Canadian Pacific
This page will cover the Canadian Pacific Railway's lines east of Montreal.
The very eastern end of mainline operations was the city of St. John, New Brunswick. Famous largely for the reversing falls. It was a port city terminus for the CP.
An overview of the waters edge yard from June 1978.
A line up of all MLW ( Alco ) switchers. 8033 still in the old gray and maroon scheme.
A very interesting collection of units, including lots of Alco's, one of three E8's in all of Canada and some GP35's, also rare in Canada.
A pair of S-4 switchers work a cut of cars in the yard.
A road set of power including two GP35's and RS-18's arrive from Montreal.
Just before the sun sets, the "Atlantic" departs St. John for an overnight trip across Maine enroute to Montreal. E8 1802 is in charge tonight. A baggage car, sleeping car, diner and dome lounge make for a model railroad type consist.
GP35 5003 roars westbound out of town with train 941.
Off they go into the woods headed for McAdam, NB and then across Maine.
The provincial capital of New Brunswick was served via a branch off the mainline at Frederickton Jct.
Frederickton, NB. A pair of units assigned to the branch sit out the weekend. June 1978.
Perhaps one of the most interesting stations on the entire CP system is here at McAdam, NB. I think the entire town's population could fit in this one building.
A very unique unit for a large railroad was this critter. #22 sits in the damaged engine house. Someone has spray painted 'scrap' on it, so I didn't think it lasted long past this date. June 1978. I was informed in July 2008 that good old 22 is still with us !! She currently resides at the South Simcoe Railway in Tottenham, Ontario. Anyone with a photo of this critter today? Thanks Matt for the update !
A museum collection of snow plows and wooden cabooses sit in the McAdam yard.
M424 4219 and three other MLW's brings westbound 941 up to the depot.
A string of branch lines ran north from McAdam along the Maine border.
Canterbury, NB. Woodstock, NB.
Aroostook, NB. A pair of RS-18's sitting at the old turntable and roundhouse in Aroostook.
For images of CP RS18's in Gaspe', Quebec, visit Stephane Royer's site by clicking here
To continue on to Maine, New England lines and eastern Quebec, click here.