Transcontinental News and Research I ISSN 1193-7971

Published by Upper Canada Railway Society RO. Box 122, Station A SOCIETY NOTES • The 27 km (16-mile) Montfort Sub., be• Toronto, Ontario MSW IA2 tween Miles 23.1 and 39.4, north of Mon• Web address: www.btinternet.conV~ucrs Toronto meetings treal; The Toronto meetings on July 17 and August • The 261 km (156-mile) Alexandria and Editorial group 21 will be replaced by two simple pay-your- Beachburg subdivisions, in Ontario's Ottawa Pat Scrlmgeour - Features and layout own-way excursions for some summertime Valley; 250 Queens Quay West # 1607 train watching. On Friday, July 17, instead • The 172 km (103-mile) Cuelph Subdivi• Toronto, Ontario M5J 2N2 of meeting at Metro Hall, make your way to sion and Fergus Spur, west of Toronto; E-Mail: [email protected] Brampton station and join us for train • The three-kilometre (two-mile) Longford watching at this busy spot on CN's Halton Scott Haskill - The Rapido and In Transit Spur, a remnant of the Newmarket Sub., 2520 Bloor Street West # 15 Subdivision. You can travel on any of four south of Washago, Ontario; and Toronto, Ontario M65 IR8 GO trains to Brampton; the latest leaves • The 58 km (35-mile) Cayuga Sub., be• E-Mail: [email protected] Union Station in Toronto at 17:45, and ar• tween Miles 81.0 and 115.0, east of St. rives at Brampton at 18:27. There are half- Art Clowes - Railway Archaeology Thomas, Ontario. hourly bus return trips available, up to 234 Canterbury Avenue CN also intends to discontinue opera• 22:30, with a final bus departure at 23:30. Riverview, N.B. EIB2R7 tions on the following lines: Another attractive return option is Train 88, E-Mail: [email protected] • The 17 km (10-mile) Montfort Spur, Mile the VIA/Amtrak International, with its Su- 13.6 to Mile 23.1, north of Montreal; Gray Scrlmgeour - The Panorama perliner equipment. The train is scheduled • 12 km (seven miles) of the Newmarket #570 - 188 Douglas Street to depart Brampton at 22:29 and arrive in Subdivision, near North Bay. Victoria, B.C. V9V2Pi Toronto at 23:01. E-Mail: [email protected] For lines being discontinued, the usual Watch for details of our August excur• process established in the Canada Trans• sion in the next Rail and Transit. Regular Correspondents and contributors portation Act will be followed, with the Friday meetings at Metro Hall will resume Tom Box, John Carter, Alex Campbell, Richard railways being successively offered for sale on September 18 with an interesting presen• Carroll, John Legg, Bill McGuire, Don to other operators, and then the federal, tation by Ted Wickson on the railways of the McQueen, Sean Robitaille, Chris Spinney, provincial, and municipal governments. Denis Taylor, Gordon Webster. Toronto harbour. In 1997, under the same procedures, CN Subscriptions If you have renewed ... sold or discontinued 2500 km (1500 miles) of track. Since 1992, CN has sold or discon• Subscriptions to Rail and Transit are available . . . then please check the mailing label on with membership in the Upper Canada the envelope in which this issue was mailed: tinued more than 10 000 km (6500 miles) of Railway Society. Membership dues are $29.00 an expiry date in 1999 should be shown. If secondary lines. As of December 31, 1997, per year for addresses in Canada; $35.00 (or you have not renewed your membership, CN operated 24 600 route-kilometres $27.00 in U.S. funds) for addresses in the U.S. there is no need at this time; your 1998 dues (15 292 route-miles) in Canada and the and overseas. Please send inquiries and include this issue and the next one. United States. -CN changes of address to the address at the top of this page. Prince Edward County A visit to Picton and Prince Edward County Meetifigs Railway news from eastern Canada in late April revealed evidence of the possi• Regular UCRS meetings are held twice each THE RAPIDO ble new tourist railway on the largely-lifted month. Toronto meetings begin at 7:30 p.m. former CN Marmora Subdivision. In Picton, CN line sales plan on the third Friday of each month (except July Nelson Aggregates 50-ton diesel locomotive In early May, CN announced its latest plans and August), on the third floor of Metro Hail, No. 07040, which was leased to the York- for railway line sales and discontinuations. 55 John Street, at King Street. Hamilton Durham Heritage Railway for a spell, and The railway is planning to transfer 2087 km meetings begin at 8:00 p.m. on the fourth which still wears YDHR green, red and yel• (1250 miles) of secondary lines to short-line Friday of each month, at the Hamilton low, was standing on a section of re-laid railways, and to discontinue operations on Spectator auditorium, 44 Frid Street, just off track. On the track to its north was an empty another 561 km (336 miles) of line. Main Street at Highway 403. CN flat car, with the CN reporting marks and CN intends to convey the following lines numbers painted-out. Directors to short-line railways: CN rails remain in place at a number of Scott Haskill, President 604-207! • The 220 km (132-mile) CN/C&CT line grade crossings in and around Picton, Art Clowes 506 387-4258 from Saint-Andre Jet. to Matane, Quebec; Bloomfield, Wellington, and Hillier, as well Calvin Henry-Cotnam 287-9396 • The 157 km (94-mile) Sherbrooke Subdi• as in the Highway 33 crossing south of Neil McNIsh vision, southeast of Montreal; AIMaitland 921-4023 Trenton. The rails and ties have been re• George Meek 532-5617 moved from the right-of-way in both direc• Pat Scrimgeour 260-5652 COVER PHOTO: tions beyond these crossings. CP Rail RS18 1830 leads a train at PatSemple WA3-9I23 Many bundles of newish-looking ties Kilburn, New Brunswick, at Chris Spinney 754-7175 Mile 92.0 of the Shogomoc were sitting on the line north of the High- Subdivision, December 19, 1986. Complete at 17:30 on June 25, 1998, PJS Continued on Page 8 ^ Photo by Att Clowes

2 • Rail and Transit • July 1998 RaiLink in southern Ontario By Duane Jessup

Editorial note: This article was prepared by the author in December 1997. Because of the delays in pubiishing Rail and Transit, some of the details are no longer current. We will keep readers up-to-date with RaiLink operations in Ontario through future news items.

Ontario is fast becoming the short-line capi• tal of Canada, as large Class 1 railways are realising the need to shed marginally- profitable miles of track to independent op• erators. One of the newest arrivals is the acquisition by RaiLink Ltd. of two former Canadian National Railways lines in south• ern Ontario: the Hagersville Subdivision from Brantford to Nanticoke, and some in• dustrial spur trackage in the City of Hamil• ton's north end. RaiLink operates these two lines under the name of RaiLink—Southern Ontario. Besides RaiLink Ltd., nine other bidders tendered offers on the 21-year-lease of the Hagersville Subdivision, Burford Spur, and Brantford yard. The Hamilton industrial trackage, known as CN's Northern and Northwestern Spur, was offered separately. RaiLink—Southern Ontario officially ac• another Stelco steel mill, and one of the 3519, 3567, and 3569, a single HR412, No. quired the Hagersville Sub. on September world's largest thermal generating plants 3586, all of which are leased and still in full 20, 1997, while the Hamilton trackage was owned and operated by Ontario Hydro, most CN dress; two former CN SW1200RSs, Nos. taken over on December 15, 1997. CN antic• of which lie at the terminus of Nanticoke. 1285 and 1335, eventually to be remem• ipated job losses on the two lines to stand Located in southwestern Ontario be• bered 1200 and 1201, leased from Canac near 70, but most employees were offered tween the waters of Lake Erie and Lake and with small RaiLink decals on their cabs buy-out packages or were transferred else• Ontario, the Hagersville line runs in a and hoods; and a single CP38, No. 113 where within the CN system. RaiLink— mainly north-south direction between Simp• (previously CSXT 2079), leased from Helm, Southern Ontario then hired close to 50 new son Jet. in Brantford and Nanticoke. The still wearing most of her CSX paint. Former employees for their operations. community of Hagersville, for which this Canadian National snowplough 55219 and line was named, is known to most Canadi• former Grand Trunk Western main line ca• RaiLink Ltd., an Alberta based short-line ans as the location of a massive tire fire in boose 79051 sit silently in the Brantford company, isn't a newcomer to the short line the early 1990s. yard awaiting the call to duty. scene. In fact, they were the operators of the first short line in Canada some 11 years ago, Canadian National operated the Morning sees the two SW1200RS units, when Tom Payne and the Central Western Hagersville line six days per week and on which last saw work on the Ottawa Valley Railway began operations on CN's former Sundays as required. Canadian National RaiLink, making up the daily consist in the Stettler Subdivision, just south of Edmonton. Trains 560, the "Hagersville Switcher," and Brantford yard. The two units then work Now the company is the largest regional 561, the "Nanticoke turn" ran over the line, some switching duties around the Caledonia short-line operator in Canada with proper• and Train 725, a unit train of steel products, area if they are required to do so, allowing ties in Alberta, Quebec, and Ontario. operated between Hamilton and Nanticoke. the other units to work the daily assign• ments. Traffic on the line is mostly carried in With these two acquisitions, RaiLink RaiLink—Southern Ontario's early plans covered hoppers or petroleum tanks, or on adds close to 60 miles of main line and spur are to operate four trains over the line: a bulkhead or centre-beam flats, and although track to their ever-growing system map Brantford switcher, a local freight, a yard other types of rolling stock do make it onto (four miles in Hamilton and the other 56 in train in Hagersville, and a freight train from the line their numbers are not as great. the Hagersville Subdivision area), that carry the Hagersville line up the CN Dundas Sub• up to 35 000 carloads (16 000 and 19 000 division as far as Paris, where traffic will be interchanged with CN. RaiLink has acquired Hagersville Subdivision history respectively) per year. Revenues on the two The current Hagersville Subdivision has a running rights over this portion of the Dun• properties are estimated at nearly $6-million history with two separate railway lines, two das Sub. between Brantford and Paris. per annum. separate railway companies, and a time line RaiLink also has plans for a yard train that RaiLink—Southern Ontario serves such that spans over a century. But neither of will operate out of the Stuart Street yard in customers as the Dofasco and Stelco steel these two lines is complete in its entirety any Hamilton and a road freight that will run mills, and Proctor and Gamble, among some more. On November 1, 1856, the Buffalo between the Hagersville line and Hamilton. 20-plus other industries on the Hamilton and Lake Huron Railway opened a right-of- Although RaiLink has taken over the waterfront. Along the Hagersville Sub. cus• way between Fort Erie and Paris. Close to 17 Hagersville Subdivision, it would be hard for tomers include gypsum wallboard plants, years later, on August 1, 1873, the Hamilton some to notice, since their power consists feed mills, an Esso petro-chemical refinery. mainly of five CN M420s, Nos. 3504, 3510, A 3519, 3567, and 3586 at Garnet.

Rail and Transit • July 1998 • 3 and Lake Erie Railway came on the scene service cars from Toronto to Camet, halfway At Mile 9.00 is the community this line with a line that ran from its namesake city between Hagersville and Nanticoke, to view was named for, Hagersville, the location of eventually to Port Rowan with a branch line model operations of the ATCS that was to be another station, currently housing RaiLink— into Port Dover. Both of these railway's main introduced in parts of British Columbia. Southern Ontario's offices. This station was lines met at a junction in the community of upgraded recently to today's standard of RaiLink—Southern Ontario operations Caledonia. The current-day Hagersville Sub• metal siding after suffering some fire dam• Currently, RaiLink—Southern Ontario trains division is a combination of these two lines, age in past years. Canadian National last leave the centralised-traffic-controlled Dun• and some more recent construction. used this building to house their Signals and das Subdivision at Simpson Jet. (Mile 22.70 Over time, these two lines, both the Communications Depanment in the area. A of the Dundas Sub.), only a stone's throw Buffalo and Lake Huron and the Hamilton work service box car, CN 72484, sits south of east of Brantford's VIA station. To keep in and Lake Erie railways, were taken into the the station, where it has been used for stor• constant contact with the traffic on CN's expanding Crand Trunk Railway and then age for many years. Hagersville is also the Dundas Subdivision, the Brantford switcher absorbed into the Canadian National system. junction point of this line and the CN Caso uses a common frequency with CN while The Buffalo line was called the Dunnville Subdivision (originally the Canada Southern working the yard. Subdivision and the Hamilton line was Railway) although the Caso no longer sees The Burford Spur is accessed just half a named the Hagersville Subdivision. After the regular service. CSX Transportation's track• mile east of Simpson at Brant Jet. (Mile abandonment of trackage south of Jarvis to age rights expired on March 1, 1996. A 22.20 of the Dundas Sub.). The Burford Lake Erie, the rails were laid into the new siding on the old Caso Subdivision west of Spur leads approximately eight miles west Nanticoke industrial area along the north the railway's offices holds storage of cars for from this point to its namesake community. shore of the lake, in the late 1960s. the gypsum factories that are located nearby. Canadian National filed to abandon this On an interesting note, the original A small feed mill in here is also equipped to line, but the NTA refused their request, and Hagersville line had to climb one of the handle rail generated traffic. CN was unsuccessful in their efforts to rid steepest grades in Canada, 300 feet in ap• Near Camet (Mile 4.70), the Hagersville this section of track. A Cargill elevator in proximately five miles of track, between Subdivision was once again crossed at Burford was the deciding factor for the NTA lower Hamilton and Rymal on the Niagara grade, this time by the now-partially- in their decision to deny the abandonment Escarpment, a trait of the line that eventu• abandoned Cayuga Subdivision, at Mile of this spur. ally was a contributing factor to its demise 4.10. The rails have been lifted, but they and Onondaga (Mile 27.30 of the Hagersville in later years. some used crossties remain at the site, piled Sub.), is the location of the first siding out• The Hagersville Subdivision witnessed by the since-paved-over Regional Road 55 side of Brantford. At nearly half a mile long, its last passenger run just over 40 years ago grade crossing. A small storage yard for the this passing track is also the longest on the when Canadian National 4-6-0 1541 and her Esso refinery, usually filled to capacity with line. consist left downtown Hamilton for one final tank cars, and a wye track are located here. Next up is Caledonia (Mile 18.70). Here, time on October 26, 1957. At Nanticoke (Mile 0.00) lie the largest Canadian National's circa 1913 depot still Over a decade ago, the original industries that use the Hagersville Subdivi• stands, as it is being restored to its once- Hagersville line was abandoned between sion to conduct business. Both Ontario Hy• grand splendour of passenger days by the Hamilton and Rymal, and the rails lifted, dro and Stelco have spurs that deviate from local Chamber of Commerce. A large plate leaving a 10.9-mile spur track off the Cale• the main line here to serve their industrial girder bridge also crosses the Crand River donia wye track to serve an industrial park complexes. It is hard to believe that traffic nearby in this community. The bridge was on Hamilton Mountain and some other cus• levels are so high on this line when ships up upgraded in the early 1950s from deck truss tomers along this line. This left only one to 1000 feet in length can be seen unloading to the plate girder spans that stand today, in choice for Canadian National, to move all their cargo at the company docks, but lake order to accommodate the heavier loads traffic for the Hagersville Subdivision shipping does cease when the lake freezes that travelled over the line. A grain elevator through Brantford and over the remnants of up in winter. Hydro mainly receives covered by the station receives rail shipments in the Dunnville Sub. to Caledonia where it hoppers that are used to ship fly-ash, a covered hoppers. would then meet up with the rest of the by-product of coal-fired furnaces, while Between here and Hagersville, gypsum Hagersville line. Later in 1994 the Rymal Stelco receives any type of car that can be is quarried, and the mined product is manu• spur line was shortened once again to a used to transport steel in or on. factured by Domtar and the Canadian Cyp- 1.4-mile stub for the Caledonia wye by NTA Although this is the end of the line in sum Company. A plant on Highway 6 pro• order (1994-R-345). terms of track, it's only the beginning for cesses the gypsum into wallboard that is The Hamilton Region Conservation Au• RaiLink—Southern Ontario. used in many construction applications. The thority recently purchased the remaining finished product is then loaded onto centre- • 1335 and 1285 at Brantford, right-of-way between Stone Church Road in beam or bulklread flat cars for shipment. October 17, 1997. Hamilton and Haldimand-Norfolk Regional Road 66 just north of Caledonia for use as a hiking trail. The portion from Stone Church Road back down the mountain was pur• chased some time ago for the same purpose. Over the years CN operated the line, the Hagersville Subdivision had its share of time in the limelight. Throughout 1993 and into early 1994, the line was used as a testing ground for a new Automatic Train Control System (ATCS). Canadian National transfer caboose 76637 was outfitted and painted in a special livery for use on the line over this time. For two days in April of 1994 Canadian National representatives ran a special con• sist of two GP40-2 units and three company

4 • Rail and Transit • July 1998 World Rail Speed '98: Quickly approaching the millennium

By Richard Carroll France 1996 1997-98 MILES China 1996 1997-98 MILES Paris-Bourges 2'I6" 1'43" 144 Beijing-Shenyang 9'17" 7'39" 539 For this year's survey, we will take a global • Average 83.9 m.p.h. Reduction facilitated by Beijing-Shanghai 17'17" 15'08" 909 look at many of the best accelerations of the electrification of 20 miles of line between Beijjng-Tbngllao 17'15" 13'34" 520 passenger train schedules arotmd the world Vierzon and Bourges. Beijing-Qingdao I2'30" I0'54" 555 In the last year or so. Beijing-Hohhot 1 1'55" I0'58" 415 1996 1997-98 MILES Please note that once again the follow• Italy Beijing-Zhengzhou 8'20" 7'18" 428 Rome-Reggio di Calabria 6'35" 6'OS" 429 ing tables list only a selection of such im• Shanghai-Nanjing 3*44" 2'42" 188 • Average 70.5 m.p.h. Introduction of new provements, mostly for space reasons. Also, Shanghai-Zhuzhou 20'20" I6'30" 713 "Eurostar Italia" electric tilting trains to the far this Is by no means a compilation of the Shanghai-Ningbo 6'20" 5'28" 229 south of Italy. fastest trains In the world or in any one Chengdu-Kunming 22'31" 2ri3" 684 Changchun-Tumen 10*49" 9'49" 329 coimtry. Indeed, a look at even some accel• Denmark 1996 1997-98 MILES • Averages - For 539 miles, 70.5 m.p.h.; for 188 erated runs entering 1998 may reveal some Copenhagen-Esbjerg 3'58" 2'38" 189 miles, 69.6 m.p.h. These would he more than pretty mediocre average speeds. But this is a Copenhagen-Frederikshavn 6'59" 5'02" 344 respectable in any country in the world outside progress report, and the best times on all Copenhagen-Strurer 5'18" 3'33" 233 Copenhagen-Sonderborg 5'13" 3'40" 219 Europe or Japan. routes shown are appreciably better than • Averages - For 189 miles, 71.S m.p.h.; for 344 • There once was a song about a slow boat to they were a couple of years ago. Perhaps miles, 68.3 m.p.h; for 233 miles, 65.6 m.p.h. China, but one could soon write a song about a many will be significantly improved again by • All of the tremendous improvements listed fast train through that country. Outstanding the early yeais of the next century. were made possible by the opening in June 1997 overall improvement in the last few years. Two final items: The following tabula• of the 11-mile Great Belt fixed link; before then, Thailand 1996 1997-98 MILES tion is based on information in the pages of trains were carried on boats. It's -interesting Bangkok-YaJa 17'15" I4'20" 656 the November 1997 VIA national and infrastructure, being part bridge, part tunnel 9'50" 8'10" 357 Thomas Cook Etiropean timetable and the and part causeway. Bangkok-Ubon Ratchathani January-February 1998 Thomas Cook over• Malaysia 1996 1997-98 MILES Spain 1996 1997-98 MILES seas timetable. And all accelerated runs Butterworth-Singapore 13'30" 12'07" 488 Valenda-Allcante I'SS" I'30" 116 known to be the best ever are shown in bold Barcelona-Valencia 3'40" 2'55" 218 India 1996 1997-98 MILES type. VIgo-A Coruna 2'35" 2'15" 111 Jodhpur-Jalsalmer 9'25" 6'4S" 186 • Averages -For 116 miles, 77.3 m.p.h; for 218 Jodhpur-Phulera 6*40" 4'55" 156 Canada 1996 1997-98 MILES miles, 74.7m.p.h Madras-Bangalore 5'15" 4'45" 223 Montreal-Senneterre 12'10" irzs" 446 • The first two noted runs have seen the intro• New Delhi-Calcutta I7'20" 16'40" 887 • Previous best time was 12'00"from 1993. duction from June 1997 of new "Euromed" New Delhi-Amritsar 6'55" 5'40" 283 train-sets. They are similar to French TGV equip• New Delhi-Firozpur 8'10" 6'5S" 242 Sweden 1996 1997-98 MILES ment but have broad-gauge trucks allowing them New Delhi-Ajmer 7'05" 6'2S" 277 Stockholm-Malmo 4'35" 3'59" 373 to operate on conventional Spanish trackage. Bombay-Ahmadabad 7'35" 6'55" 306 Goteborg-Malmo 3'08" 2'53" 203 • The speed-up on the Jaisabner route is the Stockhoim-Hamosand 4'55" 4'3r' 300 • In late 1997 a version of the Danish ICS result of an ongoing programme to convert track * Averages - For 373 miles, 93.6 m.p.h;for 203 Flexliner was put into service between Vigo and A from narrow- to broad-gauge. miles. 70.4 m.p.h.; for 300 miles, 66,4 m.p.h. Coruna. All trains are electric and tilting X2000 equip• Pakistan 1996 1997-98 MILES Germany 1996 1997-98 MILES Karachi-Lahore 17'30" 15'30" 754 ment. Berlin-Hamburg 2'38" 2'14" 179

European international 1996 1997-98 MILES Dresden-Magdeburg 3'10" 2'SO" 152 Israel 1996 1997-98 MILES London-Brussels 3'l 1" 2'36" 235 Giessen-Kobienz 1'54" 1'35" 73 Haifa-Tel Aviv I'OO" 50" 56 Paris-Brussels i'58" l'25" 194 • The Berlin-to-Hamburg average of 80.1 m.p.h. • With the help of its Danish ICS Flexliner train- Paris-Cologne 4'5I" 4'0I" 338 is accomplished by a recently-introduced ICE sets, Israel Railways crosses the mile-a-minute Paris-Amsterdam 4'46" 4'12" 340 service dubbed the "Flying Hamburger." It just (60 m.p.h.) frontier for the first time (average, Dublin-Belfast 2'OS" 1 13 beats by a few minutes the previous record run 67.2 m.p.h.). rss" until late 1939 by a similarly-named diesel train- Vienna-Budapest 2'45" 2'25" 164 set. Turkey 1996 1997-98 MILES Budapest-Zagreb 5'27" 5'03" 247 Haydarpasa-Karaman 15'30" 13'30" 528 Budapest-Bucharest i2'39" i2'03" 543 Japan 1996 1997-98 MILES Haydarpasa-Ankara 7'10" 6'55" 352 Stockholm-Osio 6'30" 6'07" 356 Tokyo-Morioka 2'36" 2'2I" 309- Sivas-Samsun 1 1'05" 10*33" 250 • Averages - For 194 miles, 136.9 m.p.h; for Tokyo-Nagano 2'39" I'I9" 142 235 miles, 90.4 m.p.h.; for 338 miles, 84.1 Osaka-Tbyama 3'I5" 3'05" 203 Morocco 1996 1997-98 MILES m.p.h.; for 340 miles, 81.0 m.p.h; for 164 miles, Sapporo-Kushiro 4'25" 3'40" 217 Casablanca-Oued Zem 3'10" 2'35" 1 16 67.9 m.p.h. Morioka-Akita 1'39" 79 1*24" Australia 1996 1997-98 MILES ' The first four routes listed benefit from the Kyoto-Kinosaki 2'34" 2'12" 98 Melbourne-Bendigo l'45" l'35" 101 opening on December 17, 1997, of the main • Averages - For 309 miles, 131.5 m.p.h.; for Melbourne-Adelaide i2'3S" I2'I5" 515 Belgian portion of the LGV high-speed line. 142 miles, 108.0 m.p.h.; for 203 miles, 65.8 Brlsbane-Townsville 21-55" 21'10" 833 ' On the same date, the use of "Thafys" TGV m.p.h. (this last is excellent for narrow-gauge). • The Melhoume-to-Bendigo average is 63.S equipment was extended to the Paris-Cologne • Nagano, of course, was the site of the 1998 run. Thus, there's a double improvement on this m.p.h.; overall averages of more than 60 m.p.h. Olympic Winter Games, and service was greatly route, as last year's best time required a train are still relatively rare in Australia, upgraded with the introduction from October 1, change in Brussels. 1997, of the new 'Asama" Shinkansen (bullet Argentina 1996 1997-98 MILES • The Dublin-Belfast time is to be cut 20 min• train) service. Note that the best time was cut Buenos Aires-Mar del Plata 5'09" 4'42" 247 utes more later this year when trackwork is almost exactly in half. Buenos Aires-Tucuman 20'30" I8'00" 727 completed

Rail and Transit • July 1998 • 5 Montreal Locomotive Works RSI8s on Canadian Pacific PHOTOS BY DAVE HOWARD

Between Beachville and Ingersoll, Ontario, April 7. 1992

6 • Rail and Transit • July 1998 Bombardier HR6i6s on Canadian National PHOTOS BY DAVE HOWARD

Rail and Transit • July 1998 • 7 going to have a busy season this year. Early westbotmd Toronto-Samia and Toronto- Transcontinental in the year, they already had a fair number London trains have been changed so that it of charters signed-up. VIA was trying to get is now the London trains that run via Kitch• News and Research them going even earlier, so that they could ener, and the Samia trains via Brantford. have a on-board dinner meeting. However, This change gives times from stations be• •Continued from Page 2 this has been postponed to a more suitable tween London and Brampton which are bet• time. Present plans are to have former CN ter suited for commuting into Toronto in the way 33 crossing south of Trenton. They 2-6-0 1009 under low-pressure steam for a morning, and outbound in the aftemoon, appear to have been delivered there re• day or so this summer while a movie is being and faster travel times between Samia and cently, and are unusual in having rounded, filmed. -Art Clowes Toronto. The new trains are: 82 (Samia- instead of straight, sides. -Paul Bloxham St. Lawrence and Atlantic derailment London-Brantford-Toronto), 83 (Toronto- Brantford-London-Samia), 86 (London- CPR West Toronto shops demolished Early on April 2, southbound CN. Train 147 Kitchener-Toronto), and 87 (Toronto-Kitch• In late May, the CPR's roundhouse and shops derailed near Warren Cove, Vermont, after ener-London). On weekends. Trains 82 and at West Toronto were demolished. The site hitting a washout on the St Lawrence and 83 will be replaced by trains 682 and 683, will be redeveloped as a grocery store, in Atlantic Railroad. operating later, via Guelph. keeping with the other large retail develop• Both members of the two-man CN crew Other intercity routes have relatively mi• ments that have been built to the north of were injured, but not seriously. The single nor changes. Perhaps the biggest of these is the shops in recent years, on the site of the unit on the train, CN CP40-2 9483, roUed that Montreal-Ottawa Train 31 will be can• former stockyards. The shop buildings, over on its side and was half submerged in which date back to the early part of the celled on Saturday, and Train 35 will be mud, and was stiH in that position in late century, had been used in recent years for cancelled on Sundays. Both will be replaced April. The washout location was near the work on maintenance-of-way equipment. As by Train 635, running 90 min earlier than former Lake station, at MUe 11. part of the redevelopment, the transfer table Train 35, to allow a scheduled meet west of The train, and its northbound counter• and turntable from tJie complex have been Coteau. -Tom Box part Train 146, are known locally as the saved, and will be displayed on the site. "Paper Train." They carry primarily south• Eastbound train times from Toronto Huron Central derailment bound trailers of paper products, and run With the June 15 schedule changes, the Early in the morning of May 30, Huron between Turcot Yard in Montreal and departure times for all eastbotmd VIA trains Central SD45 459 and CP9 209 were return• Auburn, Maine. CN crews work the trains from Toronto Union Station wiU be: ing east with a train from an overnight run north of Island Pond, Vermont, while StL&A Monday-Fridcr/ to Pineland (Nairn) when they turned a rail operates the trains south of Island Pond. 07:10 - Train 52 for Montreal (LRC power) over while entering the west throat of the -Gary Pollock via CNET CPR's Sudbury yard. The SD45 went on the 08:00 - Train 40 for Ottawa New VIA schedule 10:00 - Trains 42-56 for Ottawa and Montreal, ground, but no major damage occurred. The VIA's new summer schedules came into ef• J-train to Brockville locomotive was quickly re-raiied. fect on June 14. In the Quebec-Windsor 12:00 - Train 60 for Montreal (baggoge car and -Wayne Regaudie via CPRSOO corridor, significant changes were made on HEP2 cars) Saint John-Toronto service the Ottawa-Toronto and Toronto-Samia 13:00 - Train 44 for Ottawa (does not run A new through intennodal service between routes. Wednesday) Saint John, N.B., and Toronto will begin in Between Toronto and Ottawa, Train 40 15:10- Train 46 for Ottawa (does not run Tues- September, using the former CPR line be• runs an hour earlier, leaving Toronto at day) tween Montreal and Saint John. The service 08:00 instead of 09:00. On Saturday, it is 15:45 - Train 64 for Montreal will be offered by a partnership of the New replaced by Train 640, which runs on a 17:00 - Train 66 for Montreal (LRC power) Brunswick Southern Railway, Sunbury schedule similar to the old Train 40. Neither 17:30 - Trains 48-650 for Ottawa and Kingston, Trucking, the Canadian American Railroad, j-train to Kingston (HEP2 cars on 650) Train 40 nor Train 640 runs on Sunday. and the CPR, and will be primarily marketed 18:10 - Train 68 for Montreal Trains 42 (Toronto-Ottawa) and 56 by Sunbury Transport. (Toronto-Montreal) WLQ be a "J-train," com• Saturday Under the through arrangement, ship• bined nose-to-tail, leaving Toronto at 10:00. 07:10 - Train 52 for Montreal (LRC power) ments from the Port of Saint John should be On Sariixdays, only Train 642 runs on the 09:00 - Train 640 for Ottawa transported to Toronto within 32 hours, a old schedule of Train 42, leaving Toronto at I 1:00 - Train 642 for Ottawa big improvement over the 80 hours it has 11:00, and on Sundays, Trains 56 and 642 12:00 - Train 60 for Montreal (baggage car and taken to ship goods from Saint John to run separately, at 10:00 and 11:00. HEP2 cars) Toronto since the former CPR line was taken Toronto-Ottawa Train 48 is combined 15:45 - Train 64 for Montreal over in segments by new operators in 1994. with Toronto-Kingston Train 650, instead of 18:10 - Trains 68-648 for Montreal and Ottawa, The port will undergo Sl.S-milLion of im• witii Toronto-Montreal Train 68, running on J-train to Brockville provements to increase its ability to handle Train 650's current schedule, leaving containers. It is hoped that with the service, Sunday Toronto at 17:30. Since Train 650 doesn't the Port of Saint John can increase container 10:00 - Train 56 for Montreal traffic to about one-third of its total busi• run Saturday, neither does Train 48. On that 1 1:00 - Train 642 for Ottawa ness. day, ids replaced by Train 648, which is a 12:00 - Train 60 for Montreal (baggage car and The partners in the venture are focusing "J-train" with Train 68. On Saturdays and HEP2 cars) on competing with CN and the Port of Hali• Sundays, Ottawa-Toronto Train 645 re• 13:00 - Train 44 for Ottawa fax, noting that Saint John is 400 miles places Train 45, running 40 minutes later 15:10- Train 46 for Ottawa closer to central Canada than Halifax. than the weekday version, so that eastbotmd 17:00 - Train 66 for Montreal (LRC power) -Saint John Telegraph-Journal and westbound trains can meet at Smiths 17:30 - Trains 48-650 for Ottawa and Kingston, Falls, the only suitable meeting place be• J-train to Kingston (HEP2 cars on 650) Tourist line notes tween Brockville and Ottawa. The Salem and Hillsborough Railroad, All trains should normally be F40s with LRC The morning eastbound and afternoon southeast of Moncton, looks Mke they are cars, except as marked, and except that on

8 • Rail and Transit • July 1998 long weekends HEP2 cars could be added. On the Lakeshore line, the changes are Lakeshore West, morning, eastbound Also, there may be times when cars are the substantial. Both the east and west parts Train 902 - dp Mimico 05:57 being deadheaded between the Toronto and of the line will have more express service Train 952 - dp Oakville 05:58 (12 min earlier), all Montreal maintenance centres. from stations farther from Toronto, and a stops except Exhibition reduction of peak-period stops at stations Train 904 - no change VIA notes Train 960 - dp Hamilton 06:14 (5 min earlier), ex• between Port Credit and Rouge Hill. Longer- Rod Morrison, former CEO of Marine At• press from Clarkson distance express trains and shorter-distance lantic, has been named president of VIA Rail New Train 954 - dp Oakville 07:05, all stops ex• local trains will generally be paired, so that Canada by the federal transport minister. cept Exhibition customers can connect between trains to Morrison replaces Terry Ivany, who left the Train 962 - dp Hamilton 06:34 (5 min earlier), ex• make trips between the local and express press from Oakville position earlier this year after five years in sections of the line. In the east, for example, Train 906 - dp Oakville 07:25 (5 min earlier), all the job. Morrison served as deputy minister trains from Oshawa will serve all stops to stops except Exhibition of economic development and tourism in the Pickering, and then mn express to Union New Train 956 - dp Burlington 07:15, express Northwest Territories and later joined BC Station, with a few trains making one or two from Clarkson Ferries as an assistant general manager be• local stops. Local trains wiU run between Train 964 - dp Hamilton 07:04 (5 min later), ex• fore heading Marine Atlantic from 1994 un• Pickerttig and Union, making all local stops. press from Oakville til this year. • VIA is moving its Toronto Customers travelling between stops east and Train 958 - dp Oakville 07:55, stops only at Clark• offices from leased space in the office build• west of Pickering can transfer at Pickering. son ing at 55 York Street to space in Union Train 966 - no change The changes aUow GO to increase ser• Station. • Changes have been made to the Train 968 - dp Burlington 07:55 (I min earlier), vice and reduce travel time for customers express from Port Credit position of the emergency exit windows travelling the longer distances. in LRC cars. The breakable windows were Lakeshore West, aftemoon, westbound Because they reduce service in the new, previously staggered along the car, inter• Train 975 - dp Union 17:05 (3 min later) for larger City of Toronto, however, the changes spersed with non-emergency windows. Now, Hamilton, express to Clarkson were criticised by Toronto politicians as tm- the emergency windows are the first and last Train 977 - dp Union 17:13 (6 min earlier) for fair. Since last yeap when the province aban• windows on both sides. • All of the station Oakville, all stops except Exhibition doned funding to CO Transit, the City of Train 979 - dp Union 17:19 (6 min earlier) for tracks have been torn up at CN's James Toronto has been responsible for paying ap• Burlington, express to Oakville Street station in Hamilton, imused by VIA proximately half of the operating costs of Train 981 - dp Union 17:34 (28 min earlier) for since 1992 and by CO since 1996. • VIA wiH CO, even though only about 20 percent of Hamilton, express to Clarkson purchase CN's Alexandria Subdivision, be• CO customers live in Toronto. Train 925 - dp Union 17:43 (as now) for Burling• tween Coteau, Quebec, and Ottawa. The The new peak-period schedule on the ton, all stops except Exhibition line is used by VLA's Montreal-Ottawa trains. New Train 983 - dp Union 18:03, all stops to Lakeshore line is shown below. No changes The sale includes track as far west as Burlington were made to service outside the peak peri• Hawthorne, the jtmction in southeastern Ot• ods. Yarmouth-Bar Harbour ferry tawa between the Alexandria Sub. and the A new fast feny service across the Bay of Walkley Line. CN will retain its Ottawa ter• Lakeshore East, morning, westbound Fundy between Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, and minal trackage, and will continue operate Train 949 - dp Oshawa 06:12 (5 min earlier) Bar Harbottr, Maine, began on May 28. The local and overhead freight trains on the Train 90S - dp Oshawa 06:34 (3 min earlier) Cat is a 300-foot-long jet-powered $64- Alexandria Sub., under a running rights. Train 951 - dp Oshawa 06:57 (3 min earlier), no stop at Danforth million 900-passenger and 240-auto catama• agreement with to VIA. The agreement gives Train 953 - dp Pickering South 07:22 (3 min ear• ran ferry, and is billed by its operator. Bay CN the right to hand-off freight running lier), new stop at Scarborough Ferries, as the fastest car ferry in North rights to a short-line railway that agrees to Train 955 - dp Oshawa 07:23 (3 min later), ex• America. The ship can travel at up to 55 acquire CiSTs freight-only Beachburg Subdi• press from Pickering North miles an hour, and makes the crossing in two vision between Ottawa and Pembroke, On• Train 957 - dp Pickering South 07:45 (23 min ear• hours, less than the up-to-six-hour crossing tario. • On Jtme 13, VIA and the Brother• lier) in the past on the older ferries. Fares for hood of Locomotive Engineers reached a Train 907 - dp Oshawa 07:46 (9 min later), ex• passengers are $35, to rise to $45 during the settlement for a new collective agreement. press from Pickering North peak summer season. For a car and driver, The agreement includes provisions to pro• New Train 959 - dp Pickering South 08:18, all the price is $100. ceed with VIAs previously-announced stops to Union Bay Ferries is the subsidiary of Northum• merger of the conductor and engineer posi• Lakeshore East, afternoon, eastbound berland Ferries Ltd. (operators of the Pictou, tions. The three-year deal applies to 508 VIA Train 970 - dp Union Station in Toronto 15:50 (I N.S.-Wood Islands, RE.L, ferries) that took employees, and provides for a two-percent min later), all stops to Oshawa over Marine Atlantic's Bay of Fundy cross• general wage increase in each year of the Train 922 - dp Union 16:25 (12 min later) for Os• ings when they were privatised by the fed• contract, as well as premitun pay for the hawa, express to Pickering North eral government. The Cat replaces the for• new merged position. Train 972 - no change Train 974 - dp Union 16:53 (I min earlier) for Os• mer CN Marine M\7Bluenose, originally built New GO schedule hawa, express to Pickering North for service on the Baltic Sea and in service CO Transit will introduce a new schedule on Train 976 - dp Union 17:03 (no change) for Picker• since 1983 on the Bar Harbour run. Monday, Jtme 29, which makes substantial ing South, express to Eglinton The Cat was built in Australia in 1997, changes to peak-period service on the Train 924 - dp Union 17:13 (no change) for Os• and was in service under the name Devil Cat hawa, stops at Danforth and Scarborough, Lakeshore and StouffviUe lines. On the two- between Melbourne and George Town, Tas• then express to Pickering North train, peak-period-only StouffviUe line, the mania, until mid-April this year. Bay Ferries Train 978 - dp Union 17:33 (5 min earlier), all trains will omit stops at Scarborough and has chartered the ship until October from its stops to Pickering South Danforth, running non-stop between Union Train 980 (new east of Union) - dp Union 17:53 Australian owners. On its way from Aus• Station and Agincourt. Trains will nm about for Oshawa, express to Pickering North tralia to Canada, the Devil Cat spent two six minutes faster by not serving the two days at Fort Eustace in Washington so that Lakeshore stations. U.S. military personnel could evaluate it.

Rail and Transit • July 1998 • 9 Railway news from western Canada old electrified BC Rail line, which was built between Wallace and Crane Valley, THE PANORAMA to carry exported coal from Quintette. • Saskatchewan, March 11; the Pennant Sub, Royal Hudson 2860 pulled a steam excur• 20 miles between between Wickett and Ha- Dave Wilkie sion to White Rock on Sunday, May 17. zlet, Saskatchewan, April 9; the Bromhead On May 9, a remembrance service was held Sub., from Southall to Minton, Terrace bridge collapse to honour railway historian and photogra• Saskatchewan, April IS; and the Macleod The B.C. Workers' Compensation Board has pher Dave Wilkie, who passed away in Jan• Sub., from just south of Claresholm to Fort concluded that the trestle near Terrace, B.C. uary. About 70 family and friends from such Macleod, Alberta, May 20. on CN's Kitimat Subdivision that collapsed places as Edmonton, Calgary, Trail, Kam- Four lines have been offered for sale hy in October, killing two men, was not prop• loops, Greater Vancouver, and Vancouver Is• the CPR: in Saskatchewan, a 71-mLle section erly reinforced before a heavily-loaded rail• land gathered at Coldpan Provincial Park, of the Assiniboia Sub., between Pangman way crane moved onto the trestle. In its on the east bank of the Thompson River and a point just east of Assiniboia; the 65- investigation of the accident, the board also near the CPR siding of Drynoch. Rev. John mile Wood Motmtain Sub., between Ogle found that contractor Scott Steel of Edmon• Rushton conducted a short memorial ser• and Mankota; the western 44 miles of the ton failed to set out minimum bracing re• vice, which was followed by comments and Bromhead Sub. between Southall and quirements to ensure the wooden trestle anecdotes from many others. Minton; and in Alberta the 22-mile southern would not collapse. -Vancouver Sun -Dean Ogle, Rob Scrimgeour end of the MacLeod Sub. between Fort Calgary intermodal expansion MacLeod and just south of Claresholm. Steam engineer retires CN's Calgary Intennodal Terminal is being CN engineer Harry Home made his last run Okanagan line on offer expanded, because of increasing business. before retirement on May 14. In addition to CPR annoimced in January that it is seeking The latest $4-million expansion will double his long career with CN, Harry was instru• proposals from short line railways to take the capacity of the facility, located at the mental in the preservation of CN 4-8-2 over operations on its 94-inile Okanagan FoothiUs Industrial Park in Calgary. The ex• steam locomotive 6060 after its arrival in Subdivision, from Sicamous to Vernon, pansion will be completed by August. It Alberta in 1980. For his last run, Harry was Lumby and Kelowna, B.C. The line runs includes an additional 6000 feet of track and at the controls of Train 104 from Kamloops south from CPR's Shuswap Sub. main line at the construction of a new entrance off of to Jasper, with SD75I 5628 and SD40 5065. Sicamous. CPR owns the line from Sicamous 27th Street S.E. There were over 300 people waiting to cele• to Vernon, provides trackage rights to CN on brate his arrival at Jasper. -Jim Brock CN line reduction plans the section between Armstrong and Vernon, CN announced in May their plans to sell or and operates via reciprocal running rights Grain terminal news abandon a total of 1586 miles of track in on CN's Okanagan Sub. south of Vernon to The proposal to build a grain terminal at 1998. This will consist primarily of the trans• Lumby and Kelowna. Roberts Bank has apparently collapsed after fer of 1250 miles of secondary track to short -Michael Dunham-V/ilkie via Dean Ogle; a lease option held by the Saskatchewan fine railways. CN intends to convey the fol• Glenn Courtney Wheat Pool and' Cargill Ltd. expired at the lowing lines to short lines: 230 miles of the end of February. Esquimalt and Nanaimo news Coronado, Bonn3rville, and Lac La Biche sub• In May, E&N Railfreight announced that its Regiosprinter tests off divisions, northeast of Edmonton; 414 miles parent company, CPR, is seeking bids to The proposed tests in B.C. with Siemens of the Grande Prairie, Grande Cache, and purchase the profitable section of the E&N Transportation Systems' Regiosprinter diesel Smoky Subdivisions, northwest of Edmon• line between Port Albemi and Nanaimo. multiple unit will not occur this stunmer. ton; and the 68-mile Pine Falls Subdivision, CPR has no plans to sell the parts of the E&N First, there was to be a test of the northeast of Winnipeg. CN is seeking buyers running north from Victoria to Nanaimo, or Lightweight passenger car on the Esquimalt with proven financial and commercial track from Parksville to Courtenay. E&N will re• and Nanaimo, but several Victoria-region records. tain the right to operate between Nanaimo municipalities were opposed to the test. CN also intends to discontinue opera• and Parksville, and will explore alternatives Then there was a proposal for the train to tions on the 144-mile Miami and Hartney for operating the line between Victoria and run on the mainland, between Chilliwack subdivisions, southwest of Winnipeg; the Courtenay. CPR will continue to fulfil cur• and Surrey, on the Southern Railway of B.C. 18-mile Erwood Sub. in Manitoba, near rent arrangements with VIA for maintenance However, a section of the route between Swan River; the 46-mile Cudworth Sub., and passenger train operations. Apparently Cloverdale and Langley is controlled by the northeast of Saskatoon, near Wakaw; the -there are 10 interested buyers, and CPR CPR, and is in frequent use for Roberts Bank 42-mile Imperial Sub., southeast of Saska• hopes to make a decision by later this year. coal trains, which could not be delayed or toon, 18 miles of the Elrose Sub., southwest • E&N Days will be a celebration of the diverted. -Vancouver Sun of Saskatoon, near Elrose; and four miles of 112th birthday of the E&N Railway, on Sun• the Lampman Sub., southeast of Regina. Amtrak equipment change day, August 16, in Port Albemi, starting at .- RaiLink—Mackenzie Northern, the new Starting May 18, Superliner equipment re-, 11:00 a.m. There will be various steam and operator of the Great Slave Lake Railway placed Talgo equipment on the Vancouver- diesel locomotives on hand, speeders, CP and part of the Northern Alberta Railways, Seattle Mt. Baker International. The Talgo Police, CPR display cars, clowns, and a began operations on May 3. equipment is being used by Amtrak on an steam passenger train. The static displays increased Seattle-Portland service, where CPR line reduction plans and steam train will operate both August 15 the tilting abilities of the Talgo permit jour• CPR has discontinued operations on, or and 16. -CPR, ney time reductions. given notice of discontinuation for, a great Victoria Times-Colonist, Clenn Migneault many branch lines in the past eight months. British Columbia Railway notes New VIA station in Edmonton Lines which have been discontinued in re• Fewer coal trains from the Quintette mine The new VIA station in Edmonton is open cent months: the Schuler Spur in Alberta, are operating on the BCR/CN Prince Rupert and in use, although some work is still October 24,1997; the Coronation and Dods- route. A new five-year contract commits needed to complete the facilities. The first land subdivisions, in Saskatchewan, October Japanese companies to buy three million train into the station was VIA Train 1, the 24; the White Fox Sub., 35 miles between tonnes of coal a year, down from the previ• Canadian, on Saturday, May 30. Choiceland and Meath Park, Saskatchewan, ous level of 4.75 million tonnes. This re• February 6, 1998; the Amulet Sub., 41 nules The new station is located north of duces the amount of traffic on the 15-year- downtown, on CN's Edson Subdivision, near

10 • Rail and Transit • July 1998 Walker Yard and the Edmonton Municipal centre-beam fiat cars at the ATCO Imnber HR616 to run on CN was 2113, which made Airport (which is no longer used for com• mill at Parks, north of Fruitvale, and picked a trip from Moncton to Dartmouth and back mercial airline flights). The new station re• up loaded centre-beams from a small reload from May 1-3, after it had officially been places a lengthy detour to the former CN at Salmo. After setting off the Salmo loads at retired. The last CN M420 to run on CN was downtown facility, including a long back-up Parks, the locomotive ran light to Sahno. 3558, which ran from MacMillan Yard to move. -Jim Johnston, Aldershot and back on April 15. Since then, The first train to serve the station was 19 The Short line, Phil Mason via Dean Ogle the only MLWs to move on CN have been cars long, and consisted of F40PHs 6413 and those leased or sold to short lines or shunted Orient Express returns between storage locations. Canac was using 6443, nose to tail; baggage car 8698; The American Orient Express will operate S13 110 to switch cars at the former Cordon coaches 8125, 8126, 8112; Skyline dome eight cross-Canada trips during 1998. For Yard diesel shop in Moncton on June 8. lotmges 8512, 8507; sleeping cars Cabot eastbound departures from Vancouver to On May 28, only the 23 of CN's M420s Manor, Draper Manor, Burton Manor, and Montreal, passengers will board on July 4, that CN does not own but has on a long- Bell Manor; Skyline 8517; Douglas Manor, July 21, August 5, August 23, and Septem• term lease were still on the roster. Of those, Jarvis Manor, and Hunter Manor; dining ber 1, with trains leaving the following 15 were stored, three were subleased to room car Frontenac; Dunsmuir Manor, morning. Montreal departures are July 13, Canac and sub-subleased to the New Chateau Rouville, Amherst Manor, and dome- July 28, August 14, and September 1. The Brunswick East Coast Railway (NBEC), four lounge-observation Strathcona Park. route will be similar to last year's two trips, were subleased to the Hudson Bay Railway -Timothy C. Green via Internet and win not stop in Toronto. -WCRA News (HBRY), and one was subleased to the Carl• White Pass and Yukon Route Passenger trips on the CPR ton Trail Railway (CTRW). Canac's one Last year, the WP&Y operated once to Car- As part of a 50th anniversary promotion for HR412, the former Bombardier test-demo cross, Yukon, (the "Ton of Cold" special) and one of Japan's leading tour operators, Han- unit 7000, was also leased to NBEC. CP had once to Whitehorse. Both trips were for kyu Express International, VIA and Brewster five RS18s, five C424s, and the one M636 on invited guests only. CE locomotive 97 ptilled Coach Lines operated seven Banff-Colden the roster on May 28. Here, in detail, is the "Ton of Cold," and sister locomotive 95 excursions in April. -The excursions ran on where CP's and CN's remaining MLW units headed the Whitehorse train. Steam locomo• April 18, 19, 20, 24, 25, 26, and 27. VIA were on that day: tive 73 operated last year as far as Bennett, supplied F40PHS 6444 and 6457, one coach, CP RSI 8s on bi-weekly steam train excursions. five Skyline cars, and dome-observation car 1822 - At Saint-Luc Yard, on a local train. For 1998, a new railbus will be making Kokanee Park. Trips started in Banff in the 1828 - At Toronto Yard, off Second 924 of the all of the Bennett trips and the bi-weekly morning, and a new group of tourists previous day. trips to Carcross. There may be occasional boarded at Golden in the aftemoon for the 1837 - At Toronto Yard, on Train 923. charters to Whitehorse. After a 15-year ab• return trip. The six dome car-train made an 1838 - At Salnt-Luc Yard, ready for Train 923. sence, the line was reopened as far as the impressive sight on the CPR. 1839 - At Smiths Falls, on Train 929. preserved S.S. Klondike ship in Whitehorse -Calgary Herald, Mike Swick, Phil Mason in September 1997, but operations have not CP C424s yet been revived over the additional kilome• Kamloops celebration 4204 - At Toronto Yard, on Train 906. tre to the station. -Murray Lundberg Kamloops Railway Days wiU be held on 4210 - At Alllston, on a local job from Toronto. Saturday, September 19, at the heritage CN 4216 - At Salnt-Luc Yard, on a local train. Salmo line operator station in downtown Kamloops. The sched• 4230 - At London, on a local train. At the end of February, a lumber handling uled restoration of this facUity is expected to 4237 - At Toronto Yard, on Train 923. company, International Reload Systems be either in progress or completed at that CP M636 (1986) Ltd., took over operation of the time. The purpose of the event is to make 471! - Stored at Salnt-Luc Yard, after having last Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Nelson the community more aware of its railway run on May 9. Subdivision between Quirk and Salmo, B.C. heritage as well as promoting the 2141 Quirk is about a mile north of the U.S. Steam Restoration Society, the event's host. CNM420S border crossing at Waneta, B.C. Railways will be supplying equipment for 3530 -AtThe Pas, subleased to HBRY. 3532 - At Coteau, being moved from MacMillan The train operates two or three days a tours, and there will be both indoor and Yard to Taschereau Yard for storage. week, with a part-time crew of three former outdoor display areas, handcar races, and 3533 - Stored at Taschereau Yard. CPR employees from Nelson. The power has memorabilia sales. -Al Kline 3538 - Stored at Canac In Montreal. been NREX CF7 2632, lettered "Rocket," but 3539 - At Coteau, being moved from MacMillan a newer locomotive is being sought to re• Yard to Taschereau Yard for storage. place it. The unit is parked at the Fruitvale 3540 - Stored at Taschereau Yard after having ATCO plywood plant when not in service. MOTIVE POWER been released from sublease to NBEC on Train control on the line is all yard Dwindling ranks of MLWs on CN and CP May 13. limits, so the train carries neither an end-of- The number of CN and CP MLW units in 3541 - At Coteau, being moved from MacMillan train marker nor ditch lights. The top speed service continues to fall. No locomotives Yard to Taschereau Yard for storage. is 10 m.p.h., making the operation easy to built by Montreal Locomotive Works are 3542 - At joffre; subleased to Canac, sub- follow and photograph. The line passes now in service on CN lines; there are, how• subleased to NBEC, en route Montreal for re.- through pleasant Kootenay valley-bottom ever, a few CN M420s on lease to other palr. scenery, with big tree-covered mountains in railways. CP continues to use a handful of 3543 - At The Pas, subleased to HBRY. the background. RSlBs and C424s on the St. Lawrence and 3544 — Stored at Taschereau Yard. One recent day, IRS's operations started Hudson, but the last six-axle MLW, 3545 - At Mont-joll,subleased to Canac, sub- at Frtutvale at 10:00 a.m., when the crew Caterpillar-powered M636 4711, has been subleased to NBEC, on Train 3 12. 3546 - Subleased to Canac, stored at MacMillan arrived from Nelson. The train pulled sev• retired. See Pages 6 and 7 for Dave Howard's Yard. eral box cars of plywood from the mill and photos of MLWs in more prosperous days. went south to Columbia Gardens, where it 3547 - Stored at Taschereau Yard after having The last MLW to work on CN was Canac been released from sublease to NBEC on set off the loads in the siding, while pushing HR412 3536; it ran from Montreal to Pem• May 13. the BNSF-delivered empties ahead onto the broke and retttm on May 21, but died at 3548 - At Coteau, being moved from MacMillan main. The train then went north and spotted Pembroke and was hauled back. The last Yard to Taschereau Yard for storage.

Rail and Transit • July 1998 * 11 3549 - At North Battleford, subleased to CTRW. M420 3509 February 16 results were that grain boxcars could be 3550 - At The Pas, subleased to HBRY. M420 3SI2 March 28 replaced by cylindrical hopper cars and that 3551 - At The Pas, subleased to HBRY M420 3514 March 9 the lightweight RS23s on CP and 1000- 3553 - At Coteau, being moved from MacMillan M420 3516 February 13 series CMDls on CN were not needed in Yard to Taschereau Yard for storage. M420 35I7 February 13 such number. 3554-At Mont-Joli, subleased to Canac, sub- M420 3519 February 13 CN undertook a heavy rebuild of a num• subleased to NBEC, on the Chemin de fer Eaie M420 3522 March 5 des Chaleurs. M420 353 I February 5 ber of its CMDls in 1988 and 1989. Three of 3555 - Stored at Taschereau Yard after having M420 3560 February 26 the 1900-series units emerged from the been released from sublease to NBEC on M420 3562 March 5 Pointe Saint-Charles shops as 1400-1402 May 12. M420 3567 February 25 and 21 of the 1000-series units emerged as 3556 - At Fire River, Ontario, on Train 304; re• M420 3568 February 26 four-axle units 1403-1423. The Flexicoil B leased from sublease to HBRY on May 22, but M420 3S69 February 13 trucks under 1403-1423 came from 4200- storage location not decided. M420 3572 February 5 series CP9s as they were rebuilt with 3557 - Stored at Taschereau Yard. M420 3572 February 25 Blomberg trucks for yard service. New 2000- 3558 - Stored at Symington Yard. M420 3574 February 5 gallon fuel tanks replaced the 775-gallon 3559 - Stored at Taschereau Yard. M420 3575 : March 17 tanks under the 1900s and 1000-gallon M420 3577 February 25 CmacHR412 M420 3578 February 13 tanks under the 1000s. In addition to the 3536 - Stored at Taschereau Yard. M420 3579 February 13 1400s, 15 more from the 1000-series emerged as six-axle tmits 1600-1614; these CN roster changes HR4I2 3S82 February 13 retained their 1000-gallon fuel tanks. New arrivals HR4I2 3S83 February 13 Dash 9-44C 2576 February 4 HR4I2 3585 February 13 Between 1983 and 1991, the 46 other Dash 9-44C 2580 February 7 HR4I2 3586 February 13 six-axle units in the 1000-series were con• Dash 9-44C 2581 February 7 HR4I2 3S88 February 13 verted to four-axle units for use in yards and Dash 9-44C 2582 February 7 GTW GP9 4432 March 17 on transfer runs, also with B trucks from GTW GP9 4438 March 17 Dash 9-44C 2583 February 7 CP9s, and with new 2000-gallon 'fuel tanks. GTW GP9 4439 February 25 Dash 9-44C 2584 February 7 These were renumbered into the 1100-series GTW GP9 4444 March 19 Dash 9-44C 2585 February 7 by adding 100 to their number as they were Dash 9-44C 2586 February 7 GTW GP9 4446 March 19 converted. The lower-numbered units in Dash 9-44C 2587 February 7 GTW GP9 4509 March 19 that series have all been retired and are for Dash 9-44C 2588 February 9 GTWGP9 45I7 March 17 sale by Canac. Twenty 1100s remain on the Dash 9-44C 2590 February 12 GTWGP9 4518 March 17 Dash 9-44C 2591 February 21 GTWGP9 4519 March 17 CN roster, 15 of which are stfll in service. Dash 9-44C 2592 February 27 GTW GP9 4530 March 19 Also, all of the unrebtiilt units in the 1900- Dash 9-44C 2593 February 21 GTW GP18 4702 February 25 series have been retired. Dash 9-44C 2594 February 21 GTW GP 18 4707 February 25 Now, only one lightweight branch line SD40 5006 April 24 Dash 9-44C 2595 February 21 remains on CN, the Lewvan Subdivision, SD40 5010 April 24 Dash 9-44C 2596 February 21 running southeast of Regina, requiring only SD40 502I April 30 Dash 9-44C 2597 February 21 three six-axle CMDls to be assigned there. Dash 9-44C 2598 February 22 SD40 5040 April 24 All of the other prairie branches have been Dash 9-44C 2599 February 23 SD40 5080 April 24 either upgraded or abandoned. As there is Dash 9-44C 2600 February 27 SD40 5I28 April 21 no longer another need for the Hghtweight Dash9-44C260I March I GTW SD40 5926 April 24 six-axle CMDls, CN is replacing the AlA Dash 9-44C 2602 March 7 CN re-trucks and renumbers GMDIs trucks under its 1600s with B tracks and SD75I5765 February 6 CN has changed the tracks and fuel tanks replacing the lOOO-gaUon fuel tanks with Retirements under many of its 1600-series, six-axle 2000-gallon tanks, and renumbering the GMDl I 1 13 Februarys CMDls, to increase their adhesion, tractive units into the 1400-series. The tracks and GMDl 11 16 April 24 effort, and range, now that the number of tanks are coming from 1100-series CMDls GMDl I 123 Februarys lightweight branch hnes with weight restric• as they are being retired, and the AlA trucks GMDl 1127 April 30 tions has been reduced. GMDl I 133 Februarys and 1000-gallon tanks from the 1600s are CN originally received 96 CMDls, 78 GMDl I 134 April 28 being put under the 1100s as they are pre• six-axle units (wheel arrangement AlA- GMDl 1 139 February 25 pared for sale. AlA) in the 1000-1077 series, and 18 four- GMDl I 143 April 21 The last three six-axle CMDls, 1600- axle units (wheel arrangement B-B) in the GMDl I 144 March 31 1602, are based at Regina, where they are 1900-1917 series. (The Northern Alberta GMDl 1 149 March 31 required on Train 572 on the Lewvan Subdi• GTWSWI200 1514 February 9 Railways also received five six-axle CMDls, vision to Criffin, and are also used from time GTWSW1200 1515 Februarys 301-305, and these were added to the CN to time on Train 508 to Glenavon, Train 539 GTW SW1200 1517 February 9 roster in 1981 as 1078-1082. In addition, to Bethune, and Train 557 to Moose Jaw. HR6I6 2I00 April 30 CN 1072 and 1077 spent several years on HR6I62I03 February 25 the NAR as NAR 311 and 312.) The six-axle 1600 remains as a six-axle unit In Regina HR6I6 2I06 February 26 units ran on FlexicoH AlA trucks, with an 1601 remains as a six-axle unit In Regina HR6I6 2107 February 25 unpowered idler axle between the two pow• 1602 remains as a six-axle unit In Regina HR6I6 2I08 February 25 1603 to be 1433 (trucks/tank from 1134) ered axles on each truck, to spread the HR616 2I 12 February 25 1604 to 1434 (trucksltank from 1120) May I weight of the unit over six axles instead of HR616 2113 April 30 1605 to 1435 (trucksltank from 1147) May 27 four. HR6I6 2I 15 April 30 1606 to 1436 (trucksltankfrom 1124} May I HR6I6 2I 18 February 26 Through the 1970s and 1980s, both CN 1607 to 1437 (trucksltank from 1/39) April 9 M420 3502 February 5 and CP abandoned many of their 1608 to be 1438 (trucksltank from 1106) M420 3505 March 28 lightweight prairie branch hnes, and up• 1609 to 1439 (trucksltank from 1113) April 9 M420 3508 February 16 graded others to carry heavier cars. The 1610 to 1440 (trucksltank from 1123) March 22

12 • Rail and Transit • July 1998 161 I to 1441 (trucks/tank from 1130) March 22 66001, 66003, and 66004. by CP over the past few years. The agree• l6l2to 1441 (trucks/tank from 11 IS) .JuneS • Union Pacific 4300-horsepower SD90MACs ment is for up 'to 20 years, and will see CE 1613 to be 1443 (trucks/tar^kfrom 1133) 8184, 8187, 8199, 8202, 8204, 820S, 8206, 8207, responsible for planning and supervising the 1614 to 1444 (trucksltarrkfrom 1140) - February 25 8208, 8209, 8210, 82II, 8212, 8213, 8214, 8215, maintenance of all CPR GE AC-traction loco• 8216, 8217, 8218, 8219, 8220, 8221, 8222, 8223, CN's SD38-2S relocated motives. The work will be carried out by 8224, 8225, 8226, 8227, 8228, 8229, 8230, 823 I, CPR employees, at the upgraded CPR diesel CN's other six-axle branch line power is the 8232, 8233, 8234, 8235, 8236, 8237, 8238, 8240, small fleet of four SD38-2s inherited from 8241, 8242, 8243, 8244, 8245, 8246, 8248, 8249, shop in Port Coquitlam, B.C. the Northern Alberta Railways in 1981 when 8250, and 8251. Vintage diesel power to CPR CN bought CP's share of the NAR. The March CP has bought former VIA FP9 6541 SD38-2S were numbered NAR 401-404 • Amtrak F59PHls 450 and 451. (originaUy CN 6541), FP7 6550 (originally when they were delivered in 1975, were • Frames and trucks for Amtrak FS9PHIs, being CP 4099; later CP 1400), and F9B 6612 (CN renumbered to CN 5700-5703 in 1981, and shipped to SuperSteel. 6612) from the U.S. short line Nebkota Rail• were again renumbered 1650-1653 in 1996 • Fuel tanks, short hoods, wheel-sets, and other way (where they were numbered 54, 55, to make room for the expanding fleet of parts for BNSF SD70MACs, being shipped to and 66), with plans to use them on special SD751S in the 5600s and 5700s. Bombardler-Concarril. trains. The units will be overhauled and • Frames for Conrall SD70MACs, being shipped to The SD38-2S spent most of their time repainted in Calgary. They had operated on Altoona. after the NAR take-over either on their home a short line that operated for the past three • EW&SJT42CWRs6600l and 66002. lines or on other CN branches in northern or four years on the former Chicago and • Indian Railways GT46MAC 4001. Alberta. But now that large parts of the NAR • UP 4300-horsepower SD90MACs 8222, 8230, North Westem "Cowboy Line" in Nebraska. have been sold to RaiLink as the Lakeland 8232, 8233, 8234, 8235, 8236, 8237, 8238, 8239, and Waterways and the Mackenzie North- Big steam loco to westem Canada 8240, 8241, 8242, 8243, 8244, 8245, 8246, 8247, Tom Payne, the founder of the Central West• em, there are fewer CN branch lines radiat• 8248, 8249, 8250, and 8251. ing from Edmonton. em Railway, now RaiLiiik, has purchased The 1650s have now been relocated to April Reading Railroad T-1 4-8-4 steam locomo• • Amtrak F59PHIs 450 and 451. work on the semi-autonomous CN Okana• tive 2100 for eventual use in Alberta. The • Frames and trucks for Amtrak F59PH!s. gan Division between Kamloops and engine will be converted in St. Thomas, • Frames for Conrall SD70MACs. Kelowna, B.C. They are assigned to Thorn• Ontario to bum QO. The work will include • EW&S JT42CWRS 66002 and 66003. the construction of an additional tender will ton Yard in Vancouver for maintenance, but • IRGT46MACS 12002, 12003, and 12005. be built there. for operations are based at the Okanagan • Frames, fuel tanks, and hoods for BNSF Division's headquarters in Vemon. SD70MACS. New RaiLink colours On June 10, Train 454 was returning • UP 4300-horsepower SD90MACs 8241, 8242, On May 25, in North Bay, RaiLink GP38 8247, 8248, 8250, 82S1, 8252, 8253, 8254, 8255, from Kamloops to Vemon with 1653-1652- 2002 was released in the company's new 8256, 8257, 8258, 8259, 8260, 8261, 8262, 8263, 1651, and Train 568 was switching at colours, a definite departure from the 8264, 8266, 8267, 8269, and 8272. Kelowna with 1650. Okanagan Division em• previously-used black or dark blue with a • UP 6000-horsepower SD90MACs 8508, 8509, ployees are reported to be very pleased with and 8510. 50-degree yellow stripe. The new scheme is the performance of the SD38-2s. blue and white, a significantly larger RaiLink You'd have to be patient or lucky to get New power for N.B. Southern logo, and yellow trim. It was subsequently photos of the 1650s in service, as most of the New Brunswick Southern has acquired for• reported that the new colours will be re• Okanagan Division's operation is carried out mer SP CP35 6577, 6639, and 6674, rebuilt vised, to use a hght grey instead of the white after dark. Train 455 is scheduled to leave as CP38-2S, from CLN Industries of Chamy, used on 2002, with the plan to replicate the Vemon at 21:00 from Monday to Thursday, Quebec. The first two, 9801 and 9802, are gre); blue, and yellow used by the Norfhem and to arrive in Kamloops at 02:00; on now in service on the NBSR, with the other Alberta Railways until 1981. The scheme Fridays, the train is scheduled two hours one, 9803, expected in July. The price of the will be used on all RaiLink lines. • RaiLink is earher. Train 454 is scheduled to leave Kam• three units was $1.5-miIIion. This brings the now using the reporting marks RLK for its loops at 04:00 from Tuesday to Friday, and NBSR roster to a total of 15 locomotives. locomotives. to arrive in Vemon at 08:30; on Mondays, CLN also has one more SP CP35 6556, the train is scheduled 90 minutes earher. numbered 2003. In late January and Febra- Motive Power notes The Kelowna switcher. Train 568, is sched• ary, it was leased to the Chemins de far Ontario Northland is reported to be consid• uled to start at Vemon at 08:00 from Mon• Quebec-Catiaeau, and it was leased to the ering purchasing new SD75Is from CM and day to Friday. N.B. Southem tmtil their 9802 was ready. retiring their SD40-2s. • BC Rail has re• CLN carries out its railway equipment busi• turned the MK5000S that were on lease from Current work at GM Diesel Division ness from the former CN maintenance-of- MotivePower Industries. • CEC Alsthom, the These units were seen in various states of way shops at Chamy, Quebec, and Capreol, multinational railway-equipment and elec• completion outside GM Diesel Division in Ontario. Also at Chamy are: CTW CP9 trical company which owns the former CN London between February and April: 4432; CTW CP9 4530, and CPlBs 4702 and shop at Pointe Saint-Charles in Montreal and February 4707 (to be painted in CLlNrs yellow and operates it as CEC Alsthom AMF Transport, • Amtrak F59PH1S 450 and 451. green colours); and NS U23B 3944 announced on June 22 that the company • Frame for an Amtrak F59PHI, being shipped to (repainted red, white, and black for the had been renamed simply Alstom (without SuperSteel in Schenectady, New York, for assembly Quebec Central). CLN also recently received the "h") and that all subsidiaries and divi• there. CTW CP9s 4438, 4444, and 4446 at sions would use the corporate name. • Frames for BNSF SD70MACs, being shipped In Capreol. Bombardler-Concarril In Sahagun, Mexico, for as• Motive Power sources, many via the Internet: sembly and painting there. GE power agreement Jim Brock, Ray Corley, Herb Dixon, Kevin • Frames for Conrali SD70MACs, being shipped to CPR and GE Canada have entered into a Dunk, John Falconer, Denis Fortier, Ray Conrall In Altoona, Pennsylvania, for assembly Kennedy, Bill Miller, Dean Ogle, Jon Pindar, maintenance agreement for the fleet of 265 there. Earl Roberts, Bob Vicker, FCRS Tempo Jr., CE AC locomotives that has been acquired • English, Welsh and Scottish JT42CWRs (Class 66) Moncton Times and Transcript.

Rail and Transit ' July 1998 • 13 IN TRANSIT The new order of T-l cars will hasten Old buses the departure of the 76 1971-built H-2 cars Inspection of some of the TTC's 60 GO Milton train-buses and the 84 cars in the 1974-75 H-4 series. 19S7-built New Flyer D40-87 buses in the GO Transit made some bus service changes The cost savings from not having to rebtuld 6300-6359 series has revealed frame rusting on April 27, and substantially increased the these cars to extend their life was also in• and structural deterioration that is much amount of bus service operated between cluded in the decision to increase the T-l farther advanced than expected. The buses Toronto Union Station and Milton. The order. As they are replaced by T-l cars, the may not remain fit for service tmtil their "train-buses" now provide continuous ser• H-2s will be retired and sold for scrap or planned 12-year rebuild in 1999, and there vice on the Toronto-Milton run at times re-use elsewhere. The H-4s will be stored, are significant concerns about the longevity when the five peak-period Milton GO Trains for possible future use on increased services of the buses, even after a rebuild. A similar don't operate. if Toronto is successful in bidding for, and problem is feared possible with New Flyers Buses between Milton and Toronto gen• being awarded, the 2008 summer Olympics. from the 1988 (6420-6434) and 1989 erally operate every two hours, with hourly The T-l order is now expected to be (6440-6521) orders; these classes have al• service with additional trips between finished by 2001. At that time, except for the ready had a sis-year rebuild. By June, 6323 Erindale and Toronto Union Station. Some stored H-4 cars, the TTC's subway fleet will and 6327 were stored out of service, the first of the trips depart with two or three sepa• be entirely air-conditioned. With 372 cars of this model to be taken out of use. rate buses, going to Square One, Erindale, and 62 trains, the T-l type will be by far the To avoid the risk of being short of buses and Streetsville, all in Mississauga, or to most numerous on the TTC, and will be able if the New Flyers succumb to premature MUton. to supply most off-peak service on the sys• failure, the TTC is shopping around for up to 100 used CM New Looks. The buses would Temporary streetcar crossovers tem. be purchased and rebuilt by the TTC, and The TTC's new temporary crossovers, which New TTC buses would replace, one-for-one, D40s. Advertise• will allow single-track working while one By the beginning of Jtme, 47 of the 50 Orion ments were placed in trade papers for avail• track is being rebuilt, were delivered from VI low-floor buses had been delivered, and able buses. The TTC hopes that satisfactory Germany in April. In order to test the new most were in service, operating out of Wil• Canadian-manufactured New Looks that apparatus, one half of the two-crossover set son garage on the busy 29-Dufferin route. have been operated by transit agencies in was assembled on Wychwood Avenue, be• The route will be exclusively operated by the the rust-free southem U.S. may be available. tween St Clair Avenue and Wychwood car- 9200-series CNC-powered low-floor buses as Such buses were manufactured up to 1985, house, in the week of May 25. On May 27, part of an evaluation of the low-floor con• and may be coming on the market soon, as an ALRV and a CLRX were successfully run cept on the TTC. In particular, the effects of U.S. practice is to operate buses for about 12 over the crossover, as a test, with some the reduced interior capacity of the buses years only. further operation the next day. will be the subject of detailed analysis. With The crossovers are to be used for the only 28 seats (compared to 37 in the latest Wychwood Carhouse rebuilding of track on Coxwell Avenue, be• order of high-floor buses) and less standing In late May, the city council agreed to take tween upper and lower Cerrard, from room, the lower capacity of the buses could over ownership of Wychwood Carhouse and September 8 to October 17. require that more buses be operated to carry its property from the TTC. The agreement the same number of passengers, which ends the immediate threat of demolition of T-l train on Bloor-Danforth would be a costly requirement. the tmused facility, parts of which date back A series of delays on the Bloor-Danforth The single Nova Bus LPS low-floor diesel to 1913. The TTC declared the carhouse subway during the morning of April 28 led bus purchased by the TTC was delivered in surplus several years ago, and had wanted to to the rare operation of a T-l subway train May to Eglinton Division. Numbered 1001, tear down the btdldmg and sell the property. on the B-D. Rim 3 from the Yonge- in the leased and one-offs number series, the The impetus to tear down the building in• University-Spadina line, a T-l train led by bus had not yet been put in service by early tensified this past winter, after an assess• Car 5018, was routed from Museum Station June. With a significantly different interior ment of the structure showed that it was in on the Y-U-S to operate westbound on the from the Orion VI bus, the LPS has 36 seats, poor condition. This was highlighted by a Bloor-Danforth. The approximately 100 new eight of which are arranged in forward- and minor roof collapse early this year. T-l cars now in service at the TTC are all rearward-facing pairs. The bus uses a Detroit In exchange for the transfer of the prop• based at Wilson Carhouse for the time being, Diesel Series 40 engine, new to the TTC, and erty, the TTC will receive a credit from the and normally see use only on the Y-U-S. has an infrared detection system for opening city for the value of the property. In order to T-1 order increased the centre door. not delay the property transfer, the value of The TTC will increase its order for T-l sub• On June 12, new RTS bus 7200 was the credit will be determined later, after way cars, in order to exercise an attractively- dehvered to Hillcrest. The first of 52 produc• negotiations between the city and the TTC. priced option for more cars offered by Bom• tion RTS buses, a second pilot bus was to As final preparations for the hand-over of bardier. An additional 156 cars will be pur• follow shortly after the first, with the re• the property commenced, Peter Witt car chased, on top of the original order for 216 maining 50 to come by the fall. Also ex• 2766 was moved from storage at Wychwood cars. The second batch of cars will follow on pected in June is the first of 51 New Flyer to Russell carhouse, where it is parked out• directly from the first, allowing Bombardier D40LF diesel-fuelled low floor buses, to be side on Track 11, near the front of the and its suppliers to maintain continuity of numbered in the 7300-series. carhouse. production. The cost per car will be approxi• All 52 of the RTS buses will be assigned Vintage streetcars mately $500 000 less than if the 156 cars to Danforth Garage, while the initial D40LF The disposal of Wychwood carhouse were to be purchased later, after the option wai be at Eglinton (along with LPS 1001), prompted an evaluation of the three pieces had expired. More than half of the $308- and will be joined by the remaining 50 in the TTC's informal heritage streetcar million cost will come from deferring future D40LF buses next summer. fleet. In a report to the Commission in May, purchases of low-floor buses. The remainder Within a few weeks, then, the TTC will it was recommended that Peter Witt car of the funds were already included in the have on property at least one example of all 2766 be declared surplus to the TTC's needs, capital budget for a partial replacement and three low-floor buses on offer from the ma• and that it be donated to the Ontario Elec- rebuilding of the H-2 and H-4 fleet. jor Canadian manufacturers.

14 • Rail and Transit • July 1998 trie Railway Heritage Association in Rock- sales to Pacific Rim countries. in Vancouver and the Scarborough RT in wood. Also recommended in the report was Late news: The B.C. provincial govern• Toronto.) the retention of the two PCCs, 4500 and ment announced on June 24 that a SkyTrain The line will be 14 km long, and will run 4549, for charters and special events, as line would be built in two phases between on a predominantly elevated, double-track long as repair costs do not increase substan• Vancouver and Coquitlam, and that Bom• guideway. There will be 10 stations and 32 tially, and as long as the specialised repair bardier would establish a new research and vehicles, and the hne will serve all six termi• and operations knowledge remains available manufactuing plant for SkyTrain technologj' nals at JFK airport, an off-site employee lot, within the TTC workforce. in the Vancouver area. We'll have more in• the. subway station at Howard Beach, and The disposal of the Witt was intended to formation in the next Rail and Transit. the Long Island station at Jamaica. Revenue solve the problem of finding suitable secure -Ian Fisher, Vancouver Sun service between the airport and Howard storage for the car, given the sale of Wych• Beach Station is scheduled to start in 2002, Vancouver trolley bus anniversary wood, and the fact that Harvey Shops is full with the Jamaica link to open approximately August 16, 1998, will mark the 50th an• at the present time with the streetcar and three months later. niversary of revenue electric trolley bus op• bus rebuild programmes. While operable, The consortium will be responsible for eration in Vancouver. To celebrate this im• the car is in frail condition. all aspects of design and construction, and portant date, BC Transit, the Transit Mu• The Commission deferred disposal of the for the operation of the system for the first seum Society, and the City of Vancouver are Witt for two months, and directed that staff five years, with an option for two five-year planning public events in mid-August, which determine if any organisations in Toronto extensions. The total capital cost of the pro• should include fan trips and operation of could keep the car in Toronto, on display. ject is estimated at $1.3-billion (Canadian), historic Vancouver trolley coaches. The retention of the PCCs was approved, of which Bombardier's share is $385-mi11ion. BC Transit has already added a 50th along with an increase in the charter rates, -Bombardier anniversary logo to the covers of all trolley• the" proceeds from which will cover the bus route timetables. Anniversary decals are maintenance of the two cars. also to be appKed to the Vancouver Regional Just A. Ferronut's SkyTrain instead of light rail Transit System bus fleet. The publication of There was a surprising development at a a commemorative booklet is planned. A last• RAILWAY ARCHAEOLOGY Vancouver city council committee meeting ing reminder of the anniversary will take the Well, I hope we are getting our recent Rail in late May. A member of the Broadway- form of a plaque to be installed at Gamble and Transit glitch tmder control! From my Lougheed hght rail project team, indicated and 29th Avenue, the terminus of Vancou• end, I wish to thank everyone for their that a SkyTrain-type system was now under ver's first trolley bus route. patience, letters of concern and support, etc. consideration for the Broadway-Lougheed -Transport 2000 B. C. However, we are still very shy of people to corridor, from Vancouver to Coquitlam. For assist with Rail and Transit. I hope that the Victoria double-deckers the past couple of years, SkyTrain was not pleas in our last issue will bring forward The Victoria Transit Commission has ap• under active consideration for the project, some assistance. To me, the Upper Canada proved the purchase by BC Transit of 11 and the stated preference was for a mostly Railway Society has been Canada's general low-floor double-decker buses. The buses, to at-grade conventional light rail system, such practitioner of guided ground transport for cost a total of $6.5-miUion, wiU be made in as those found in Calgary and Edmonton. nearly 60 years. In this era of specialities Britain by Dennis Specialist vehicles. They The reasons given for putting SkyTrain's and super-speciahsts, I look upon Rail and will seat 90, compared to 38 on a standard ALRT technology back on the table included: Transit as a very important speciality publi• bus. Total capacity is 120, including standing • Every municipality to be served, except for cation: the one that provides information on room. The buses are initially scheduled for Vancouver, has requested it; all aspects of our hobby! The future of our use on longer routes such as those serving • It was felt that it would attract three times Society is up to you, our members and sup• the Westem Communities, the Saanich the ridership that hght rail would; porters! While we get plenty of requests for Peninsula, and the University of Victoria • So many grade separations had been re• information, we need a few people willing district. -Victoria Times-Colonist quested for the light rail route that the to provide your Society with some help to construction cost differential between the Halifax strike keep the UCRS in the forefront as a well two modes had narrowed; Metro Transit workers in Halifax went on respected and useful Society. • Tunnels for SkyTrain are 30 percent strike on May 29, shutting down the buses The recent publication delays have cre• cheaper to construct because of the smaller and ferries of the transit system. Major is• ated a back-log of items to be cleaned up, so cross-section required (long tunnels may be sues were wage levels and the possibihty of there are a lot of interesting items this required under Broadway in Vancouver and contracted-out work. The strike was the first month. to connect Burquitlam with Port Moody un• for the system in almost two decades. Historic Canadian stations in the news der Clarke St.); and Bombardier sale to New York There have been several substantial changes • SkyTrain cars may now be cheaper than on the station scene over the last few Bombardier is part of a consortium selected light rail cars, especially if Canadian-btult months. by the Port Authority of New York and New SkyTrain cars are compared to cars imported Starting in the west, an article in the Jersey to build, operate, and maintain a new from the U.S. or from Europe. Toronto Globe and Mail reported that the automated rapid transit system which will It was later reported that the proyindal former Northern Alberta Railways' Water• connect John F. Kennedy Intemational Air• government was in discussions with Bom• ways station at Fort McMurray burned on port -with an MTA New York City Transit bardier, owner of the SkyTrain technology, Wednesday, May 20, 1998. This frame struc• subway line and an MTA Long Island Rail• about the construction of a SkyTrain line in ture was apparently used recently as a mu• road commuter line. The line will use Bom• the Broadway-Lougheed corridor. The deal seum and by some youth groups. bardier's ALRT driverless automated system, could be worth up to $1.5-billion, more than Waterways (Fort McMurray), some 300 and will feature the longer Mark II cars, as the $1.3-billion that a hght rail hne would railway mUes north east of Edmonton, is the delivered over the last few years to Putra in cost. The government was keen to have northern terminus of a railway line origi• Kuala Lumpur. (ALRT equipment is also Bombardier establish an assembly plant in nally btult by the Alberta and Great Water• known as ICTS, and is used for the SkyTrain B.C. for the order, and for potential future ways Railway. A scheme to btult a railway

Rail and Transit • July 1998 • 15 from Edmonton to Fort McMurray was first sound more hke plots for a Three Stooges or other part of the interesting 70-odd year incorporated by James Kennedy Cornwall in a Laurel and Hardy movie than railway op• history of the straggle of one of the many 1905. The next four years saw plenty of erations! fascinating westem railways. wheeling and dealing, but no construction. By the end of 1918, the Alberta and From southem Ontario, Dave Jakubiec In February 1909, a new provincial charter Great Waterways Railway had crawled to reported in April that he had visited Glen- was acquired tmder the name of the Alberta L5mton, a point about 10 miles south of Fort coe, and fotmd that the older depot in that and Creat Waterways Railway. During this McMurray. Deep muskeg and bad weather town had been moved about 100 feet and period several railways were incorporated to basically stalled the line at L5mton. placed on a new concrete foundation. This is penetrate the hostile portion of Alberta The next couple of years saw the the first major step in restoring this station. north of Edmonton. McArthurs lose control of some of the north- Moving farther east to Hudson, While the 1909 incorporators only em Alberta railways. As it seemed that na• Quebec—or Canada West. Their Montreal started construction vrith a sod-turning on ture was reclaiming the norfhem portion of and Ottawa Railway Company (more re• November 15, 1909, they had great expecta• the Alberta and Creat Waterways Company cently Canadian Pacific Railway) 1890 sta• tions, as by December 1909 they indicated faster than man could put it in place, the tion has been in the news recently. It is the that their plan was to have 150 miles of the Alberta government stepped in and with an last remaining stracture built by the M&O. line completed by the middle of the summer agreement dated July 23, 1920, took over Concems are being raised over a decision by of 1910, with completion to Waterways by the control of the railway. the directors of Heritage Hudson Incorpo• the fall of 1911. like the first attempt, the Under government control, the Alberta rated to allow the Village Theatre group to Alberta and Creat Waterways Railway and Creat Waterways Company saw the gut the interior of the Hudson station for quickly ran into problems, mainly relating Northern Constmction Company hired to their temporary use. This has raised con• from their playing a shell game with govern• undertake its rehabilitation, and to complete cems among some of the citizens of tMs ment monies pledged to the project. WMle the line northward. The Northern Construc• community on tMs line that originally joined physical construction stalled, their shenani• tion Company had been formed in Winnipeg the two larger commtmities in its title. These gans added money to the promoters' pockets in 1904 by a brother of Sir Donald Mann and concems mainly relate to what will happen and accusations between them and the gov• a relative of Sir William Mackenzie. Their once the Village Theatre group are fimshed ernment flew. These escalated as several new efforts resulted in the railway reacMng with the building. WMle apparently this provincial government ministers resigned, its terminal at Waterways in 1922, much to group has agreed to imdertake restoration of and culminated in May 1910, when the the objection of the residents of Fort McMur• the interior of the station, the concern seems premier of the province resigned. ray. In 1922 Waterways was still about four to be that it will be a mere reproduction of the original interior, not the real thing. This of course, led to a commission in• miles from Fort McMurray. By November vestigating the whole affair. This was fol• 1925, the rail line had been extended .3.7 The section of the M&O from Rigaud to lowed by about two years of court battles. miles down into the river valley near the near Ottawa was abandoned and removed a Finally, in the fall of 1913, by mutual con• junction of the Clearwater and Athabasca number of years ago. However, the portion sent, control of the property was acquired by rivers. The former terminal was renamed from Rigaud through Hudson and Dorion to J. D. McArthur of Winnipeg, a railway con• Draper, and the name Waterways was Montreal is still used as part of AMTs west- tractor and lumber baron who had been moved to the new end of steel. island commuter service. working on the Edmonton, Dunvegan and Between 1926 and January 29, 1929, Now that I am back in New Brunswick, I British Columbia Railway Company, another the Government of Alberta assumed the re• will have to favour it tMs month, since I northern Alberta line. While J. D. McArthur sponsibility of managing tHs company. Ef• have three Mstoric stations making news or had been approached back in 1909 to con• fective with the January 1929 date, an otherwise worthy of note this month. The struct the Alberta and Great Waterways Rail• agreement between the CPR and the CNR first is to report another fire, in tMs case one way, he smelled a scam, and quickly backed was reached for these two national compa- that destroyed the CPR station in Wood• away. mes to purchase the Alberta and Creat Wa• stock, N.B., on the night of March 7, 1998. A second informal sod-turning took terways Company. The agreement also in• TMs stracture consisted of a one-storey place late in December 1913. In 1914, the cluded the purchase of the lines of the Ed• central block (for the operator's and ticket McArthurs, with a company named D. F. monton, Dtmvegan and British Columbia agent's offices and the waiting rooms), McArthur Company, (after J. D.'s brother), Railway, the Central Canada Railway, the flanked by two symmetrical wings, a one- started to construct the first 150 miles of the Pembina Valley Railway, and the Central storey north wing, and two open shelters, Alberta and Creat Waterways Railway. They Canada Express Company Limited. Thi« one at each end of the btulding. It measured started near Carbondale, about 14 miles agreement was ratified by the Alberta Gov• nearly 166 feet in length, including the two north of Edmonton, on the line of the Ed• ernment on March 20, 1929. The name end shelters, and had a concrete base sup• monton, Dtmvegan and British Columbia chosen for the amalgamated railways was porting the red brick superstructure. The Railway Company. the Northern Alberta Railways Company bricks were laid to form a banding effect, (NAR). WMle the late winter of 1915 saw track wMch creates a pseudo-rusticated, monu• laid into Lac La Biche, 113 miles from Car• This joint ownership existed until CN mental fimsh usually fotmd in stone ma• bondale, it wasn't until July 14, 1916, that purchased CP Rail's interest effective sonry rather than brickwork. When it was regulm- rail service by McArthur to the com• January 1, 1981, thereby giving CN com• seen from a distance, the fimsh gave the munity was commenced. Lack of steel, plete ownersMp of the NAR. building a robust quality that, upon closer examination, contrasted sharply with the caused by the demands of the first world Under CN control, mixed train service to partem of small-scale brickwork. (Note: TMs war, slowed progress on the northern half of Waterways was discontinued on October 31, description is based on the heritage report the line. Construction over the unstable 1989. This date also saw the last revenue for the depot.) ground and flood-prone rivers in the area train to operate on the northern portion of also caused many problems both during con• the line into Waterways. The norfhem 10 TMs brick station was constracted in struction and later operation of the line. If miles of CN's Waterways Subdivision into 1911, and became the focal point of a beau• these events weren't so hfe threatening, the Fort McMurray was abandoned effective Oc• tifully landscaped and attractive railway accounts of head-on collisions between mo• tober 14, 1993, as authorised by a federal premises in the town. Between the station tor cars, and a local citizen with a candle regulatory abandonment order. and the street was the two-storey frame warning a train of a washed-out bridge. So the Waterways station fire erases an• divisional headquarters. TMs office building

16 • Rail and Transit • July 1998 had its hip roof capped with an ornate Meduxnekeag rivers at Woodstock to permit mated that the chestnut gelding had trav• widow's walk, a small square cupola with the connection of the lines of the two com• elled 42 000 miles hauling 20 million windows on all sides, and access to a walk• panies. This resulted in the eventual build• pounds of express traffic in Melfort. way that rested on the roof of a gable pro• ing of the Queen Street station, to replace During his 11 years in Melfort, Sandy truding from the roof. Nearby, facing Main the earlier one south of the Meduxnekeag. ran away only twice. The first time was Street, stands an earlier single-storey frame After the recent station fire, it was de• when lighting strack near him, and he gal• station that had spent about 30-odd years cided that since it appeared that the damage loped off to the bam with his driver, fighting serving railway passengers from its up-town to this station was severe, the building him all the way. Strange as it might seem, location near the river-bank end of Queen would have to be demolished. I understand Sandy never got used to locomotives blow• Street. This site was near hotels and that this has now been done. ing off steam. One day the "iron horse" wharves along the St. John River that had Still in New Brunswick, information on a stampeded the chestnut on another race for been serving the river-boats that connected couple of other long-abandoned stations is the bam. Unlike the first time, the bam door the communities from Grand Falls to Saint surfacing. In several columns, starting in wasn't open far enough. Sandy got into the John since the days before the railways. January 1993, I have mentioned the short- bam but left the harness and wagon a sham• After the construction of the 1911 station, hved Albert Southem Railway. This railway bles at the door. the Queen Street station was relocated to its operated for about the last ten years of the Museums and displays present location. While presently a privately- 1800s, in the southem portion of Albert A CBC report on January 13, 1998, passed owned residence, during its years of railway County, and then was abandoned. on the news that the Newfoundland Trans• ownership, after relocation, it served as the Confirmation has been showing up that portation Museum in St. John's, Newfound• residence for railway officials, including the the stations at West River (possibly called land, had been forced to declare bankruptcy. Division Superintendent. Rumour has it that Tumer Mills in the Albert Southem days) The Neivfoundland Transport Historical an local railway enthusiast plans to bmld a and at Alma (the southem terminal) still Society had developed a small museum and full-sized rephca of this station. exist as private residences. The West River railway exhibit in Pippy Park. Last year the Woodstock was a division point, and station is now located to the east side of Society decided to undertake some renova• therefore was the site of a roundhouse with Highway No. 114, at about house number tions at its museum. This included the a turntable in front of it. A couple of hun• 7309. While now difficult to identify as a restoration of several of its five railway cars, dred feet to the south of the rotmdhouse was station, its gambrel (bam or double sloped including a dining car that was to be con• the coaling shed, an interesting timber struc• roof) is a feature to help identify this station verted into a restaurant. ture, half up and half down. The shed was to a passer-by. The society had budgeted more than partially raised, permitting carloads of coal The Ahna station, like the one at West $200 000 to undertake the work, but due to to be pushed up and dumped by gravity into River, has lost all railway identification, but a number of factors the restoration project bins along one side. The coaling track was still sits in its original location, across from ended up about $90 000 in debt. The volun• depressed, so that engines could be run the location of the long-vanished engine teer group had little success during an ap• under the bins, and be coaled from these house in this small village that was once the proach of various organisations for financial bins, again by gravity. The terminal also had centre of much coastal shipping and limber• help. an ice-house, a frame structure where tons ing. With no sign of payment, some creditors of ice would lie buried in mounds of wet Atrip to Cape Breton a couple of months began legal action, and this led the society sawdust waiting for placement in the top of ago took us through Pictou, Nova Scotia. to file for bankraptcy. The creditors were to an insulated railway car to keep its perish• Back in our August 1996 column, we men• meet to decide what their next steps would able contents cold. tioned that on August 2, 1996, the Pictou be. Unless some arrangement can be worked The long, low, frame freight shed was station had suffered major fire damage. out between them, the assets, including the the source of numerous dehvery vehicles, Well, our trip this spring revealed that the five cars and other artifacts from the both horse- and motor-driven over the years, station was now in the final stages of province's transportation history, will proba• that hurriedly carried shipments to and from restoration. This restoration definitely adds bly be sold. the town's businesses. This building also to the historic flavour of Pictou with its Perhaps some one can give us an update held the express department. numerous other historic structures. on the results of the meeting with the credi• Woodstock was originally the northern Odds and sods tors. terminus of the 102-mUe Woodstock Rail• My mention above of horse-drawn vehicles The museum news from Capreol, On• way, that extended from a junction at Debec reminded me of the foUowiag article from tario, is more up-beati The Northern Ontario (DeBeck's Mill) to Woodstock. The line Melfort, Saskatchewan, from June 1953. Railroad Museum is planning its official through Debec to Richmond was originally This article announced that 18-year-old grand opening for July 1, 1998. The inten• part of the St. Andrews and Quebec Railway. Sandy, the last horse in the service of the tion of the museum is to feature the Cana• The Woodstock Railway originally termi• Canadian National Express anywhere in dian Northern and Canadian National in nated in the southem end of Woodstock, Canada, had been retired. It pointed out that Capreol from 1911 through the present. The thus avoiding the need to cross the the CNR express depot in Melfort was the museum wiU be located in the home of the Meduxnekeag River. In 1870, the New last outpost of the hay-burning dehvery sys• original railway superintendent in Capreol, Brunswick Railway acquired the Woodstock tem. The change-over was greeted with which the town of Capreol purchased a few Railway, along with the other lines that mixed emotions among the express men, months ago, and donated to the museum. It formed the New Bmnswick and Canada who stated they would miss the chestnut is located beside Prescott Park, where CN Railway network in southwestem New gelding that had served every working day, 6077, a 4-8-2, as well as a wooden CN Bmnswick, including the former St. An• rain, snow or shine, for the last 11 years. boxcar and a rules car are located. One of drews and Quebec Railway. These lines were Sandy had arrived in Melfort from the first main tasks wfil be to restore the all to the west of the St. John River. Saskatoon in 1941, one of seven express super's house, a task which will be done by Since the New Brunswick Railway oper• horses. He is said to have wom out three volunteers. ated on the east side of the St. John River, at wagons, one sleigh, and three sets of har• For their opening display, the museum least in the area south of Perth, this take• ness. He was also hard on shoes, having had has a large collection of steam locomotive over resulted in the constmction of bridges 264 pair nailed to his feet. It was also esti• photographs taken ia and around Capreol, over both the St. John and the

Rail and Transit • July 1998 • 17 from the 1920s through to the 1950s. The placed on the lead truck first. The rear truck the vanguard of a fleet of 100 such cars museum also has a good collection of steam had to be pushed forward a little, then the (4300^399) ordered by the TTC in May of locomotive drawings and manuals dating body dropped and, with a little prodding 1946. Apparently this car was a pilot model back to the early 1900s, as well as railway here and there, the rear of the tender was sent ahead to Toronto for the TTC's inspec• artifacts which wfll be on display. In addition placed oh its truck. tion. Inspection of 4300 has revealed that the museum is also about to acquire a collec• The unloading operation was completed the long wait was well worth it, as the new tion of photographs of steam era structures, at lunch time on Tuesday. So, CN 2534 has cars are truly a radical departure from the steam era accidents and local mining opera• arrived at its new home, in Brighton, On• previous PCCs, and generally speaking, are tions. We wish the group all the best! tario, and of course, while much of the substantially improved. From Brighton, Ontario, comes an up• heavy buU-work is done, there remains the February 1948 date to the on-going saga relating to the real job ahead with the major tasks of clean• Railroads step up proportion of diesel locomo• moving of CNR 2-8-0 Consolidation 2534 ing and restoring this long-neglected Consol• tives, by Albert S. Giver—95 percent of the from Zwick's Island in Belleville, to its new idation. locomotives which Class I railroads had on home adjacent to the Grand Trunk station at Track removals order on November 1st, 1947, were diesels, Brighton. In the last report we mentioned Dave Savage passed along a few notes about while diesels constituted 87 percent of the that various preparatory work had been un• some track removals in Port Hope and Os• units on order on November 1st, 1946, a dertaken, and the group was waiting for the ground (old landfill) to become frozen hawa, Ontario. report by the Association of American Rail• harder to better support the weight of the At Port Hope, Dave advised that about roads shows. moving equipment and locomotive. the middle of May, a CN track gang removed Of 957 locomotives on order on the first one track on the south side of the station, of November, 1947, 918 were diesel, 45 Mac Wilson, of Barrie, kept the project leaving one track to serve the nearby steam, and four electric, compared with 500 followers informed via e-mail as the final Cameco complex. All the former yard track• diesel, 67 steam, and six electric, a year ago count-down and the actual move took place. age on the north side of the station was that date. However, the final stages of preparatory removed, including the former CPR inter• In the first ten months of 1947, the work took longer than planned, as the cold change tracks and the remains of the con• report said also. Class I roads put in service weather and the size of the job slowed necting track that led to the former CN 606 diesel locomotives, 68 steam, and two progress. In so doing, the moving date got Millbrook Subdivision', originally the Port delayed past the time of frozen ground. electric, to total 676, wMle in the corre• Hope, Lindsay and Beaverton Railway. sponding period of 1946, 346 diesel and 79 However, finally on a rainy Monday, May Back on December 4, 1997, CN shut steam were installed. 4, the move was imdertaken. The locomo• dovm the remains of the north branch of the tive and tender had been taken apart into Electric line curtailment in northern On• former Oshawa Railway. The last shipper on several pieces. The tender body was the first tario—On December 12th, 1947 the last car the line was Peregrine Industries, which had item to be loaded onto a fiat-bed truck, and ran on the inter-city line between Port purchased the General Motors north plant. blocked and chained for the move. The ten• Arthur and Fort William. Since then, all They dropped all railway traffic in the sum• der trucks were hoisted onto a dump truck, streetcar service in Fort William has been mer of 1997 in favour of trucks. The StL&H blocked, secured, and immediately moved to discontinued, and the Fort William Utilities removed their diamond over the former Os• Brighton. is offering for sale the 17 remaining street• hawa Railway track and closed their north After some double checking of sizes, etc, cars. Service on the inter-city line has been yard. CN quickly re'moved the connecting as well as a little more torch work on a few taken over by Canadian Car and Foundry track from their Kingston Subdivision. CN bolts, the boiler was lifted and placed on a troUey buses. Eight of these have been dehv• has started removing the trackage from both second flat-bed truck, blocked and secured ered to Fort Wilham, and seven to Port Hillcroft and Bruce Street yards. The east- ready for its move. A second truck was Arthur, and they are being used jointly on west ahgnment along Bruce Street dates needed to help get the fiat-bed with the the line by the two companies, just as the back to the Toronto Eastern, and was boiler on it out of the park an on the road. streetcars were. merged in with the other trackage of the A third float backed into position, ready A severe hydro shortage in Sudbury has Oshawa Railway Company. for the frame and driver section. Once caused the Sudbury-Copper Cliff Suburban Dave goes on to point out that most of loaded, it also required help to get over the Electric Railway to substitute buses for cars the trackage in the former GM north plant wet grass onto the road. After considerable "wherever this is practical." How long this remains, and for some reason Peregrine In• jockeying, all of the tractors with their flat- arrangement wiU continue is not known. dustries maintains a trackmobile on the Rit- beds got onto the highway. Soon the mobile son Road side of the plant. March 1948 cranes joined the trucks to form a convoy for the trip to Brighton. Foreign engines in Toronto during 1947, by George W. Homer—-George reported that This conglomerate of vehicles with their Just A. Ferronut's there were 106 foreign engines operating odd cargo, a poKce escort, and an ambu• out of Toronto during 1947. The New York lance was routed via Highway 401 for the REMEMBERING WHEN! Central System engines accounted for 56 of major portion of the trip. Some of the pacers Tidbits from 50 years ago these. Another nine engines came from the were slightly freaked out to note the convoy These items will no doubt bring back many moving at the highway speed limit. Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo, with the memories to our older members, while per• Wabash Rafiroad adding four more. Long Work at Brighton started on Tuesda)^, haps showing how our hobby has changed vanished Delaware, Lackawanna and West• May 5, 1998, at eight o'clock. The unloading over the past 50 years. These are a series of em had six engines in southem Ontario and went quite quickly. The frame and drivers short items gleaned from various UCRS its nemesis, Lehigh Valley, added six more. were hoisted and unloaded without incident Newsletters from 1948. . Other engines included five from the Erie and the rear drivers placed on the rails first, Railroad and six from Bellefonte Central followed by the front portion. The boiler and January 1948 Railroad. The Dominion Steel and Coal Co. cab was placed on a concrete pad, remains TTC Notes—On December 22nd, 1947, the supplied two and the National Harbours from a former coal dealer. The tender trucks first of the post-war all-electric PCC cars Board added one. Missouri Pacific supplied were placed on rails, properly spaced, and arrived at Hillcrest shops from Canadian Car two; there was one from Pittsburgh and then the tender body was hfted, swung, and and Foundry Company. Numbered 4300, it is

18 • Rail and Transit • July 1998 Ohio Valley Railroad as well as one from operation in two-car trains on the Bloor Locomotive notes, by Raymond Corley—The Detroit Terminal. The Central Vermont con• route. Although aU 100 will be so equipped, new CNR Electro-Motive road freight diesels tributed three engines and the Pacific Great only 86 will be operated in trains at any (9000-9005), although ordered for use as Eastern another two. Not only can one won• given time, with the other 14 used as single two A-B-A combinations, are instead being der where a lot of these lines ran, but for the units on other lines, presumably Carlton. operated, temporarily at least, as three two- cinder fans, these 106 engines were all unit combmations. They are running thusly: Toronto Railway car disposals—The scrap• steam! 9000-9001 (A-B units), 9002-9003 (two A- ping program for Toronto Railway Cars of units) and 9005-9004 (A-B units). Each unit April 1948 the TTC has left in operation 88 one-man is rated at 32% tractive effort giving 64% as ATS&T—-Car 325 was shipped to the Mon• plus 15 two-man cars, for a total of 103. currently used. They are designated Class treal and Southem Counties Railway on Jan• Car 2142 and sweepers S-3, S-4, S-S, V-l-a (duplicates old oil-electric passenger uary 17th, 1948. Now all of the Brill-built and S-7 were also scrapped during the drive units 9000 and 9001, now scrapped) and are "Washington" series are off the property. by the same company, which received as finished in olive green and cream with gold well the remains of 2524, the burned Peter Grand River Railway—The new combination striping and lettering. Witt. car, 626, the firame for which was received Nos. 9005-9004 were involved in the The rest of the Niles double-enders late last year, has been assembled at the much-publicised wreck at Riverdale Station (2128-2158) are currently meeting the Preston shops during the winter, and should on June 13th when, while pulling an 84-car torch save for 2128 and 2148, which will be be out on the line by April. This is the first freight, they had a rear-end collision with out of a job after the Spadina abandonment new interurban car in Canada since the eight-wheel switcher 8339, which was on October 9th, 1948. Windsor, Essex and Lake Shore Rapid Rail• switching cars on the main line; in the resul• way cars of 1930. Power shortage forces TTC abandonments— tant tangle much livestock was freed to On Satturday, October 9th the Spadina and roam Toronto's streets. Nos. 9005-9004 were June 1948 North Yonge Routes of the Toronto Trans• returned to the builders at La Grange, Illi• Montreal observations, by Raymond F. Cor• portation Commission were abandoned as nois, who effected repairs during the sum• ley—Canadian Locomotive Company has far as rail operation is concemed, although mer, and the two units are now back in started delivery of the 18 locomotives or• it is to be hoped that the latter constitutes service. dered from it by the CN for road operation temporary cessation only. The Spadina aban• Grand Trunk Westem ordered 22 1500- on Prince Edward Island. They are num• donment was coming at any rate, but was horsepower diesel road units (Presumably bered 7803-7820, are class Q-7-a with 22% speeded-up in order to save a tiny fraction of eleven each of the A and B units), of which haulage rating, built to Baldwin design and the power consumed by TTC vehicles daily. delivery began in Jtme at the rate of two per are finished in combination of CNR green, Car 2170 on No. 8 nm was the last street car month. They are numbered 9006-9027 in• white, and yellow. Nos. 7803 and 7804 ar• to operate on the route, as the night car clusive and are being used on the Port Huron rived at Montreal on April 30th, 1948, were operating into the a.m. of October 10th. to Chicago main hne. These locomotives are used for a week in switching service, then UCRS member Allen Maitland bears the dis• the same as CNR 9000-9005, Electro-Motive left for PE.L, pulhng a multiple-unit train. tinction of being the last passenger on this F-3 type. (The units proved to be highly unsatis• historic route, once the west side of the The Canadian Pacific Railway has cur• factory. In the May 1949 Newsletter, it was Toronto Railway Company's belt line. Pre• rently 44 diesel locomotives on order as noted that, in addition to serious delays in ston cars 2168-2192 (ex-Toronto Civic 200- follows: production, the operational record of the 212) and Niles 2128, 2148, and 2152 were • 20 from Montreal Locomotive Works locomotives was very bad, and an abnormal immediately taken out of service and stored, (these are standard Alco 1000-horsepower number of road failures, especially on the two at Roncesvalles Carhouse. During the switchers to be numbered 7077-7096). The diesel engine, forced the CNR to return the week of October 24th, the cars were sold to first of these, 7077, was exhibited at the seven locomotives to the builder in October a party on Bathurst Street. Canadian Intemational Trade Fair at Toronto 1948 and halt further deliveries. Attempts to Car 409 made the last run on the North in the spring of this year. revamp the units proved fruitless, and the Yonge Line in the early hours of October • 24 from Canadian Locomotive Company order was cancelled outright early in 1949 10th, since which time the rails have been at Kingston, Ontario, including five freight, by the CNR.) left to rust. Although ostensibly a power- five passenger, and 14 switchers. All of these September 1948 saving move for North York Township, suspi• are to be 1000-horsepower locomotives of Montreal and Southem Counties fan-trip— cions are rife as to this being merely an switcher type, although the passenger loco• The Montreal members of the Upper Canada excuse for removing the cars with the idea motives will be fitted with oil-fired boilers Railway Society are sponsoring the first an• that they will never go back on again, thanks for heating passenger trains on the Es• nual railfan trip to be held on the Montreal to the conniving of certain persons or groups quimalt and Nanaimo Railway, where they and Southem Counties Interurban Electric interested in seeing buses on the route per• are to be used. line on Sunday, September 12th, 1948. Car manently. This includes the province of On• The Pacific Creat Eastem Railway has will be standing at McGill Street Station tario Department of Highways which wants acquired its first diesel locomotive, a 65-tQn about 7:35 a.m. (standard time) and will to snatch the track allowance for pavement CE industrial-type switcher for use in yard leave at 8:00 a.m. It will proceed to Cranby widening. It is certainly to be hoped that service, built in June 1948. It has been where a stop will be made for dinner. After these individuals do not meet with success numbered 551 and is finished in orange with the return trip to St. Lambert (East-End), in their questionable endeavour. a black crest on the cab. the trip will then go on to Montreal South On the optimistic side, the eight cars So, with these few tidbits, we will leave you to and make a stop at the car shops on the way (409^16) which were used on North Yonge ponder the ever-changing scene of our hobby! back. The price will be $3.00. have all been put into inside storage, seven So whether these items just bring back a few of them at Danforth Carhouse and the other October 1948 memories, or perhaps cause you to do some (416) at Russell. Also, 413 and 416 received Toronto Transportation Commission notes-—• head scratching, as to how they fitted into maintenance repairs at Hillcrest after the The 100 PCC cars ordered by the TTC in things, we leave them with you! abandonment. Jtme for possible 1949 dehvery are to be equipped with couplers and MU control for

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• Agence metropolitaine de transport • Chemin de fer de ia Matapedia (Matapedia Railway) - • Alberta Prairie Railway Excursions Owned by SCFQ. • Algoma Central KaWwsy - Owned by Wisconsin Central. • Maine Central Railroad - Owned by Guilford. • Amtrak (National Kallroad Passenger Corp.) • Mattagami Railroad - Owned by Tembec. • Chemin de fer Arnaud - Owned by Wabush Mining.- • Minnesota, Dakota and Wes-tern Railway • Arnprior and Hepean Railway - Owned by Regional • New Brunswick East Coast Railway - Owned by SCFQ. Municipality of Ottawa-Carieton; operated by CN. • New Brunswick Southern Railway - Owned by NBR. • Chemin de fer Baie des Chaleurs - Owned by Societe des • Nipissing Central Railway- Owned by OMR. chemins de fer du Quebec (Quebec Railway Co.; SCFQ). • Norfolk Southem Railway • Bangor and Aroos-took Railroad - Owned by Iron Road • Northern Lands Co. - Owned by IOC; operated by QNS&L. Railways. • Northern Vermont Railroad - Owned by Iron Road. • Danie-ColllnQWood Railway - Owned by City of Barrie and • Ontario L'Orignal Railway - Owned by RaiiTex. Town of Coliingwood; operated by Cando Contracting. • Ontario Northland Railway {Ontario Northland • BC Rail (British Columbia Railway) Transportation Commission) • Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway • Port Colbome Harbour Railway - Owned by City of Port • Buriing-ton Northern and Santa Re Manitoba Inc. Colborne; operated by Triillum Railway Co. (Burlington Northern (Manitoba) Ltd.) - Owned by BNSF. • Port de Montreal {Port of Montreal) • Canadian American Railroad - Owned by Iron Road. • Port Stanley Terminal Rail • Canadian National Railway Co. • Prairie Dog Central • Canadian Pacific Railway • Chemin de fer QNS&L (Quebec North Shore and Labrador • Canfor Eng lewood Logging Division Railway) • Cape Breton and Central Nova Scotia Railway - Owned by • Quebec Central Railway - Owned by Express Marco. RaiiTex. • Chemins de fer Quebec-Gatineau (Quebec-Gatlneau • Carlton frail Railway - Owned by OmniTRAX. Railway) - Owned by Genesee Rail-One. • Carol Lake Railway - Owned by iron Ore Co. of Canada (IOC). • Chemin de fer Quebec-Sud (Quebec Southern Railway) - • Chemin defer Cartier- Owned by Quebec-Cartier Mining. Owned by Iron Road. • Chemin defer Charlevoix - Owned by SCFQ. • RaiLink—Central Western - Owned by RaiLink. • CNCF Niagara-Detroit (Canada Southern Railway) - Owned • RaiLink—lakeland and Waterways - Owned by RaiLink. by CN and CPR. • RaiLink—Mackenzie Northern - Owned by RaiLink. • Compagnie du complexe ferroviaire Shawinigan (Shawinigan • RaiLink—Ottawa Valley - Owned by RaiLink. Terminal Railway Co.) - Owned by CN and CPR. • RaiLink-—Southem Ontario - Owned by RaiLink. • Conrail - Owned by CSX and NS. • Chemin de fer de ia Riviere-Romaine - Owned by QiT-Fer et • CSX Transportation (Lake Erie and Detroit River Railway) Titane (Quebec Iron and Titanium). • Devco Railway (Cape Breton Development Corp.) • Chemin defer Roberval-Saguenay (Robervai and Saguenay • Eastern Maine Railway - Owned by New Brunswick Railway Railway) - Owned by Aican, Co. (NBR). which is..owned by J. D. Irving Ltd. • Rocky Mountaineer Raiitours • Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway (E&N Railfreight) - Division • St. Lawrence and Hudson Railway (Chemin de fer Saint- of CPR. Laurent et Hudson) - Owned by CPR. • Essex Terminal Railway • Salem and Hillsborough Railroad • Cooperative chemin de fer Gaspesie - Owned by municipal • Sault Ste. Marie Bridge Co. - Owned by Wisconsin Central. governments; operated by CDC. • South Slmcoe Railway • GO Transit • Southern Ralls Co-operative • Goderlch-Exeter Railway - Owned by RaiiTex. • Southem Railway of British Columbia • Grand Forks Railway • Springfield Terminal Railway - Owned by Guilford. • Greater Winnipeg Water District Railway - Owned by City of • Toronto Terminals Railway - Owned by CN and CPR. Winnipeg. • Union Pacific Railroad • Guelph Junction Railway - Owned by City of Guelph; • Van Buren Bridge Co. - Owned by B&A. operated by Ontario Southland Railway. • VIA Rail Canada • Hudson Day Railway - Owned by OmniTRAX. • Wabush Lake Railway- Owned by Wabush Mining. • Train a vapeur Huii-Chelsea-Wakefleid • Waterioo-St. Jacobs Railway • Huron Central Railway - Owned by Genesee Rail-One. • West Coast Express - Division of DC Transit. • Intemational Bridge and Terminal Co. - Owned by MD&W. • White Pass and Yukon Rou-te - Made up of: British Columbia • International Reload Sys-fcems Yukon Railway, British Yukon Railway, and Pacific and Arctic •. Kettle Vail^ Steam Railway Railway and Navigation Co. • Chemin de fer Lanaudiere - Owned by Beil-Gaz. • Windsor and Hantsport Railway - Owned by iron Road. • Chemin de fer de Matane et du Golfe (The Canada and Gulf • York-Durham Heritage Railway Terminal Railway) - Owned by CN.