Canadian Pacific
This page will cover the CP main across the State of Maine, eastern Quebec and the lines in northern New England.
The westbound freight, 907, stops at Mattawamkeag to set out an old coach for the maintenance crews. Mattawamkeag served as an interchange point with the Maine Central.
8730 at Brownville Jct, Maine. This was the interchange point for the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad.
I'm standing on the CP main so this qualifies as a train picture. Moosehead Lake, Greenville, Maine. Mt. Katahdin is in the distance.
Eastbound train 952 pauses and takes the siding at Jackman Station, ME on
October 5, 1976.
Before heading into Quebec, lets visit the New England lines.
GP35 5006 leads train SJ-1 out of the Boston and Maine yard at East Deerfield, Mass on September 11, 1977.
RS3 8433 switches cars at Richford, Vermont in 1976.
Cowensville, PQ An eastbound near Farnham. Both of these 1979 photos were taken by the late Guy Chartrand. We had been trading slides for many years following our meeting up near Montreal. Fortunately, his collection has been saved.
M424 4248 on an eastbound train in the yard at Farnham, Quebec.
In typical Alco fashion a black cloud of exhaust belches out as the throttle is notched out. Quebec City, October 1976.
8463 and a F7 sit in Quebec City, October 1976.
The CP line between Montreal and Quebec City runs along the north shore of the St. Lawrence River. The largest city between the two is Trois Rivieres ( Three Rivers). CP provided passenger service using several of their RDC cars. Photo by Guy Chartrand.
GP9m 1598 and 1599 at Hochelaga, Quebec, just outside Montreal. 1987.