ripped a CampbeUton, New Brunswick, has been demolished. • CN has four-metre hole in the side of the first car; and broke windows in lifted the track from Chester to Liverpool, Nova Scotia. the second car The four passengers kflled were all sitting where DEVCO CABOOSES ACQUIRED FROM CN the trailer tore the hole in the side of the first car Devco has installed new marker lights, repaired, and repainted All three cars of the train, which was carrying 98 passengers seven cabooses that they purchased from CN. The colours are the at the time, derailed, but remained upright. The cab of the truck same as on Devco locomotives, green with a yellow stripe around was scattered along 500 metres of track, the distance it took the the centre, eight inches wide. They were given numbers 9101 to train to stop. The crossing was protected with flashing lights, 9107 - CN 79263 is now Devco 9103, and CN 79303 is now bells, and gates, but charges wfll not be laid against the truck now Devco 9107. driver because of the icy road and the very poor weather conditions. DISPOSAL OF DERELICT DEVCO MOTIVE POWER Devco SI 61 and RSI 203 sat for years in a shed at Whitney Pier One of the victims of the crash was railway enthusiast Harvey with all track connections to the outside removed. They are now Dust, an historian and librarian who moved to London after VIA gone, probably for scrap. No. 203 was seen cut in two pieces on reduced train service to St. Marys, where he had fought the VIA a float truck on the Trans-Canada Highway. RSls 212 and 205 reductions and served on council. Mr. Dust frequently wrote the are stfll on the property - 212 is ready for winter use, with a president of VIA with suggestions to improve the marketing of 18 « UCRS Newsletter « February 1992

VIA and its operations, and also had numerous articles published proposal to rebxiild former single-level GO coaches but this was in the Toronto Star, London Free Press, and various U.S. trade rejected as the Quebec government wanted new equipment. publications. -Montreal Gazette He ivas one of 27 finalists in a Fraser Institute competition BONjOUR MONTREAL on bow to cut government costs, and bad attended a dinner in During the same week that the plans were annoxmced for the Ottawa for the finalists. His submission in the competition Deux-Montagnes line, CP launched a bid to take over the proposed a restructuring of VIA to ensure its continued existence. operation of all commuter trains in the Montr&l area. A new He and bis wife, who was also kflled, were returning home from subsidiary Bonjour Montreal Inc., woxfld set the fares and Ottawa via Montr&l. -Montreal Gazette and Toronto Star schedules and operate the lines, with a set subsidy firom the CEREMONIES FOR NEW SERVICE Quebec government. To mark the inaugural run of Train 41, the new early-morning The plan woxfld cost $53-miUion to start and $28-million a train from Ottawa to Toronto, VlAs vice-president of marketing year to operate, and would see commuter trains operated on 365 and some parliamentary officials rode the train to be greeted by km, up firom the present 92 km used by STCUM trains. BMl bands and banners at each stop the train serves. estimates that ridership coxfld increase firom eight mfllion a year Early morning service to Toronto was discontinued with the to 20 mfllion a year by 1996. Organisation of the project could big cuts of 1990 but was reinstated on January 20 as part of the start within six months of government approval, and woxfld be expanded service in the Toronto—Ottawa—Montreal corridor. implemented in three phases. -Belleville Intelligencer In the first phase, BMl woxfld purchase 60 ex-GO Transit single-level coaches and renovate the cars for $18-miUion. These BOMB THREAT HOLDS TRAINS cars woxfld be xised to upgrade the Montr&l—Rigaud service and Two VIA trains were delayed for two hours in Kingston due to a to start a new service to St-J&ome. BMl woxfld also negotiate bomb threat around noon on February 19. A Kingston radio with CN to take over the Deux-Montagnes line. The St-Jerome station received a call stating that there was a bomb on a VIA line woxfld handle an estimated 9660 passengers daily on 26 train. The trains were emptied of all passengers and held until trains serving 12 stations, operating out of Windsor Station. police could check the trains. Nothing was found and passengers Phase one woxfld be implemented through 1992 and 1993. were allowed to reboard. -Montreal Gazette Phase two, which woxfld start in 1994, woxfld have more new MAN STRUCK AND KILLED lines operating to Iberville, on CP track, and Cbateauguay on A 30-year-old man was struck and kflled by VIA Train 80 Conrail track, easing vebicxflar traffic on the Merder and (Samia-Toronto) east of Mill Street, Mile 15.3, Halton Cbamplain bridges. The Ibervflle line woxfld handle 8500 daily Subdivision, around 10:45 on February 12. The man was walking passengers on 22 trains and woxfld operate out of V\findsor east between the rails on the north track, wearing headphones Station. and bis bead covered with the bcxxi of bis jacket, when be was bi the third phase, 1994 to 1996, BMl woxfld negotiate struck from behind by the VIA train. He was pronounced dead at rxinning rights on CN to operate commuter trains to St-Hilaire, the scene. The train, which was carrying 90 passengers, was Repentigny and Brossard, as well as examining further service on delayed 80 minutes while statements were taken by investigators. CP tracks to Mascoucbe, Vercberes, and a link to Mirabel airport. —Toronto Star To promote the project, CP brought three of the former GO coaches, induding 1081 and 1088, to Windsor Station on STCUM-MONTREAL February 13. The cars were put on display for local mayors and NEW EQUIPMENT ORDERED FOR DEUX-MONTACNES LINE other governmental officials. The Quebec government has announced its plans for the overhaul — Doug Brown, Montreal Gazette, La Presse of the Montreal—Deux-Montagnes commuter line over the next three years. The stations wfll be rebuilt at Montreal (Central TOURIST RAILWAYS AND MUSEUMS Station), Portal Heights, Mont-Royal, Vertu (to be renamed Cote- CUELPH JUNCTION HISTORICAL RAILWAY ASSOCIATION Vertu), Roxboro, and Deux-Montagnes. New stations wfll be buflt A new group based in Guelpb, the Guelpb Junction Historical at new locations for A-Ma-Baie, Val-Royal (to be renamed Bois- Railway Association, is gathering support to operate a steam- Franc), and Laval (a consobdation of the four stations at Ile- powered tourist train between Guelpb and Guelpb Jet. The Bigras, Ste-Dorotbde, Laval Links, and Laval-sur-le-Lac). A new Guelpb Jxmction Railway Company is owned by the City of stop wfll be established at Autoroute 15/Henri-Bourassa, and Guelpb and is leased to CP's subsidiary the TH&B, for $45 000 and new stations wfll be buflt at Autoroute 640 and at Shed on per year and operated as the CP Godericb Subdivision. The an extension past Deux-Montagnes. locomotive proposed for the tourist train is ex-FTR 0-6-0 No. 9, The line wfll be double-tracked between Bois-Franc and built by MLW in 1923, which can be restored to operating Roxboro and the power supply and signals will be upgraded to condition for an estimated $150 000. allow trains to travel from Deux-Montagnes to Central Station in The group has also asked Guelpb dty coxxndl for permission 35 minutes, 20 minutes faster than the current trip. By 1995, to examine ex-CN 4-8-4 No. 6167, which is on display beside the trains will be operating at 10- to 25-minute intervals during peak CN station and the bus terminal in downtown Guelpb. If 6167 periods and once an hour during the rest of the day firom 05:45 were to be used, it woxfld be converted to oil-burning for ease of xmtil 01:00. maintenance, cost, and deanliness. The contract to supply equipment for the Deux-Montagnes The start-up cost of the operation woxfld be $1.2-million with line was awarded to Bombardier. The contract to supply 58 new an annxial operating cost of $600 000, which woxfld be raised by self-propelled electric cars for the line is worth $99-milbon to the sale of shares. The group, encqxxraged by the Downtown Bombardier. Half of the cars will be powered, and half wfll be Board of Management and a Guelpb alderman, wiU be seeking trailers. A diagram of the cars shows both high-level and low- approval-in-prindple within the next couple of months firom level sbding doors on each car. CNs Canac bad submitted a Guelpb coxmdl. - Tribune via George W. Horner UCRS Newsletter • February 1992 * 19

WATERFORD AND NORTHERN CP/D&H officials high-railed the entire line several times in The Waterford and Northem Railway expects to be operating by November and December 1991. Bingbamton, once the home of next year over former LE&N and TH&B bnes from Waterford such "fallen flags" as the Erie and the "Lackawanna," now is nordi to Scotland. The railway offices are located in the former enjoying a remarkable renaissance. Ttaffic levels on the former CASO Waterford station, which was restored by a local D&H are increasing constantly and train frequency is rising to community group. The base of operation wiU be on a 34-bectare heights not attained in years. The East Bingbamton Yard, the site just outside of Waterford, which will be comprised of a nexus of D&H operations, is busier by the month, with restaurant, a gift shop, a camp ground, and a motel constructed improvements in trackwork and other facilities under way. with 30 cabooses and sleeping cars. Financing is already in place Motive power remains a mix of Cfl CATX, PLM, and D&H. for the railway to start operating excursion trains during the day In a D&H report at year-end, it was stated that CP provided 40 and dinner trains in the evening. Plans are to use a new Chinese- percent of the power on the D&H, and that about eight percent built steam locomotive. The estimated cost of the one-bom; of the units are out of service at any one time, compared to a 25 29 km trip is $10. -Hamilton Spectator via Doug Page percent prior to the purchase by CP. Motive power failures on the road have been rare, and trains' horsepower vs. tonnage seem to RAILWAY have been wefl-matcbed. Many trains are using MLW power; The Central Ontario Railway is a newly-incorporated non-profit which has been proven reasonably reliable. group which is organising a movement to takeover the 112-year Normally CP MLW units come off southbound fireigbts at old CN Marmora Subdivision between Trenton and Picton. The Saratoga Springs, but sometimes they run through to Oneonta COR recently completed a backgrotmd report with funding from and Bingbamton. They are assigned most often to intermodal the federal government and as a result of this report, the Trent trains 553 and 554, and 557 and 558 north of Bingbamton. Port Historical Society has annotmced that it will, pending federal approval, sponsor the company and prepare a tender for Since October 1991, D&H has been sharing fireight power the purchase of the line once CN is prepared to sell. with the Springfield Terminal Railroad between Buffalo, New York, and Ayei; Maine, on conventional freights 271/DHWA and If the COR is successful in acquiring the line, steam-powered WADH/270. This saves a power swap at Mohawk Yard, near tourist trains are proposed to operate on the line 10 months of Schenectady New York; a Guilford SD26 and SD45 have been the yeai; with six intermediate stops. As web, a college for seen in Buffalo. —Jim Shaughnessy via Sandy Worthen training in trades such as boiler making, steam fitting, and occupational health and safety is plaimed. CN bad appUed to TABLE DE CONCERTATION SUR L'lNDUSTRIE FERROVIAIRE abandon the line in 1989 but was turned down by the NIA. A study commissioned by the Quebec government has concluded — Picton Gazette that one in five railway workers in Montreal wfll be laid off by 1999 unless something is done to revive the railway industry. The ONTARIO NORTHLAND panel of industry government, and union representatives stated NEW NORTHLANDER EQUIPMENT AND SCHEDULE that since 1980, 11 000 railway jobs have been abolished in The final date of operation of the Northlander TEE train Montreal. Some of the recommendations in the report were: equipment was on Sunday, February 9, with ONR1986 powering • Governments should lower taxes imposed on diesel fuel and the last train north out of Toronto on the new schedule up the discourage U.S. raflways firom operating in Canada. Bala Subdivisiom The last train up the Newmarket Subdivision • Quebec should stop issuing new licences to truckers. was on Friday, February 7, powered by ONR 1803. • Governments should help pay for the maintenance and The new schedule of the Northlander cuts ten minutes off of construction of track. the northbound trip and operates every day except Wednesday. • Montreal should lower its business taxes. All trains now operate in and out of Toronto via the Bala • A high speed passenger rail service in the Windsor—Quebec Subdivision. So fa^ the train has run with an FP7, an electric City corridor should be constructed soon. generator three coaches, and a snack-bar car. The first —Hamilton Spectator via Doug Page southbound train was one hour late arriving in Toronto, and the SHORT NEWS ITEMS consist was 1520-202-608-702-614-603. CN and CP news wfll be carried in the March OTHER RAILWAY NEWS Newsletter. • CO Transit has set May 23 as the opening date for full service to Burlington. • Operation by RailTex on the DELAWARE AND HUDSON Godericb and Exeter Railway may begin on the Easter weekend. The acquisition of the Delaware and Hudson Raflroad by Canadian Pacific Limited continues to provide interesting developments. Currently it appears likely that D&H will purchase THE RAPIDO Conrail's Southern Tier line between Buffalo and Bingbamton, Please send railway news from Ontario and Quebec to Cord New York, once part of the main stem of the Erie Raflroad. Webster, P.O. Box 17, Station H, Toronto, Ontario M4C 5H7.

UPPER CANADA RAILWAY SOCIETY BACK COVER - TOP BACK COVER - BOTTOM DIRECTORS The last operation of the Ontario The former Canadian Northern station Rick Eastman, President 494-3412 Northland's former Trans-Europ at Big Valley Is one of the Alberta Art Clowes, VP-Services 960-0063 Steve Danko, VP-Administration 287-2844 Express equipment was this month. stations that has been restored by the Gordon Shaw, Corporate Secretary 889-6972 Here, train-set No. 1980, with the Canadian Northern Society. Big Valley John Carter 690-6651 original motive power. Is seen In is south of Stettler, on the Central Al Maitland 921-4023 downtown Toronto. Western Railway. George Meek 532-5617 Pat Scrimgeour 260-5652 -Photo by John D. Thompson -Photo by M.E Jones Pat Semple WA3-9123 20 ' UCRS Newsletter * February 1992