A GP7 lettered GT, switches some snow fighting equipment in the yard at
Portland, ME. The yard was located along the waterfront in downtown
Portland. If you came over from the Maine Central
page, click here to go
back.CANADIAN NATIONAL
Lines east of Montreal, P.Q.
The first set of images will be of what once was a subsidiary of the CN called the Grand Trunk. This is not be confused with the Grand Trunk Western that operated in Michigan, Indiana and into Chicago. The Grand Trunk ran from Portland, Maine to Montreal. The primary through trains in later years were 393 and 394. The town of Island Pond, Vermont is about midway between Portland and Montreal and was a crew change point and operating headquarters for the line.
A GP7 lettered GT, switches some snow fighting equipment in the yard at
Portland, ME. The yard was located along the waterfront in downtown
Portland. If you came over from the Maine Central
page, click here to go
back.
M420 2524 leads the 393 train making a pickup at the Maine Central interchange
at Danville Junction
on June 21, 1978. 393 is the westbound train from Portland to
Montreal.
The large station and office building at Island Pond, VT. October 1976.
393 behind GP38 5544 heads north of Island Pond enroute to Montreal rolling
through the beautiful
autumn Vermont countryside. October 1976.
For those interested in the history of this CN line, please visit a new site by Tim Sullivan: http://www.sullboat.com/GT.htm
St. John, New Brunswick is as far east as I went. June 1978.
Edmundson, NB had some interesting things this day. A RSD-17 6717 and a
baggage-RPO RDC car.
Ste. Foy is the passenger terminal for Quebec City. 1976 view.
Levis yard in Chary, PQ is across the river from Quebec City.
One of my favorite shots is 6523 eastbound at Joly, PQ with a morning train to
Montreal. 1976.
6530 heads east at Ste. Cyrille, PQ also in 1976.