Canadian Pacific

This page will cover the CP main across the State of Maine, eastern Quebec and the lines in northern New England.

cp8761mattawamkeag.jpg (76625 bytes)  cp8761mattawamkeag2.jpg (53663 bytes)  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.

cp8730brownvillejctME.jpg (67444 bytes)   8730 at Brownville Jct, Maine.  This was the interchange point for the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad.

cpMooseheadLakeGreenvilleME.jpg (60897 bytes)  I'm standing on the CP main so this qualifies as a train picture.  Moosehead Lake, Greenville, Maine.  Mt. Katahdin is in the distance.

cp4240jackman.jpg (89683 bytes)  cp4240jackman2.jpg (96647 bytes)  cp4240Jackman3.jpg (79455 bytes)  cp4240jackman4.jpg (98282 bytes)  cpcabooseJackman.jpg (120727 bytes)
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.

cp5006EastDeerfield.jpg (117630 bytes)  cp5006EastDeerfield2.jpg (129788 bytes)  cp5006eastdeerfield3.jpg (98866 bytes)   GP35 5006 leads train SJ-1 out of the Boston and Maine yard at East Deerfield, Mass on September 11, 1977.

cpStJohnsburyVT.jpg (73352 bytes)  cp8403StJohnsbury.jpg (84604 bytes)  St. Johnsbury, Vermont.

cp8433richfordVT.jpg (44798 bytes)  cp8433richfordVT2.jpg (54813 bytes)  RS3 8433 switches cars at Richford, Vermont in 1976.

cp8746_GC.jpg (87634 bytes)   Cowensville, PQ    cp8780_GC.jpg (84316 bytes) 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.   

cp4248FarnhamPQ.jpg (72415 bytes)   M424 4248 on an eastbound train in the yard at Farnham, Quebec.

cp8042quebeccity.jpg (75224 bytes)  In typical Alco fashion a black cloud of exhaust belches out as the throttle is notched out.  Quebec City, October 1976.

cp8463quebeccity.jpg (85637 bytes)  8463 and a F7 sit in Quebec City, October 1976.

cpRDCTroisRivieresGC.jpg (113263 bytes)  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. 

cp1598hochelagaPQ.jpg (99068 bytes)  GP9m 1598 and 1599 at Hochelaga, Quebec, just outside Montreal.  1987.

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