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t ' f S'~' n ·· ' L' d' 'H " I •. mo lves rom ~ . Jncrr:~31 '."t. ,,() uvn:.1.1 0!1 .rO UT! r1 0 S 1n . .:J.ITL'_vO!l for reclame-.ticn a:5 8cr3p. S~rv~(;t:. ou t,his frcigh'::, - only l~.,::e h;:!.s been diesE!lized . One ()f t:r'.") G&O t El 2-8-2 (J,:Lkado) type::" has been ~olu to the Sydney & Louisbur.., fty ..i.D No-:a Seo ,ie . I~ becor.es :.; & L #102 .

TRIP COMMITTEE ANNOUNCEMENT

In view of the application for abandonment of service on the Canadian National Railways I ra1l line between Brookville and Westport , Ontar10, (thB former Brookvllle, Westport & North­western Rallway) the Trip Committee i. oonsidering undertaking a trlp over thls rustic ral1way route. Supplementary arrange­ments w111 be concluded at a later date and further announoement w111 be made in the new. re por t.

Tho PIlcHio areat Eastern Railway in Brltish Columb1a reports that less thBn eighteen miles of traok remain to be laid between Quesnel and Prince George on the POE's northern extension.

Effective November 25th 1951, the Canadian National RaIlways inaugurated diesel-eleotric service over the MOntreal &: Southern Counties Railway . Steam service from Montreal to Waterloo via the Ca nadian Pacific Railway between Ibervl11e and Farnham was discontinued and the last steam locomotive to pull the passenger train over the CPR route was CNR #5056. Waterloo roundhouse was closed and the new diesels are presently based at Granby West Shop, formerly used by the M&SCR.

M&SCR electric service was discontinued between Marie­ville and Granby on the same date, and the CN dies el -hauled passenger trains now operate from Central Station to M&SC Junct ion east of St.Lambert, then by way of M&SC ralls to Granby, where CN trackage is resumed to Waterloo .

The Murray Harbour Subdivision of the Canadlan National Railways in Prince Edward Island, formerly extending between Charlottetown and Murray Harbour has now been cut on the east side of the Hills1::oro bridF/:e. Rail service over t.his bridge was discontinued some time ago after the link was damaged by fL"e and service is no'· provided only as far as the eastern approach to the bridge where connection is made with the local transit sys tern.

During January, cars of the 91 LACHINE route of the Montreal Traneportatlon C ilmissio n were f1nally diverted to the new right-of-way to make room for the CNR extension to Turcot Yard. The new diversion 1s about ~ 0f a mile long and at the farthest point 1s situated ab~ut 300 yarde closer to the Lachine Canal.

The curren t strike of employees of the Toronto Transport ­ation Commission h~ s resulted in citizens of eastern Toronto enjoying real, big oity , commuter service through the courtesy of the Canadian National Railways. The service consists of a shuttle service between Scarboro and Toronto used by approximately 1500 people per trip . The announcement that this service will be disoontinued at the resumption of TTC service has met with loud protests from citizens of tho district .

Work pl'oceec.zd accord.1 ng to schedule on the Quebec North Shore & Labj,"a jo r Railway i n 1951, although it has now been suspended for the \';inte r . rr'he tunnel 12 mi l es fr om Se ve n Islands has been completed and the Mais i e Riv~~ t~idge i s nearly finished . The line has been graded for appr oxim3. t e ly 140 miles and steel should be laid on this during 1952. The recent fire at Seven Isl ­ands did not damage any railway fac iliti eD ~ QNS&L plans to use train r adio and CTC (C entralized Traffic Cuntr cl) . It is also reported that the ~ ~S&L has p~rchased a busi ness car which will be named "Seven I sJ.a nd s u •

The Roma ine River Railway has a130 s h l t down until spring . This line has, at present , three d iese ~ -electric r oad switchers and one SWi tcher , with 27 rou te mile ~ in operation . Oper ated by Quebec I r on & Titanium Corp., it ex ~ends inland from Havre St. Pierre on th e Gul:' <.: f St. Lawrence , t c t he mines.

Effec tl ve January 7t!l. 1952. the Delaware & Hudson RR discor tlnued trains #7 and 8 , tile Albany local, betwee n Montreal & Rouses PoInt , NY.

London & Port Stanley Railway has recently Beverly cur tail ­ed i ts passenger s <.. vice and about half of the former passenger runs have bee n r epl3. ced by 'buses.

Early i n December, passe nger s e r vice on the Ca n adian Pacific Railway's laSalle 10P line in Montreal was discontinued .

Passenger service on the Quehec Ce nt~a l Railway b e tween Newport & Sherbr ooke was aban~oned on De ,=e::-,!:;er 3 th, 1951. Service on this line had 'oee n pr ovided '.:y a gas - electric car , CPR #9007 making one round tl' ':p per day .

Canadian National ' s r 6C' c r. t : 7 reb'-:ilt mot e r train, con­sisting of diesel - electric car D-l ar..j trailers C·,l and C- 2 was turned ov er to the Southern Ontario DIs trict at Brockville on December 10th, 1951 and placed in service betwe e n Hamilton a nd Meafor d on Jammry 3rd , 1952. (Descr i ption and r epor t on this equipmen t accompan ies this issue) .

Advic e has been r ece ived from Quebec that the Quebec Railway Light & Power Co . property at IR.Ca nar di : re , formerly the home of the Quebec Railway interurban cars has De en turned over e ntirely to ' bus stor age and ma intenance8 The large red inter­urbans a re now serviced at the CNR Limoi10~ shcp and stored i n the adjacent railway Yll.l' d where t rolle y wires nave been e r ected ove r cer tain t r a cks. Ur.:Jsed eqt: i pF..ont is ::; t or c c. at Ste . Anne d e Beaupre yard . (A description of t~e Q:;cbec ; a ! lway will appear in the March issue of thi ::J publication.'

Mo ntr ea ] & Southern Counti es Railway csr #603 which was partially burned d l: ' ine- December whe n a n o':crhe a t ed stove ca1:.~ht fire, will bo dlame.~ ~l ed at the Company1s St . Lamhert shops.

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The 200th locomotive constructed by General Motors Diesel Ltd ., of London , Ontario, was recently de livered to the Algoma Centr al & Hudson Bay Ry . It is a 1500 HP general purpose diesel-electric locomotive,

The Board of Transport CommissionerE . s approved an application by the Canadian National Railways for abandonment of the railway between Blewett and Goodwater, Seek . The 22 -ml1e I1ne was formerly part of the Lampman subdivision, southeast of Regina. over which no regular trains have operated for the past few years.

================================================================== With this t aBUS , (February 1952) the Canadian

Railroad Historical AssOC1atlon r esumes publication of its monthly news report, after a lapse of six months . The last issue was that of August 1951 •

Due to circumstances beyond his control , the former Editor , Mr . Allan Toohey , has . relinquished his post; a new Editor ­ial Committee , comprising five members was subsequently forme d .

We are pleased to announc e that all of our outside subscribers who paid to receive news reports in 1951 will have their subscriptior.. ~' renewed, without charge, for 1952, due to the limited number of publicatio ns In 1951 . New subscriptions will be handled promptly -- the charge is $1 . 00 for the year, during which eleven reports are planned. Features which will be included in forthcoming bulletins will include the t h ird portion of Mr . Modler's treatise on signa~ indicat10ns, covering the pr actice on certain major United States railways; complete lists of l oco ­motives currently i~ use on both major Canadien railways , the Canadian National system and the Canadian Pacific Railway ; a series of articles on early railways in Eastern Canada by Mr . Robert R. Brown, and a history and list of buSiness, private and special service cers in use on the Canadian Pacific Railway since 1881, by the Editor .

The feature for the forthcom~ng (J~rch) report will be an account of the operations of the Quebec Railway Light & Power Company , a line r ecently assimilated into our National system, by Mr . Anthony Clegg and the Editor .

Inquiries , comments , news items or new subscriptions will be welcome. Remittances should be made by cheque or postal order payable to the Canadi an Railroad Historical ASSOCiation, Inc., and all correspondence including such remittances , should be addressed to the Editorial Office of the' ASSOCiation, 6959 De l 'Epee Avenue, Montr eal 15, Que ..

Feb.1952 Orner S .· A. Lavallee,

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