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CANADIAN RAILROAD HISTORICAl ASSOCIATION INCOl?PORA.1'ED. NZHS RJ:PORT 1m. 69

MONTREAL. CANADA JULY- AUGUST 1956

As is customary, no meetinS5 of the Association are held during the months of July and August .

TH;:; AIINUAL F ALL FOLI~,GE EXCURSION • .... Asso ciat ion News

Further details are no\'l available on the autumn excur s ion which i s schedUl ed ,

this year, to be held on Sunday, September 30th , from Nontr eal to Sutton via Foster , returning via Cowansvil le . On the bas i s of the rate quoted t o us by t he railway , the fare will be .1'4 . 50 per rrerson . Arrangements have been concluded with the hotel at ,(nowl ton to provide thos~ who desire i t with d inner , featuring Brome Lake Duckling , at ~1 . 50 additional, per person .

Appl ication bl ank i s encl osed, anu you are encouraged to compl ete it and send it in as soon as poss i ble .

Hork i s rapidlY appro aching compl etion on the restoration of car No . 274 by the Rolling Stock ~"Ia intenance Comm"ittee , and it is expected that the car I s f irst shovling -- to the members of the l\lontrea l Transportation Commiss ion -- vlill take place on or about August 1st . Following the shovIine; to the CO;"ilmissioners , it is planned to hold an out ing in the car to !·1ontreal North, and it is plarmed that this will take pl a ce sometir:ae during the month of August , or September .

'.Ie are advised that the HO;IT.(.lAL TitAHSPO,tTATION CO:c iI3SIOlI ;Tontrea1 Transportation CAnS n~~OVED FROI·i SEHVICE IN JUNE Commission removed 66

cars from service on June 24th , 1956 . Subseq­

uently , four of the cars vlere returned to service , and a list of the remaining 62 veh icl es follows:

12M 1211 1220 1234 1257 1265 1269 1275 1308 1314 1317 1321

1328 1329 1330 1335 1342 1343 1346 1359 1365 1369 1375 1376

1392 1394 1396 1397 1400 1406 1410 1415 1418 1420 1421 1422

1424 1449 1450 1453 1455 1456 1459 1470 1472 1475 14$0 14115

1487 1491 1497 149$ 1499 1501 1507 1512 1513 1520 1523

1560 156l

The remov~l of the t\"191ve cars of the 3200-1324 series marks the end of thi s series , the l ast cars in r e[ ular service possessing moni tor roofs . I t is expected that eighty addit i onal cars \,li l l be r emoved from service in September , follm1i ng the conver s ion of the routes using 3t . Catherine , Sher brooke , and certain feeder streets , to autobus oper at i on .

i-I. T .C. ilgui pment ( cont'd)

For the benefi t of those members who ke ep rolling stock records, there fo llows a list of the remaining 603 cars in service for July and August of this year .

l-Man Doubl e End : 2001-2004, 2600- 2605, 2067 , 2078- 2082 .

2050-2056, 2064- 2065 ,

TOTAL 1-iian Cars ••

2-Nan Single End:

1525-1528, 1530-1549

1600-1699

1906 , 1908, 1915-1916 , 1918-1920, 1923-1924, 1929-1930 , 1932, 1936-1941, 1943, 1945-1947, 1949

1950-2000

2030- 2037, 2039-2040

2057- 2063 , 2068-2076 , 2083-2088

11l50-Hl74

3500- 3517

.... .... .... .." .... ... .... .... .... .. ..

1325-1326 , 1332-1333 , 1337-1340, 1344 , 1347-1348) 1350-1351, 1354, 1366 , 1381-1387 , 1398 , 1403, 1411-1412, 1416-1417, 1419, 1425 , 1427-142 8~ 1430-1438 , 14432 1444-1445 , 1441 , 1452,1454, 146 , 1464-1468, 1471 , 1474, 1477 , 1481-1484, 1488-1489, 1492 , 1495-1496 , 1500 , 1502, 1504 , 1511 , 1515-1516, 1518-1519 :

1550-1559, 1562-1 570, 1572-1599

1800-1824

2100- 2144, 2146- 2239

2650- 2674

TOTAL 2-1-lan Cars •• • ••.•• .... .. .. .... .... .... .... .. ..

G;IAlliJ TOTAL , as of July 1st, 1956 .... .... .... .... .. ..

(Observat ion Cars 1,2,3,4 not included in foregoing)

25 cars

24

100

23

51

;;

"

" 10 II

22 "

25

18 ~/

"

74 cars

47 " 25 "

139 ;,

25 II

310 "

608 II

46

47

I I!OTIV;; PO'JZR NOTZS L-____________ ~ The O- C-O diesel-hydraulic engine , Uo . 1000, built by the llaschinenbau Kiel Akt i engesellschaft, of Kiel, C~rmany, "'hich has recently been under test by

Canadian National Railvlays , was turned over to Canadi an Pac i fic i1ail;-Jay at the beginning of July , for a two- month trial by that Company . The engine , which had been painted in Germany in CNR colours, was taken into AnGus Shops and repainted in the cpn diesel colour scheme of ~lroon and cream, though retaining its number 1000. Carry inc this numb~r, it Juplicates CPR DIOh class eneine 1000, vlhich has been scr.'lpped . The I,iaX engine is presE'nt].y in service at St . Luc Yard in Montreal , and it is understood that it will later be used in the Ottavola and Farnham areas , evidently in services where D4g class 4- 6- 0 steam l ocoIJotives are normalLy used .

The t"JQ 44- ton yard engines which have been ordered by Canadian Pacific Railuay for use at Portage, fo1an . and Y9rkton . Sask . \>Till be classified HS5(for ,IHydraulic S"ritcher ll ) , and carry road numbers ~ and~. These engines are being buil t by Canadian Locomotive Company, and are equipped for one- man operation .

In its present order for RDC cars from the Budd Company , Philadel­phia , Canadian Pacific :-taih·!ay has received UDC2 units nos. 9103 to 9109 , and RUC4 unit 9250 , up to the middl e of July .

Two road switchers , l~os . 6560 and 6561 , CPR class DS6g '-lere recently pla~<::ct in service on the Do:ninion At lantic RClilway , and it is r epo':"t.ed that t!ley carry DAR stencilling .

Central Vermont laill'lay No . 220, l ast of its class of 4-6- 0 steam lo comotives , lJuilt by American Locomotive Co . in 1915, ,,,,as ded­iCated on July 20th as part of a transportation exhibit at the museum at Shelburne, Vermont , by the Governor of Vermont .

Juring the month of June, compl ete dieselization became effective on the Grand Trunk (IleN England lines of the CNR) south of Island Pond, Vermont . Sixteen road diesels completed the replacement .

Canadian National Rail,,,ays has recently introduced an extensive renumbering progranune affecting many of its diesel l ocomotives , and many steam locomotives as well . This programme is presently being carried into effect . For the information of our members , a complete list of all diesel units owned by the CNR and its subsidiar ie s , follOWS, in the numerical order of the new system.

New Numbers Ol d Numbers Class

f.lISCJLLAHJOUS

1-2 3- 5 26-43 73 74 77 78-79

GTH

GTVI

1 500-1 501

1526-1 543

ER- 4a ER- 4b ER- 6a LS - 5a ES-5a LS- 4a GS··6a

Builder Year

Can . G.E . ., "

J . G. Brill Gen. ~lec. CLC_T.lest t house G.ll . (EI1D)

1947 380 400

1950 600 1929 500 1947 " 1930 380 1938 600

, )

4il 775-777 Nfld . ES- 4a Intl. Gen . Clec . 1948 380 BOO- d05 . , GR- 9b GiIDL • 1956 875 900- 902 •• GR-12a .1 1952 1200 903- 901\ " GR- 12b .1 1953 " 909- 934 " GR-12g .1 f- " ROAiJ J1'JITCHEHJ

1100-1104 1570-1 574 G3- 9a Gl·IDL 1954 875 1200- 12Q3GTIi 150;- 1501\ GR-12c GIl (C:;ID) 1955 1200 12C4- 1221 1575-15)2 G:l- 12d GlIDL 1956 1200 1 222- 1226 1593- 1597 GR- 12e " 1955- 6 ., 1 ;:27- 1223 2300- 2301 GR-1 2f " 1956 ., 1229- 1:47 .. " 1')56 .. 1248- 1263 GR- 12h .. :I: ., 1 269-12,/OGT':I GR- 12j GIl (EJ.ID) f- " 1600-1614 Cil-12a Canadian 1951- 2 1200 1615-1617 CRG- 12b .1 1951 ., 1618-1621 CR-12c ., 1952 " 1622-1629 CR- 12d .. 1953 " 1630-1639 CR-12e .. 1955 ., 1640- 1659 CR- 12f ., 1956 ., 1700- 1704 1544-154G ER- lOa r:ontreal 1955 1000 1705- 1710 1549- 1554 IIR- I0b .. 1955- 6 ., 1711-1729 'IR- I0c ., £ ., 2200- 2217 1341- H158 Crl-16a Canadian 1955 1600 2900 3000 CiW- 24a .1 1955 2400 3000-3017 IjOO- 1317 /·IR- 16a J·iontreal 1953 1600 3018-3040 1816- 1840 lIR- 16b ., 1954 •• 3041- 3042 GT l C61- 1862 J·ffi-16d A. L. Co . 1954 " 3043- 3049 I G63- 1tl69 IIR-16e iIontreal 1955 ., 3050- J057 1370- H177 fIR- 16f ., 1955 " J05G-3000 137j-13fJO lI:l-16g " 1955 " 3061- 3065 IdCI - 1M5 l1:l- 16h .. 1955 .. 3066- ;)073 i-ffi-16j .. £. " 3074··3093 lll1- 16k " £. ., 3600- 3614 DUP J'hl- l Sa A. L. Co . £ HlOO 3900- 3901 CV 1859- Hl60 !-IRG-16c ., 1954 1600 id20- !t:l62 1700-1719 GR- 15a GHilL 1953 1500 4310- 4373 1720-1723 ., ., 1953 " 41,00"4,,26 1724- 1750 GR-17a ., 1955 1750 44~7- 4441 G1':.:1751-1765 GI1- 17b GM (EfID) 1954 " 4442-4450 GT 1768-1776 GR- 17d ., 1956 " 44~1-4475 2000- 2024 GIl-17f G/·IDL 1955-6 " 41,76-0.415 ., " 1956 ., s:h~;6-l~501 GR- 17g .1 £ ., 4~C?~·1~53i..; Gil-17h " {;; " 45)1,, 4546 GTI/ GR- 17j Gl-l (El,ID ) £. " 45/.7 - 4557 CV ., " £ " 4558- 4559 GT " .1 £ " 4900- 4901 G1".11766- 1767 GRG-17c " 1954 ..

) 4902- 4906 GT 1777- 1781 GRG-17e " 1956 " 4907- 4922 GT\l GRG- 17k "

0 " '-

4923-4927 CV " ., £ .1

J ~U!;.D Ph.30L!:NG~Il 49

6500- 6512 GPA-17a GIIDL 1954- 5 1750 6513 GPA-17b a 1955 a

6514- 6522 GPA- 17c " £ " 6600-6612 GPB17b ., 1954- 5 a

6613 GPB- 17b " 1955 a

6614- 6620 GPB-17c a £ a

6700- 6705 CPA- 16a Canadian 1954- 5 1600 6750- 6755 6706- 6711 1·IPA- 16a Hontreal 1955 " 6800-6805 CPB- 16a Canadian 1954- 5 a

6850- 6855 6G06- 6Gll r.lP3-16a l·lontr eal 1955 " S:lIl'CHZIlS

7000- 7009 GS-1 2a Gl·IDL 1952 1200 7010- 7014 GT\1 GS- 1 2b GN (IlI'ID) 1952 ., 7015- 7016 ., GS- 12c " 1953 a

7017- 7019 II GS-12d a 1955 .1

7020- 7030 GS- 12e Gl·IDL £ 11

70,1- 7033 G3-12f " £ a

7150- 7171 8500- 8521 GS- 8a 1/ 1951 800 7172- 7183 8522- 8533 GS- 8b 1/ 1951 a

7200- 7224 8535- $559 G3- 9a .1 1953- 54 900 7225- 7232 miT GS- 9b GN (Bl'ID ) r .1

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7900,7902, 7905 , ) n 07 , 7910, ) GS- I0a " 1941-2 1000 7912- 7914 ) 7901 GT'.J " . 1 1941 a

7904 , 7906, ) GrIT ., .1 1942 I I

7903- 7909 , 7911 ) '. 7936- 7945 d a 1946 1i

7956-7965 a a 1947 1/

7966- 7968 GY:'! a " 1947 .1

7969- 7974 a .1 1948 " 8016- 8025 11S- 10c 1·lontreal 1951- 2 a

8026 GT'.T IIS- I0d A. L. Co. 1953 a

8027 CV ., a 1953 " 8028- 3033 11S- 10e I·lontrcal 1954 " .. ~ . .. . . 8034- 8035 GTU J.!S-10f A. L.Co . 1955 a

8036- 3077 1.IS-I0g i· ~ontrea1 1955- 6 .1

8078- $079 113- 10h " 1955 " 8080- 8031 CV 11S- 10j A.L. Co . 1955 1/

8082 GT·.1 .1 " 1955 .1

3033- $090 GTH 1,IS- 10k 1/ 1955 " 8091-3092 GTIT 7915-7916 1·IS-I0a " 1942 " $093- 8095 CV 7917- 7919 ., .1 1942 .1

8096- 8105 GTIl 7920- 7929 .1 " 1944 ., BI 06- 3111 GTII 7930- 7935 ., " 1946 " B112- 8121 7946- 795 5 .1 " 1947 II

81 22- 8141 7975- 7994 " r·1ontreal 1949 1/

8142- 8161 7995-3014 1·IS- I0b ., 1949- 50 .1

8162 CV 8015 " A. L. Co . 1951 1/

8163- 8195 J.1S- I0r. ~Iont real - 1/ .. 8196- 8202 GT\! lIS- lOrn A. L. Co . :::: a

3203- 8205 1·IS- I0n " r ., '-) 8450- 8461 1·1S- 7a I·!ontreal 1951- 2 660

8462- 84[)3 l·lS- 7b " 1953 .1

8484- 8498 1·1S- 7c ., 1954 1/

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!lOAD FILnGH'r 50

9000 ,9002 , ) GFA- 15a OM (El® ) 1948 1500 9C{'3 , 9005 . ) 90')5- 9027 GTII ., ., 1948 " 9')CL9004 GFB- 15a ., 1948 " 90%J-9046 even) GFA- 15b GlIDL 1951 " 90,G- 9052 ., ) 9029·-9047 odd) GFB- 15b .j 1951 " 9051-9055 ., ) 9056-·9062 even GFA- 15c ;, 1951~ 2 " 9057-9063 odd GFB-15c " 1951- 2 " 9064·9102 even GFA-15d " 1952 " 9104-(:142 eVen " " 1952 ., 9300-9304 even8700- $704 CFA- 16a Canadian 1952 1600 9301- 9305 odd 8701- 8705 CFB- 16a ;, 1952 ;,

9306- 9344 even 8706- 3744 CPA-16b ,j 1952- 3 " 94.0 )··:;4 07 f.lFA-15a I~ontrea1 1950 1500 9401',,':;;'26 even IlFA-16a ., 1951 1600 940Y··9427 odd r'lFB- 16a " 1951 .. 9423- c 436 ~lFA-16b " 1952 " even 9429··9437 odd iFB- 16b ., 1952 " 94311-9456 loiFA-16c .j 1953 " even

£- i ndicates units presently on order .

fane steam locomotives are affected by this renu.rnbering , and they are to be renumbered concurrentl y with the die s el renlli~bering .

Glas:; f 4a 1223 to be 1520 " !15d 2200 " 2195 ., 09a 7200, 7225 , 72211 ,

7229 to be 7305 , 7306 , 7307 , 73011 . " P4a 8201, 8204, 8205

to be 8430 , 8431 , 8432 .

rl. further 139 steam locomotives have tentativel y 'been ass i [(ned ne\V' numbers , N~lich will be used if and when nevI diesel locoIilot i ves not ordered thus far duplicate nwnber s present l y carried .

~ Class G16a

C1aso G17a " H6b " fI6c . j H6d " H6f " H6g

" H10a ;, r'lBa ;, Sl h " Sl j

1111,1117,~,1121, 1123 ,1125, 1129,1131 ,111;:,1135 ,1138, 1139, 1140, 1145,1147,1151,1152,1157 , 11 1158, 1162 ,1163 ,1164 1274 1278 ,1284,1294 ,1 303 , 1307 ,1311, 1314,1 315 ,1321 ,1322. 1324 ,1325 ,1327 ,1 32g, ~ 330, 1332-40 1347 ,1348,1 349 ,1350 ,1351 . 1354,1355 ,1357 ,1 359 ,1 360 , 1362, 1364,1365 ,1367 ,1370-1384,1337 , 1389- 1393 ,1395- 1397 ,1401 ,1402 , 1404 ;1405,1406 ,14011 , 1409 . 1427,1429,1433 ,1438,1439 ,1444, 1446 ,1447,1448,1451. 19$1,1982 ,1983,1984 3523 . ; 198,3199

to be 1498- 1516 " 1517-1519 " 1521 ;, 1522- 1531 " 1532-1545 " 1546- 1550

" 1551-1589

" 1590-1 599 " 2196- 2199 " 3522 " 3523,3524

Class S3a 3702- 3706 , 3708- 3712, 3714-3717, 3719, 3720, 3722 , 3726-3739 . to be 4045- 4075 . , S3b 3740- 3742 , 3744- 3747 • a 4076- 4082

" S3c 3748, 3750- 3757 . •• 4083- 4091 ., S4a 3$00 a 4092 ., S4b 3301-3805 " 4093- 4097 .. 0I10a 7250 , 7253 •• 7300- 7301 •• 0i9a 7234, 7238,7239- 7240,7242- 7245 " 7309- 7316 •• 015c 7311 .. 7318 " P4a 8206 , 8207, 3208, 8209 . ... 8433- 8436 " P4b 8210, 8211, 8212, 8213. a 8437-8440 a F4c 8215, 8216, 8218, 8219, 8220, 6221. a 8441- 8446 " P4d 8222, 8226 . •• 8447 , 8448.

Ten 1600- HP road switchers fro r.1 Canadian Locomot ive Com,any, and 25 1750- HP road switchers from General i·lotors Diesel Li:nited , ordered recently by Canadian Pacific ~!Qil\,Tay , will be classified DRSI6h (lIos . CoOl - 8610) and DRS17c (1105 . 8611- 8635 ) respective l y .

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CIlRmr.IDNARACS~IBCPRDARPGEC&GT a

NOTES & 1'lE'.lS

by ~orster A. Kemp ~ B II J

t~ Canadia n Nat iona l Railways has . called f or tenders for cl earing , gr ading , etc ., of the Chi goubiche Lake- Cache Lake section of the St . i."elicien- Chibougamau proj ected rail line in northern '1uebec .

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i:t For the benefit of those .• el ectric rail way enthusiasts \'lho may be contemplat in~ trips to !·lontreal t:- is sur,u;ler , ue are pleased to note that oper a tions on ~the r·lontreal &. .30uthern Counties Rai h .[ay still cont inu e as t hey did prior to our earlier report that abandonment had bee n set for June 2nd .

1:~ Necessity to construct a nevI bridge , as a r esult of the St . Law­rence Sea\<J'ay project, may cause the Ne\'i York Central to apply for abandolli-nent of its Ottav'Ia- Cornwall-Hassena line, presently used for freight service only .

/I Iteduction in train service has been noted on several CNR line's . The Barrante- Deattyville daily mi xec. train was reduced to tri­\·"reekly in each dir ect ion e~fective Eay 21st . Hixed train between Allandal e and Penetang has been reduced f rom tri- vleekl y to weekly, effective June 1st ; on I.'iay 27th , CNT bus service between Kar.J.sack , Sasle . and Fl in Fl oD , Man. was cancelled .

# The bus service that raade headlines as a re sult of its contest with Si.rr (Eastern) Limited , on the transportat i on of certain categori es of passenger s Nithin the Province of NeVI Bruns\dck -­I;lackenzie Thru Line (Operated by Can . Uat : r r anspor tat ion- r,Iaine Central- BG:1I 'i'ransportation Cos . bet\'iee n Boston-Halifax- Glace Bay) terminated its service on June 15th , 1956 . The litigat i on between tIackenzie and sr·IT was made into a test case and carried a s far as t~1e Privy Council a couple of years ago .

fI Canadian Nat i onal ::1aili"lays has ordered f ive ne\'i d inette cars from qanadi an Car &. Foundry Company , at a cost of somevlhat over )1 , 000 ,000 . Deliver y i s scheduled fo r October 1957 . The cars are sirJil ar to six a lready in servi ce . (Cont ' d paee 55)

)

The 1l0nth of June sal!{ the withdrawal from service of t11e last cars of the I<!ontreal "l'ransport.at i on COiTIl"iliss i on IS 1 200- 1324 ser i es .

:I.T . C. 1 200 Class Cars

by n .1I. Binns

52

P~HHAPJ HD O'l'HZH. G,tQUP of ::!ontrc1l1 cars pr oduced more :""'evenue per dollar invested than the cars of the 1200 seri es . ?he bodies Kerc oilt.::.inec. for .i4 , 200 each , which even i n 191 2 was cons i der ed a 10\"1 price for a l arge car body of that qual i ty . Trucks , motors and control equipment were purchased by the r.1ontreal Tramways Com­pany and delivered to the body Guilders for install ation . The YOllville di.:ops were being built at t 11at time , so i t "Tas more con­ven~ent to have the equipment installed by the builders . Conseq­uently , unlike prev i ous orders , the car~ came fully equipped except for' minor items . Total cost Vlas a!:lout "; 7 J 000 per car . Considering that they "Tere a l l in practically continuous service for forty to f orty- four years , i t was indeed a good i nvestment .

'i'i1ey "Ter e the first car s received by the Company after its reorcanizat i on lUlder the name of 'Ij:ontreal Tratll'lays Company'( , and ~lere t~le fir3t class t o be numbered consecutively . Previousl y , all classes of IIontr eal city ca rs had been designated by e i ther even or odd numbers .

T:le design and gene r al l ayout of the 1 200 ' s was similar to the 901 class . There "laS on€! important difference , however . The 1200' S "lere constr'J.cted wit)lOut a front bulkhead or partition betv.feen t he 00dy and the front platfor Ll . This "ras a sie:ni f i cant step in tile process of bringing the motorman out of the iso l ation of a "drivers ' cab" . It gave him a mo r e direc"(' control over the movement of passenger s at tile .r\~ont exi t , and i t was easier for passenc::ers to use this exit . On t~e front platform, a waist- high pan el bet1."men two stanchions was provided behind the motorman , and a hinred drop- seat for the rilotorman was attached to t~1 is panel. Tile front exit door "lt/as pl aced at the extr eme end of the v estibule, inst ea~ of next to the body post on the 901's.

The method of construction differed f r om the 901 class . The 1200 ' s \lere built \Iith steel unc":.erfr ames and steel side s ills , and a body of \"lOod sheathed on the o">ltside with s~leet metal. A saving in ~..,eiLht \"las achieved r esulting in an averaee dead weic;ht of 4 5 , 000 pounds as compared "li th 53 , 460 pounds for the a l l - steel 901 s .

as

10 60 30 25

The cars wer e order ed in follows :

cars . , Can . C~r ~ Fdy . Co . Otta, ... a Car I:fg . Co • Can. Car & Fdy . Co . Otta, ... a Car ;":rg . Co .

four groups I,lwnbers

1 200- 1209 1 210- 1269 1 270- 1299 1 300- 1324

from two manufactur er s , Dates in service-First Car Last Car lJee :-ZT,T91T --1-1ili':-ZJ;1""9"1 2 Jan . 5 , 191 2 Jan . 3l 1913 ·· Jan . 6 ,191 3 June L6 , 191 3 Feb . 4 ,191 3 June 25 ,191.1

This was the l argest f roup of cars of one cl ass t o be purchased up to that t i me .

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MONTREAL

TRAMWAYS "\l <l5J'1J''lJ' COMPANY ..w..~\.gI\.gI CLASS

OTTAWA CARS j +- C .C. F. CARS

STREETCARS

125 CARS - DOUBLE TRUCK-SINGLE ENO ..... TWOMAN-P.A.Y.E.

/:Juilf 1912-13 og CANAOlAN CAR a FOUNDRY co. LTD: - NOS. 1200-1209 a 1270-1299

OTTAWA CAR 8: MANUFACTURINGCO:-NOS.T210-J269 &1300-1324

EQUIPMENT DATA

TRUC KS WHEELS

AXLES MOTORS

- 276.E.2 BRIL.L.

-C.I. 33"o/A.

- 5" STD.

- WH 10J I Sf 203, GE: 241

GEAR RATIO -67:17,1'0:14,61:15

AIR BRAKES -WU Ii Gf STRAtGIiTAIR

WAND BRAKE - STAFF

SEATS -).lALE a kJLBURH(IIATWI)

GONG -12~ FOOT aPR.

VENT. -GARLAND CAR vun.CO.

TROLL. BASE· NUTTALL U.S. II

TROLL. WHo • C.4N.IOF.AL

HEATERS -CONS.CAR HfAT. (0 192

SIGNS -HUNTER ROOI' TYPE

4G'-6Yz"

GENERAL OIMENSIONS

AS BUILT

(No,. to scale)

, " 7 - 2 IN!5IDE

)C G.Sh' WIPE

OVER eUMPI!RS

32 1-3 11

OVER BOOY POSTS

{ATE"AVES 8'·03/8"

BODY WIDTH; AT BELT RAIL. 8'-4'/;

~!-, I'"

2-7/1.

U\ -

o

42 SEATS

ORAW,SARS -M.T.C. STANDARD 6'- 6" CLEAR ; ~ BUMPERS -M.T. C. $TD.CASTSTHL ('()

SANDERS -M.T.C.STO. I"OOTOPR . ~/,:"'I----------.,:--t--j-t:':;N~·~"it;:::::::'-""l-----j ;S

FENDER -H.B. LIFEGUARD (j) .. U\

INTERroR. TRIM:

CH~RIlY STAIN II VARNISH

WEIGHT: 43000-46400 lb •. •

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Tlli'UCK' 20'-8" C E 1"'TR1! '1-<""-"'"''-1

4' 10"

R.M.S - C. R.". A - JULY 19.56. WHI!I!L BASE

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54 Al l \'lere identical except for a slight structural differ ence

i n the front vestibule roof . Cars built by Otta,,'a did not have the letterboard carried in a continuous line around the front end as did the C. C. & F. cars . (see data sheet) . The 1200 class cars "lere fine looking , especially when new ' l In the writer' 5 opinion , the original singl e co l our scheme of liGht yellow with black and sil ver trim '''as much bett er suited to these cars than the later~ two - colour arranrement . They were clean- cut and business- like in appearance . In the drawinc. at the top of the data sheet , an attempt has been made to catch the eeneral impression of the car s .

Some of t he cars , when first received , had five pairs of cross s eats placed in the center of the car , and had smooth , ~In­position- type , floors . These innova tions were apparently unsucc­essful experiments which did not l ast long .

The cars \lere very successful and were used on prac"tically a ll parts of the systerJ including suburban lines . Rel at ivel y few, r..oHE:!Ver 1 "\.'lere permanently equipped for suburban service . Nos . 1 209 , idS , 1223 , 1229 and 1 257 \'Iere so equipped and used for a nu.mber of years on the Po inte- aux- Trembles and 30ut de l'Isle lines . Nos . 1 200 and 1 214 were used on the Cartierville line for a time . For a while during the f irst T.Jor l d ~.Jar , Ho .1209 was painted orange and operated repularly on the Lachine line . Lack of clearanc e in the \Iellington Street underpass precluded their use on the '"ellington line . In later years , those with K- 2j controll­ers were not perhlitted on the steep hills leading to the Uestmount upper level .

The l ast car of the series , No . 1324 , was used for a sample installation of fold.in~ pneUL'latic rear doors \'lith hinged bottom step. The rear bulkhead \'las r C':".loved . Later , nIl 1200 ' s were altered i n this fashion (1925- 26) . J urine 1924- 25 , a manually operated three- panel front door \"las installed on all these cars .

Like any t roup of cars , there were a few that were disliked by the crews and some that were special l y favoured . These diff­erences are often more imaEined than real . Nevertheless , for a time , lio . 1206 seemed to be plagued \rlith electrical trouble and was heartily disliked. The front vest ibule roof was charred and bl ackened by controller f ires and frequent flashing of the circuit breaker . On the other hand , No.1278 made a remarkabl e record of runnine daily on the ~lindsor-Nontreal Uest route for several !:lonths without t.he slightest defect or accident. Before the days of weekly inspect:i.on and preventive maintenance , t'1is was inde ed a note\'lorthy perfor::1ance .

In 1943 , the cross seat s were turned in a l ong itudinal pos­ition to increase the capacity for "';artime service . 'rhey were not chan[3:ed back to the orir inal position .

The series remained i ntact until 1952 when thirty cars were Hithdrawn . ,seventeen l'!ent in 1953 , six in 1954 , fifty- four in 1955 and the reraaining eic.hteen in 1956 . The last r un in passenger service was made by No . 1 220 on route 96 on the aftosrnoon of June 22nd , 1956 .

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II The Premier of Dritish Columbia , also President of the 55 provincially-m-med Pc:' cific Great ~astern RailNay , has announced that tIle first official passenger tra in \";ill pullout of North ~anco·.1..ver over tile neN Horth .Vancouvcr·- S'!uamish extension , on r·lonG.ay . Au£;ust 27th . PG"!; is e:iq)~c·ting delivery of RDe cars from t he Budd Company , .hil adelphia .

;:~ r·Iany of t:le member s in t he Eontr eal area were more than a littl e apprehcmsive , \-!hen ObseJ'vation car ira . 1, dean of r.Iontreal' 5 sight ­seeing cars, Has i nvolved an a minor affair 'VThen the troll ey wheel, caueht i~1 some troll ey- bus overhead , resul ting in t he pol e , and supporting post , as \-Tel l as port i ons of the sheathing at the rear of ':';l'~e car , being damaged . BVidently a priority was put on its repair by the urc, as i t has been noted again in service after absence of onl y a feh' days , sporting a new post , trolley , and nevi rear sheathing suitabl y striped .

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Edit.Oj-i8.l Address : P.0. 3":: Z2 , Station ,IB,I , j-iont;··C"nl , 2 , :Canada .

Editor: Oc.er S.A . Lavallee .lss<t:. . J~~.it,or : H. .Douglas Drmm Cou:J;, j:.t":-e: Robert 1~ . vroio'm

Kenneth Chivers An·.,hony G.lecg Ii'orster A. Kemp

Ii I DlI' T GIVE AEPr.;; NOTI ell !

II - -. lhil e our .loy-line on "Notes and Ne\·/s·1 this month gives I·iT . Ii' . A. l(emp ' s name J the said r·'lr . Kemp is nm·lhere in sight , being currently engaged on the second phase of a five - week private r aih'lay excurs ion \'lhich is seeing hin travel from rIont real to Churchill , Han . by l/vo.y of St . Johns , ile~}fo:..J.ndland , Boston l NeVI York and [orfolk , Va . (! t. ) Not only t:'!.at ~Jl.!t he walked out \lithout preparing dNotes and Ilews,1 which is why it i sn t t too s ':':'rong t~lis month . - l!:d .

(All is forgiven)

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The !-IT;.~_t:"\l: VAId~ ~L~AGE 3XCU}lSION llill take plate on Septe;·.l·'cr ;.\) .. ~~~ } l:;l5Q~ r.ton":.:r·e.?l to Sutton , lue . via Pacific nai1Hay . ,r>Gcarn Locomotive of tl1C 4- 6- 0 type

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iitil the pa.ssinf; of these old fr i ends , a disti nctive f eature of l>lontreal streetcars is seen no i:J.ore . These were the last cars to be '.Juil t with t~le so- called .ll.Iontreal 'f roof . T:lis l;las a variation of both the !honitor and clerestory des i gns l'J'he r e by t he roof of t he monitor deck was curved do1tm at the end to meet the mai n roof at a point bet1tmen the body posts and the vestibul e end . This type of construction was a pparently des i Gned by the Iiontreal Street Hailway when it .t:i.r2t started 'l)ui l ding its Own sinel e- truck closed cars in 1896 . All closed. cars up to and including the 1200 class had this type of roof' . It vias not found else\,lhere in just that form , a nd now , is no more than a Cilemory i n r·1ontrea l .

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Tr ip will le a ve l·Tor.tr cal at 9:00 AM , =:astorn Stnn c ard Time , for a 154- mile ramble through the El! stern TO"I:nshi p s on a circula r tour , vie Farn ham , lIdamsville , rfest Sh€fford, Foster, BT'omo T~(lk (l , Kno~lton , Sutton , ~est Brome , Co~nn9villo and b a ok to Montrea l through Fa .... nham . Tra in "7ill consiet of a ~-6- 0 t y p<::o st so-.m lo comotive and thr66 wooden p:tssungol' cars . PIGnt;',' of )hoto stops , end , at sliGht .:td d itionE:1 cost for those ';:ho desir 6 it. n genuine Brome t~ke Duckline dinner at the hot61 in Yno~ltont v:ith fO. visit to the Broma County HU.sOUl::! . Trcin will r e turn t o Mon t r eal Et a ppro:r.:im:> tely 6 : 30 PM , l~ . ':'.T •

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CRHA 'l'rip Committos , Box 2 2 St :-. ti o n B- Uontr e a1.

For t h e co n ve ni enc6 of thos6 ou t- o.f-to·,:-n visitors v:-ho m-' Y wish t o spend the t .... e,kend in Montr ecl , the f. 6soci~. tio!l. '..:111 ohe.rter e trol l ey trip Bround Montreal on the rt ,11 lines of the Montreel Transport[\tion Commiss i on . ThE> trip r: i ll c i rc 1 6 Hount Roy;.".l , and Ei l l in c lude the lins to ~~chlnG . He ny pOint s of interest ~ill bG pcssed - - i f t his is your first trip to the Cenn d icn metropolis. you \:11 1 n ot ,':f1nt t o mi ss this . ON SATURDAY , Sc p t Gmber 29th, 1956 .

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CANADIAN RAILROAD IDSrORICAL ASSOCIATION SPECIAL REPCRT INCOtPORAl'ED. AUGUST 15 1 956

MONTREAL. CANADA

IITC to Pag'

ho l d Transportation on Labour Day

Though official details have . not been released to the press as yet, the Association has been informed that the t·lontreal rransportat ion Conunission will hold a transportation pageant on Labour iJay , 1.londay, September 3rd, 1956 .

The pageant will take the form of a parade of public transportation vehicles ,·"hich have operated in and around r·lontrea l; streetcars will comprise the rnajority of the vehicles. 'rhe pageant will ma rk the cessation of rail service on Saint Catherine and Jherbrooke streets, and certain feeder streets . Autobusses Nill take over ti1is operation on September 2nd .

Highlight of the pageant will be the first public exhibition of several early e lectric cars which the Comr.1ission is preservinc.: vlith the assistance of our Association . Chief among these will be :-Iontreal Street rlailv!ay ) 350 , ,1Rockat d

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f·lontreal's oriGinal electric car . The Association believes that the l:Iontreal transportation systemfs possess ion of its ori~ina1 el ectric railway vehicle is unique on tile continent. 'rhe car i s underGoing extensive repairs in the r-rrc shops , and will operate under i ts O\'m pm',rer for the first time since it was r etired from service about 1914. The open platforms have been restored, and the terra- cotta and cream paint scheme which it will carry .. /ill duplicate , as clo sel~r as possible, t he colours in ",hich the " ... 1ocket " "las painted when it inaue;urated electric r a ilway service i n this city on ·,!ednesday, September 21, 1392.

The procession is expected to CQIili!1enCe at the new Harbour bus terminal, at St . Catherine and l:arbour streets, and operate west along Gt .Catherine street at least as far as the loop at Atwater . The procession ''lill take place in the after­noon, and the exact times ''lill be announced in the loca l press .

Other items in the procession "'lill be included in chronol oeical order. Tentative assignment of equipment for the procession indicates that tile lead Hill be taken by one of the electric f latca rs , used as a float , carrying the Montreal City Passenger :1ailNay horse- dravm omnibus, follO\ied by a simil ar car carrying the correspondine; horse- dra .. m sleigh . Both of these vehicles date from the 1$70' s , and are the oldest exj ::::t·i ne; relics of public transportation in Hontreal . 'rile sleip:~ W'''!-s built by IIessrs . N. ::r.. A. C. Lariviere , in I~Iontreal , and l..t ~s probable that the omnibus was built by this firm a.lso .

Hext in order v/ill be No . 350, which was bu~lt ?y the Brownell Car iIanufacturing Co . in 1 89 2, in Saint LOU1S, 1:10 ., USA • . FolloNing it \.fill be No . 274 , the Association 's passenger ?ar , which was built by the Ne\'lburyport firm in 1894. No . 274, hO'Vl€Ver , is in the l'iontreal 3treet Raihmy f s colour s cherne of 1900 •

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Follovling No. 274, will be observat ion car Ilo .1, carrying invited guests . l.fo~l was built by the street railway in 1905, and i s the ol des t passencer vehicle still used in regular service by the Commiss ion. f ollowing Ho .l, will be iJo . 997 , built by the Ottawa C2.r r·i£mufacturing Company in 1910, painted in the 1.'iontrea l Street HailwayT s colour scheme of that period. Feature of t llis colour scher:le is the large crimson panel painted on the fro nt dash "'ith the char acteristic l arge s ilver nu.rneral s -- the early dist inguishing mark of the I'Pay- As-You-l!:n ter" car. This payr,),9nt principle ori£:: inated in ilontreal about 1905 .

Ne;...'t in or der vTi11 be No .1046 , one of the l arge suburban cars of the i·'IontrGal Park & I s land Raill",ay . Ho .1046 will carry the orange and sil vcr paint scheme which Has adopted by the :r..Iontl"eal Street ~aiJNCl y for fllP&:'I equipment, after the latter company came unde:;:- t;b.e control of the HSR in 1901 . This orange car \ ,',?,S a fa:niljar sight to r esidents of the Saint Laurent and Ca.rtierville d ist,rict , until these cars were repainted standard ]·~TC green in 1936 .

Following No .1046 " ill be a car of the 1325 class, whose 200 units ( jjos.1325-1 524i made them the largest single class of cars ever to be o\rmed by the I.Iontreal system . ilany of the se are still in operation , but nost of them will disappear after the replacc::ment of the St . Catherine street lines . The particvlar car has not , as yet , been selected. Next in line \Jill be t;le Birney car , l'Jo . 200 , a Brill product of 1919 , "thich ,,,,as purchased from .Jetroit United Rail",ays in 1923 by the rITC, a10n[.( Hit!l tilirtcen other similar nun its. No . 200 is the only Bir."lIJY car Q\'med by a transit system presently in Canada or the United S-cates , though several have fortunate l y been preserved in railway museums .

There will also be a two-man car of the 21 00- 2239 class, representing the typical St . Catherine route car since the introduction of these units in 1926- 23 . The ultimate devel-opment of the street car in ~~ntreal will be repr esented by one of the 3500 class streamlined cars. Al so in the procession will be the other observation cars , Iros . 2 , 3, and 4, fo r the accom­odation of guests . The nevI era in St . Catheri ne trans portat ion will be represented ')y three ne\,l autobusses, of the 3200 , 3300 and 2300 classes . The order and content of the pr ocession has not been finalized , and changes, omissions or addi tions to the foregO ing description may occur before September 3rd.

Furtiler details , as they become ava ilabl e , 'will be r eleased on request by mail to the Association at P.O.Box 22 , Stat ion "B", Montreal 2, (luebe c.

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ABOUT OUR fALL l'OL I AG" EXCURSION ..... Reservations are coming in thick and fasttfor this

~ annual event , scheduled this year for Sunday , September 30th. \}\J;tLlf you haven ' t reserved as yet , you are urged ~o do so as ~~,~quickly as possibl e. neservations or informat l on about the L.f~"\ trip can be obtained from the Trip Com:ilittee , C.R . H.A. ,

Box 22 , 8tation "B", r.lontr eal;. 2. . DO IT H011 1