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.

 cpStJohnyard.jpg (77787 bytes)   An overview of the waters edge yard from June 1978.

cpstjohnswitchers.jpg (52631 bytes)  A line up of all MLW ( Alco ) switchers.   cp8033stjohnef.jpg (32284 bytes)  8033 still in the old gray and maroon scheme.

cp4234stjohn.jpg (111485 bytes)  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.

cp8022stjohn.jpg (84864 bytes)  cp8033stjohn.jpg (99473 bytes)  A pair of S-4 switchers work a cut of cars in the yard.

cp5012stjohn.jpg (28595 bytes)  A road set of power including two GP35's and RS-18's arrive from Montreal.

cp1802stjohn.jpg (108679 bytes)  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.

cp5003westfieldbeach.jpg (146366 bytes)  cp5003westfieldbeach2.jpg (143786 bytes)  GP35 5003 roars westbound out of town with train 941.

cp5003westfieldbeach3.jpg (134546 bytes)  cp5012westfieldbeach.jpg (93505 bytes)  Off they go into the woods headed for McAdam, NB and then across Maine.

cpfredericktonjct.jpg (67780 bytes)  The provincial capital of New Brunswick was served via a branch off the mainline at Frederickton Jct.

cpfrederickton.jpg (58726 bytes)   Frederickton, NB.  cp8019frederickton.jpg (62702 bytes)  A pair of units assigned to the branch sit out the weekend.  June 1978.

cpMcAdamStation.jpg (68889 bytes)  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.

cp8032mcadam.jpg (68441 bytes)   cp8039mcadam.jpg (90624 bytes)   cp8731mcadam.jpg (87733 bytes)  Several units in the yard.

cp22mcadam.jpg (60723 bytes)  cp22mcadam2.jpg (74899 bytes)  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 !

cpSnowPlowsMcadam.jpg (82678 bytes)  A museum collection of snow plows and wooden cabooses sit in the McAdam yard.

cp4219McAdam.jpg (101993 bytes)  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.

cpCanterbury.jpg (70107 bytes)  Canterbury, NB.  cpWoodstock.jpg (75358 bytes)  Woodstock, NB.  

cpAroostookNB.jpg (62151 bytes)  Aroostook, NB.  cp8768aroostookNB.jpg (71575 bytes)  A pair of RS-18's sitting at the old turntable and roundhouse in Aroostook.

cpGrandFallsNB.jpg (60681 bytes)  Grand Falls, NB

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.

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