Canadian Rail No.379 MARCH-APRIL 1984 Published bi-monthly by the Canadian Railroad Historical Association P.O Box 148 St. Constant P.O. JOL IXO. Subscription rates $23.00 (US funds if outside Canada) ISSN 0008-4875 EDITOR: Fred F A~gus NEW BRUNSWICK DIVISION CO- EDITOR: M. Peter Murphy P.O. Box 1162 OFFICIAL CARTOGRAPHER: William A Germaniuk Saint John, New Brunswick E2L 4G7 LAYOUT: Mich~1 Paulet ST. LAWRENCE VALLEY DIVISION P.O. Box 22 Station 'B' FRONT COVER: Montreal, Que. H3B 3J5 BYTOWN RAILWAY SOCIETY " C. P . R. NO RTHE RN 3101". Art is t P.O. Box 141, Station A George Nott has depicted the Ottawa, Ontario K1N 8V1 scene as a youngster waves to TORONTO & YORK DIVISION the engineer of the predecessor P.O. Box 5849, Terminal A, of the "Atlantic Limited" as it Toronto Ontario M5W 1P3 goes by on ~ summer day in 1954. WINDSOR-ESSEX DIVISION 300 Cabana Road East, INSIDE FRONT COVER: Windsor Ontario N9G 1A2 GRAND RIVER DIVISION TOP: P.O. Box 603 "OLD 974 OF COURSE, SHE'S GOOD Cambridge, Ontario N1 R 5W1 FOR ONE MORE TRIP". Thanks to NIAGARA DIVISION George Bliss of Moose Jaw Sask. P.O. Box 593 we are able to show a photo of St. Catha rines, C.P.R. 974 the star of the story Ontario l2R aW8 of the snow plow run in the 30's RIDEAU VALLEY DIVISION that appeared in our last issue. P.O. Box 962 Mr. Bliss took the photo at Mc. Smiths Falls Cord Saskatchewan in April 1951. Ont. K7A 5A5 ROCKY MOUNTAIN DIVISION BOTTOM: P.O. Box 6102, Station C, "CANADA'S NEWEST RAILWAY" is the Edmonton Alberta T5B 2NO Salem &rHillsborough run by the CALGARY & SOUTH WESTERN DIVISION New Brunswick Division of the 60 - 6100, 4th Ave. NE C.R.H.A. The S. & H. got off to Calgary, Alberta T2A 5Z8 a good start on November 13 1983 CROWSNEST & KETTLE-VALLEY DIVISION as the 1899 steam locomotive 42 P.O. Box 400 pulled into Hillsborough with the Cranbrook, British Columbia equipment recently moved from the V1C 4H9 museum in Delson to New Brunswick. PACIFIC COAST DIVISION P.O. Box 1006, Station A, Photo by James L. O'Donnell. Vancouver British Coldmbia V6C 2P1 RAILROAD DAYS (or A tale of two Artis's) It was a "first" for the annual "Railroad Days" quisite to pursuing their interest. This is where summer festival held in the greater Moncton, New Betty King and Gloria Nott both exercised their Brunswick area, but from all indications, proved tolerances beautifully; relinquishing their artist­ out to be one of the most popular of the many husbands to sealed-off studio doors to dig in to attractions. the task ahead). It took from early in March of 1983, when Opening day June 22, dawned, and after the two of the Maritime's known railroad artists; Cam­ initial task of hanging each of the twenty-five eron King (Fredericton) and George Nott (Saint completed works on seperate easels in the mali's John), agreed to pool their talents and stage a busiest of areas, the onslaught of viewers began. Two-Man exhibit. What better place and occasion An how they came! to exhibit railway art than Moncton's "Railroad Of course both artists were subjected to the Days"? So, at the invitation of Mr. Robert Cameron, customary and age-old questions, such as, " How manager of that city's larger complexes; High­ long did it take you to paint the CN R 6100 class field Square, both painters got on track and aimed steam locomotive"?, or "However did you get the their brushes in that direction. lettering on that Canadian Pacific tender so per­ (Now the most learned and experienced of rail fect"? Another common query was, "Why did buffs know that having a tolerant wife is a prere- you choose to paint engines and trains"? "BOUND FOR CHIPMAN". C.P.R. 144 at Belleisle N .B. George Nott. CANADIAN 41 R A I L Between "fencing" with the standard questions, cameras, along with one or two of their works. greeting old friends and making new ones, the As Walter Cronkite may have put it, "This was the lines of interested viewers grew; the very young, Week ... when the great age of steam railroading to the very old and the in-betweens. Both artists was relived". As stated before, the exhibit had had to agree that their mutual delights stemmed something that appealed to varied age brackets. from the comments, musings, memories, and tall Persons of the 25-and under category would view tales of the elder, retired railwayman. a painting of a steamer in full stride and remark The memories that their paintings, locomotive on the fact that fate had dealt them a bad hand; side-elevations, and running "action shots" evoked having been born on the outer fringes of the steam among the old railway men (and women too) age; envying their elders that had experienced were priceless and deemed most rewarding to their it in all its glory. Within this realm of human dis­ efforts. An old retired "hoghead" or "ashcat" cussions lay an aura of sadness for the younger would gaze at a painting of a particular Pacific species. or Northern class, and remark, "What a son-of­ Other comments were based generally around a-gun that old lady was to fire"! or, using churn­ the pitiful state that present day rail passenger ing arms to further demonstrate a point, would services have been relegated to. Such are the emot­ say, "How that stubborn old ( ...... ) would slip ions generated in railway centres such as Moncton, and spin her drivers before digging her heels in when governmental policies and cut-backs eat into and grabbing onto some rail"!. One delightful the very core of local economies. But, on the other lady related her experiences in passing up the hand, some measures of consolation were derived hooped orders to passing crews on the fly. To them, out of the knowledge that a CRHA railway museum this was railroading!! and steamtrain excursions were underway in neigh­ Then came other rewards, when both painters boring Hillsborough. Here was a chance to partly were requested to appear before the television relive the "golden days of railroads" and glance "BRllJGllJG UP THE MARKERS". C.N .R. caboose 78727. George Nott. CANADIAN 42 R A I L firsthand into their history; to experience again, plished" in rekindling the fires of fond memories, or for the first time, the smell of coal smoke and and sharing the emotions of so many. sooty cinders on white shirt fronts. Upon remarking of the hospitality of Moncton­ At the end of the week, Cameron King and ians, one of them expressed it this way; "Although George Nott, "ambassadors-at-Iarge, painters of one of us is a King in name only, we were in actual railroadiana a la Canadian, and preservers of the fact, made "Kings for a Week". But that was only past, left Moncton, for their habitats. Accompany- natural; Monctionians are Railroaders . ing them was a shared feeling of "mission accom- "WATER STOP AT HARVEY N .B.". C.P. R. '''THE'''TWILIGHT OF DAy ..•• . AND STEAM ". 5400 .Water Co l our 16" X20". Acrylic 22" X 27". Ge orge N ott. Ge orge N ott . "ENTER THE NEW BREED". C. N . R. 6500 . Acrylic 22" X 27". Ge orge N ott . CANADIAN 43 R A I L Cameron King with two of his paintings. Photo by Sterling Kneehone. C.P.R. Northern. No. 3100. Watercolour 22" X 30". Came ron King. "MAIN LINE WITH C.N .R. 6100". Watercolour 19-)" X 26". Came ron King. C.N.R. No. 2649 Sloe view. Came ron King. "FREIGHT WITH C.N .R. 2649". Watercolour 18" X 25". Came ron King. CANADIAN 45 R A I L C.N . R. No . 5702 side view . Cameron Ki ng . "DEPARTURE". C.N. R. 5702 . Wate rcolour 19" X26 ". Cameron King . CANADIAN 46 R A I L C'-N. R. Pacific No. 5270. Came ron King. "BRANCH LINE WITH C.N. R. 1155". Wate rcolour 18" X 24". Cameron King. "NIGHT TRAIN TO EXTINC TION". Las t VIA Atlantic Nov 15 1981. Ge orge N ot t. " A LOCOMOTIVE THAT CUT ITS TEETH ON coaches, boxcars, baggage cars, and other rolling the coal fields of Cape Breton at the turn of stock in this village outside Moncton. the century became the steam-belching, whistle­ l\Jostalgia wpshed over those gathered for the blowing pride of Hillsborough. railroad's christening and those who got together A few thousand people lined the route of the at dawn to begin stoking the fires for the afternoon new Hillsborough and Salem Railroad in southern debut of No. 42. l\Jew Brunswick as No. 42 chugged by with eight "I never dreamed of anything this big or this cars in tow. wonderful," said Abel Bastarache of the Railroad The railway will open in June as an attraction Historical Association of Saint John. for train buffs and tourists, who will be able to A youngster unaccustomed to the sound of the ride the 20-kilometre stretch behind the old iron train's whistle was in awe. horse. "It sounds spooky," he said. No. 42 is the centrepiece of an attraction that The 1899 locomotive ran out of steam twice will include a rail museum, a train station repli­ on its initial run - an event some joked wouldn't cating one from the late 1940s and more than 20 have happened if it had been burning Cape Breton coal it had once hauled for a living.