ClrnADIAN RAILlWAD HIS!OlUCAl ASSOCIATION INCORPOI1.AlID. MONTREAL. CANADA n;lCEroJBER 1956 N~\'JS RErO~lT l·;C) . 73 Notice of meeting for rec:ular members resident in the Hontreal area has already been forwarded by postcard, due to early scheduling of our December 1956 meeting. - 0-0- 0-0- 0-0- 0 -0-0- During the month of Hovember, the !::~~ecu tive Association News Conunittee set up a Board of Trustees, seven in number, who will administer the affairs of the Association insofar as they relate to our l ong- projected Canadian Railway I,ruseum. Following the elections in January, it is anticipated that the work of many presently -i ndep c~d ent committees , such as the Ro l ling Stock , ~Iuseum and Purchasing and Bales Committee , will be integrated under the Board of rrustees of the C i....rJ. ~d ­ ian Ra ilway Museum . The Board will be responsible to the 2xecutivc , and not more than three members , a minority, of the 3xecutive , mo.y simultaneously be members of the Board. This ".'ill ensure the auto:lo'1Y of the ~xecutive in matters respecting the Board. The month of November also saw an increase in our collection of prototype items of rolling stock. ;-J ith the passing of the Ho ntreal & Southern Counties Railway (see account in this issue)' in mid- October, the Canadian National Railways released to us el ectric car No . 104, which had been promised to the Association in 1955. This car, the only one of its class to have been preserved for historical purpos~~l is a wooden , double- truck , double- end suburban car, built for the ~~C RailNay by the Ottawa Car Manufacturing Company in the year 1912. The second item· to be a·cquired is our first operating steam l oco­ motive. This engine, an 0- 4- 0 saddle-tank industrial switching engine , standard gauge, was presented to the Association by the E. B. Eddy Com­ pany, the pu1pmaking firm of Hull, Que . It was built by the i.!ontrea1 Locomotive Company in 1925 , and has been replaced at the Eddy ' s Ottawa plant by a small industria l diesel l ocomotive. This engi ne is in operating condition, and it is expected that it will be kept in this condi tion and used to move other pieces of rolling-stock t-.rhen our museum site is established f in addition to serving as an interesting exhibit • The third acquisition is a Montreal & Southern Counties Railway interurban car, No . 6ll, built by tho Ottawa Car r.1anufacturing Co;npany in 1917. It is a double- truck , wood.en, sinele-end interurban car, 1.nd it has been purchased at scrap value from the CNIl throu[;h the private donations of several of our members, for the Association . Uhil c it was the original intention to confine our r~C acquisitions to No. 104, ) the lack of a true interurban car in our collection r esulted in ~.:;j1e decision to acquire No. 611, at no cost to the Association. As a result of the sYi:1pathetic efforts of r.1r . Ii' . A. Pouliot Gen­ eral Superintendent, Canadian Pacific Railway , J.lontreal, the CPR h.:l.5 permitted the Association to store the cars on its tracks in Eontr eal, 84 pending re:noval to a permanent site sometime during 1957. The loco- motive is to be stor ed privatel y by one of our members . The other item in our coll ection, ];ISH No . 271 .. , is presently stored at the St . Denis Divi s ion of the f'.fI'C , along \-1ith othcar i tems of the ~IT C historica l coll ection. , MINE RA IWAY MAP OF CAPB a;ii!:TON . i sm;E Tm:l AGO , the J:ditorial Comr(littee decid­ I, ,. I ed to compil e and issue l arGe- scale a ll~ti me rail­ ,I , I way "maps of different a reas of Canada , lrlhich would I , ' show a ll knm·m lines of railway ever constructed I , within a given area . Because of the amount of in­ " formation contained on the maps , it is not possi~ ­ ill I e to issue the.m as part of our re[ul <::.r publicat­ .I ,; i ons . In order to obtain the best reproduct ion I i III possible, commensur ate with the rather limited i I I, I I demand for maps of this nature , it has bGen decid­ ed to carry out the reproQuction by a blueprint I ; I II proc'ess. They will be offered for sal e at nominal cost to those members who desire to have them. II I i . The blueprint process will a l so permit perio­ di cal correction or revision. The Association feels that the maps will prove of considerable I I value to members for reference , as accounts appear ) from time to time in our. publications concerning I II various lines of r ailway, . past and present . I I 1'he 3ubject chosen for the first map in t~is i , , series is Cape Breton. It cO I:::prises a l ar~--:e - sc a l e ,. I' reproduction of the North Sydney- Sydnoy- Glace Bny­ Louisbourg areas , with an, inset shovTing other mining railways not in this area . It was compiled by fo.1r . Robert i1 . Brown , embodying the rC!sults of ", '1 , many years of r~search into Cape Breton ' s mine I . , company surface lines , a l v/ays of speci.:l.l interest to him. l'he information has been clearly and gra­ III phicall y portrayed by the cartographer , IIr. Anthony .11 , f Clegg; The subterranean l ines are not included . I, I I , I ,: . Probably the greatest concentration of rail I , lines in.Canada existed in the nei Ghbourhood of Sydney, and our map of Cape Br eton shows all Ii which were knqwn to hAve .existed , their dates of construction and abandonment , gauge , o\'morship and m~ l eage . The r eception given to our Cape Breton mnp will determine whether other areas of Canada wi ll ije documented in .the same VlaY . The scale i n which they will be drawn will depend upon the amount of informati on to be sho\'m . ) I' , The map will be offered for sal e with the News Report for January. 85 To sU :;Jplemen t the Association ' s mE'.p of !~ine ('.nd In0uotri p. l R:' ilr:'£'. ye of C ~p6 Broton , ~hlch is to be r 61Lescd n Q~ t month ~ nd ~'h ich i s des­ cribed Glse~ h cro in this N6~S Report . ~c Dr csent somL notes compiled by Mr . R oher t R . Brot:n on the 811mo sUbjuc t •• Mnn:: .AND INDUAT1:V '!'~ R!.IV-'j.YS IN CAPE BRF.TON BLOCKH au sr: 11 Ill!: TlAMF l. Y Blookhouse Mine to CO~ Bny - t mile. 1724 !l.dlt into cliff fr om be,nch opGned by French cnginG6!" s from 'Louisbourg . Defended by blo okhouse o n to p of cliff h en(';o the n ~mo g ivGn later. 1758 Mine <:.bandonsd . 1863 Uins r O-O pG n od u n d n light rcilr:ny built from t.he b :,: nkhc.:". d to th e ShlppinS pi e r on Co,:;, B!'. y , .:>.hout 200 ,IlLrds. 'Dr obr.b ly the lino V;:':'.6 ,: orkod by C'rr.vity or by D. horsc-opor".tcd gin . 1 877 or soon nftor, the mins r:~s bought by :RobGrt Belloni , for­ merly assOcict6d ~ ith John J~cOb Asto r Jr . in tho o,er tion of the GI ~se o\-; e: Cl'!.!Je Brcton Cor.l & R.- il\:{".y Compeny . 1888 Hino 010 sod a n d trc m\-; , y. e b endon ed . , Bfl I DGr::PORT COT LIEIW 'l!l.lJJiW.\Y Br:,idgeport to 'tine-r.n Bt. y 2 mi I e s 1 830 Th e GGner r. l )Uning Associr tion opened ~ levul from tho b6r.oh into the cliff under the v i Jl~eG of Bridgoport . 1833 Shipping \':['.s very difficult bCO [' U~6 t;lo b6 i: ch nt Bridgoport v:es 6:;: ~OS6d to the !.tl ~ ntic s -;:6 11s, so E'. li£"ht trnm\-;;:.y \-;(I. S built from the ndit l1 1cne th e bc,-ch t.nd cor oss the s .::. ndbc r of T,ine,"ln B.. y to ,-. sm.:.ll ht.rbour ~~t the gr:~) ,-.t tho opposito side. Th o onrs ~6 r 0 h rulc d by hor ses. 1842 Ui n G olosed cnd tr --: rn'.: n y r.br:.nc.onGd . BY-P"QODUC TS C OKr. COUPt.NY OF CAlT 1DA Sydney . Indus tri a l sv:itching in Pl. ~t yu rd, off Victoria ROl~d , n eer 8&t crossing. Motivo Por:or: No . 1 4-4-0 17x24" 63" 1880 Hinkley .qcr .'29 ~x ICR * 7; 6: COR ~ l 05 1 . 3 0- 6-0 1 9x2 6" 50" 1928 Uontrc r- l j.; 67430 . ,, Just before No .1 v:cs scr.:-.pped , ~ ll' rgo group of M!' ::lbers of P':"". rlicmont , he a ded by H:. nr i Bov.r ·_s sr. , visited R;: <'< nc;/ to inspect tho min Gs Dnd the s tool mil l, and No .1 ~~s polish Gd up ~nd used to h oul the spocial t r ain, o ~ llGd the "Bour~ssc np~ cl c l " . CA!.EDONIA MINING CotC?~\NY Col6~oni~ Co lli~ ry (Gl o o s B, y) 1 t o ~ort C ~ 16donia 2.•.