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Canadian Railroad Historical Association Publie Tous Les Deux Mois Par L'association Canadienne D'histoire Ferroviaire Canadian Rail Issn 0008-4875 NO ...- 4S0 . <- JANOARY~ . FEBRUARY 1996'.-_:· , ~"•• 0"0 ••• :" . - ~ _ - •• - '. PUBLISHED BI-MONTHLY BY THE CANADIAN RAILROAD HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION PUBLIE TOUS LES DEUX MOIS PAR L'ASSOCIATION CANADIENNE D'HISTOIRE FERROVIAIRE CANADIAN RAIL ISSN 0008-4875 PUBLISHED BI-MONTHL Y BY THE CANADIAN RAILROAD HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION TABLE OF CONTENTS WANDERING CANADIANS ...................................................................... PIERRE OZORAK.................... 3 THE GREAT SOUTH CAROLINA M.U. CAR MOVE .................................FRED ANGUS .......................... 18 THE END OF P.C.C. STREET CAR SERVICE IN TORONTO ...................................................................... 22 MUSEUM NOTES ..................................................................................... JOHN GODFREy..................... 25 THE BUSINESS CAR............................................................................... .................................................. 26 FRONT COVER: As part of its annual railfan weekend, "Steamtown" operated a double­ EDITOR: Fred F. Angus header excursion between Scranton, Pa. and Binghamton, N.Y., powered by ex CPR 4-6-2 CO-EDITOR : Douglas N.w. Smith 2317 and ex CNR 2-8-2 3254. The excursion train is seen travelling westward through the ASSOCIATE EDITOR (Motive Power): Delaware and Hudson Railroad's Conklin Yard in Binghamton, September 20,1992. Hugues W. Bonin Photo by Jean Louis Ozorak. DISTRIBUTION: Gerard Frechette LAYOUT: Fred F. Angus The CRHA has a number 01 local divisions across For your membership in the CRHA, which the country. Many hold regular meetings and Issue Printing: Procel Printing includes a subscription to Canadian Rail, newsletters. Further Information may be obtained by writing to Ihe division. write to: DIRECTORS OF THE C.R.H.A. NEW BRUNSWICK DIVISION CRHA, 120 Rue St-Pierre, St. Constant, Que. P.O. Box 1162 PRESIDENT: Walter J. 8edbrook J5A 2G9 Saint John N.B. E2L 4G7 VICE PRES.: David W. Johnson DIVISION VALLEE-JONCTION BEAUCE TREASURER: Robert Carlson Membership Dues for 1996: 397 Blvd. Rousseau SECRETARY: Bernard Martin In Canada: $35.00 (including GST). Vallee-Jonclion Qua GOS 3JO Frederick F. Angus ST LAWRENCE VALLEY DIVISION Doug Battrum United States: $30.00 in U.S. funds. P.O. Box 22, Stalion "B" Other Countries: $35.00 in U.S_funds. Monlreal P .Q. H3B 3J5 Alan C. Blackburn James Bouchard RIDEAU VALLEY DIVISION P.O. Box 962 Gerard Frechette Canadian Rail is continually in need of news, Smith's Falls, Ont. K7A 5A5 Franc;ois Gaudette stories, historical data, photos, maps and KINGSTON DIVISION Dean Handley other material. Please send all contributions P.O. Box 1714 J. Christopher Kyle Kingslon,Ont. K7L 5V6 Robert V.V. Nicholls to the editor: Fred F. Angus, 3021 Trafalgar TORONTO & YORK DIVISION Andrew W. Panko Ave. Montreal, P.Q. H3Y 1H3. No payment P.O. Box 5849, Terminal "A" Toronto,Ont. M5W 1P3 M. Robertson can be made for contributions, but the con­ Len Thibeault NIAGARA DIVISION tributer will be given credit for material sub­ P.O. Box 20311 Granlham Postal Outlet William Thomson mitted. Material will be returned to the con ­ SI. Catharines, Onl. L2M 7W7 A. Stephen Walbridge tributor if requested. Remember "Knowl­ CALGARY & SOUTH WESTERN DIVISION Michael Westren c/o Rick Connery, Secrelary edge is of little value unless it is shared with 95 Bennen Crescent N.w. L1ASON REPRESENTATIVES others". Calgary, Alberta T2L 1R2 SELKIRK DIVISION WESTERN P.O. Box 2561 D. Walter Edgar Revelstoke, B.C. VOE 2S0 As part of its activities, the CRHA operates 4515 Dalhart Road N.W. CROWSNEST & KETILE VALLEY DIVISION Calgary, AB T3A 1B9 the Canadian Railway Museum at Delson I P.O. Box 400 St. Constant, Que. which is about 14 miles Cranbrook, B.C. VIC 4H9 Phone: (403) 286-2189 (23 Km .) from downtown Montreal. It is open NELSON ELECTRIC TRAMWAY SOCIETY CENTRAL 123 View Street from late May to early October (daily until Nelson, B.C. V1 L 2V8 Christopher Kyle 49 - 77 Wellesley SI. East Labour Day). Members, and their immediate PRINCE GEORGE-NECHAKO-FRASER DIVISION Toronto, ON M4Y 1H7 families, are admitted free of charge. P.O. Box 2408 Prince George, B.C. V2N 2S6 Phone: (416) 962-1880 PACIFIC COAST DIVISION MARITIME THE GOAL OFTHE ASSOCIATION IS THE P.O. Box 1006, Sialion "A" Vancouver, B.C. V6C 2Pl Richard E. Viberg COLLECTION, PRESERVATION AND DIS­ ESQUIMAL T AND NANAIMO DIVISION 172 Main SI. SEMINATION OF ITEMS RElATING TO 1148 Balmoral Road Hillsborough, NB EOA 1XO THE HISTORY OF CANADIAN RAILWAYS Victoria, B.C. V8T 1B 1 Phone: 506 734-3467 JANUARY - FEBRUARY 1996 3 CANADIAN RAIL - 450 Wandering Canadians By Pierre Ozorak Western Maryland Scenic Railroad FPA4 number 305, seen here in Ridgeley, West Virginia on May 1, 1992, was originally built as Canadian National number 6771. The unit last operated on V1A Rail in Canada before it left for the United States. Number 305 operated passenger exceusions between Cumberland, Mwyland and Frostburg for a couple oj years before it moved to the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad in Peninsula, Ohio and was renumbered 15 . All photos by the author unless otherwise indicated. INTRODUCTION My earliest recollections of Canadian railway equipment having left Canada was of the "Grove" series sleepers of the It is remarkable how many pieces of Canadian railway Canadian Pacific Railway sold to Mexico. The sleepers were equipment have left the country for the United States as well as subsequently foliowed by some of the Canadian Pacific 2100 other countries. Canadian locomotives and rolling stock have series coaches. Since then, many more pieces of Canadian railway found homes in railway museums, as well as short line operations. rolling stock have left the country. This equipment has become whatl referto as Wandering Canadians which, as the name implies, relates to railway equipment which For the last seven years, I have travelled in search of was either built in Canada, or has at one time or another operated Wandering Canadians, which has resulted in the writing of this on a Canadian railway. This article will teli about some of them. article. By reading this text, I hope the reader will think, a little at There are very many others, but there is not room to describe them least, of this railway equipment which fOIms part of our history. all. Where else could you get such a fine lesson in geography as with »:JJ r 0» z WANDERING CANADIANS » 0 MAP SHOWING MOST CANADIAN RAILWAY EQUIPMENT m z PRESERVED IN RAILWAY MUSEUMS THE UNITED STATES TODAY* .j:o>. (J1 0 " , \, ... : ',:.. ; .. ~ ,1 ) _I, , ----, : ..... / ':.' .~..;#.:\...... ,J " ,- ,- / I ~ .../ "'" \) l'> . 7",- , ,. L :: '~::: » i z \r : >··:: :L < \' m ( \ :JJ \ \ "'Tl m STATES WITH CANADIAN RAILWAY EQUIPMENT" < "BASED ON THE 1995 CANADIAN lRACKSIDE GUIDE :JJ m 20 OR MORE PIECES :JJ 10 TO 19 PIECES 6T09 PIECES to 2TO 5 PIECES to 1 PIECE i 0) JANUARY - FEBRUARY 1996 5 CANADIAN RAIL - 450 SUMMARY OF PRESERVED CANADIAN RAILWAY EQUIPMENT BY STATES* ALASKA 8 MARYLAND 3 OKLAHOMA 1 ARIZONA 1 MICHIGAN 9 OREGON 6 CALIFORNIA 18 MINNESOTA 9 PENNSYLVANIA 20 COLORADO 1 MISSISSIPPI 1 SOUTH CAROLINA 3 CONNECTICUT 20 NEBRASKA 6 TENNESSEE 4 DELAWARE 1 NEW HAMPSHIRE 1 VERMONT 1 ILLINOIS 20 NEW JERSEY 2 VIRGINIA 2 INDIANA 2 NEW YORK 5 WASHINGTON 6 IOWA 4 NORTH CAROLINA 2 WEST VIRGINIA 2 MAINE 14 OHIO 17 WISCONSIN 1 ·source: 8ytown Railway Society, Canadian Trackside Guide 1995 Note: This list excludes most Canadian passenger cars which have gone stateside. Canadian locomotives operating in U.S. mainline, short line and industrial service are omitted as well. passenger cars carrying such names as "St. Hyacinthe", "Riviere engines. Since Steamtown has become a National Historic Site, the Cloche" and "Glace Bay". Some individuals might even claim that locomotives are considered artifacts; accordingly they have been some Wandering Canadians were like personal friends. In some restored to their original appearance in accordance with the ways, this article is like a visit to see these old friends. governing body's policy. This is why ex-CPR 4-6-2 No. 2317, built by the Montreal Locomotive Works in June 1923 , has since been A WHIRLWIND TOUR OF PENNSYLVANIA restored to its Canadian Pacific appearance. Interestingly, the line The original idea for this article came following a whirlwind on which Steam town operates out of Scranton was trackage owned weekend spent in Pennsylvania in search of operating fOlmer by the Delaware & Hudson Railway. As the D&H has been Canadian steam engines. This trip was organized by my brother, purchased by CP Rail System, it was possible to see a Canadian Etienne, who is also a resident of Pennsylvania (technically Pacific steam engine operating on CP trackage in the United speaking, this also makes him a wandering Canadian). Through his States. careful planning, it was possible for us to visit over half a dozen Besides the 2317, Steam town also operates 2-8-2 No. 3254 railway museums with former Canadian steam locomotives, several which is a former Canadian National locomotive built in 1917 by of which were still operating. the Canadian LocomotiveCompany in Kingston, Ontario. Steamtown Our first stop was at Steamtown National Historic Site in owns much more Canadian equipment, and for a complete listing Scranton. Besides owning close to a dozen pieces of Canadian I reconunend looking in section 3 of the Canadian Trackside origin, Steamtown also operates a couple of Canadian steam Guide, published by the By town Railway Society in Ottawa. RAIL CANADIEN - 450 6 JANVIER - FEVRIER 1996 Shortline operator, Lackawanna Valley Railroad, located in Scranton, Pennsylvania, purchased second hand power from Montreal Locomotive Sales. This photo shows number 22, an RS18 still wearing its Canadian National diagonal stripe paint scheme. The unit was photographed in Scranton on October 14, 1991. As part of their operating fleet, the Cuyhoga Valley Scenic Railroad purchased Lubrizon number 20. This unit was originally built by MLW as Canadian National number 8485. The unit was then sold to the Bangor and Aroostook, and numbered 20, before being sold to Lubrizol.
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