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Mark, You might like to add a comment re: "GTR Victoria bridge. Assume (confirm) it was built to Broad Gauge. . Converted to Standard in 1873. Raymond [email protected]> wrote:

December 12, 1859 The Grand Trunk Railway opens the Victoria Bridge, crossing the St. Lawrence River between Montreal and St. Lambert. It is the first bridge to span the river. December 12, 1968

December 8, 1919 All passenger train service in Michigan is temporarily halted due to the effects of a month-long national coal miner's strike. 250,000 Michigan workers are also laid off. December 9,

CN will get a few of their old locomotives back. They have three ex-CN GP40-2LW units on their roster. Gordon Webster Delaware, OH USeh <mailto:Gordon67@...>

*Canadian National purchase of Iowa railroad will add 275 miles of track to North American network* BY ASSOCIATED PRESS AP PUBLISHED 6:05 PM ET DEC. 06,

December 6, 1917 In the largest explosion to this date, two ships collide and explode in Halifax NS. The “Imo” is loaded with ballast, the “Mont Blanc” with explosives. Roughly 2,000 people

December 5, 1922 The Illinois Central introduces its all-Pullman train, “The Floridian”. December 5, 2003 The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers votes to merge their union with the

December 1, 1824 The Montreal “Gazette” prints an editorial calling for the construction of a railway to link Lake Champlain with the St. Lawrence River. This line was eventually built, the

November 30, 1871 The Toronto, Simcoe & Muskoka Junction Railway opens from Barrie to Orillia ON. CNR will abandon the line in September 1996. Mark Tomlonson

The background pix this AM, is 3 CN units on a bridge. I'm guessing the bridge is at Paris. Any other thoughts or guesses. Doug Renshaw Burlington, ON.

ahh. thanks!

Lol, no man. "Crown Corporation" refers to the Federal Government; Who once upon a time had to get approval for many things from the Queen. ________________ Drew Bunn Burlington,

is Crown Transportation the same company who does the Triple Crown trains down in the States eh? [email protected]> wrote:

November 28, 1928 Canadian National diesel-electric #9000 makes its initial test runs on the railroad. November 28, 1995 Canadian National Railway is privatized, no longer a Crown Corporation. Mark

Ah, thanks. From Wiki: "... there was a mainline railway that passed just south of the selected site." EricF

Hello Eric I found this on Wikipedia. [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algonquin_Radio_Observatory | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algonquin_Radio_Observatory ] Fred Eldridge To: "C-N-R"

In August 1967, my family, including a teenaged me, rode a passenger train from New Westminster, via Jasper, to our new home in Ottawa. I feel I have a memory of seeing a radio telescope in Algonquin

November 24, 1995 The last Canadian National transcontinental freight train runs through Algonquin Park. November 25, 1955 Segregation by race on U.S. interstate trains and buses is prohibited,

November 23, 1990 The last rail is removed from Newfoundland Island. Revenue service had quit about two years earlier. Mark Tomlonson

Consecutively numbered GP9s on CN 500 in the Port of Montreal on Tuesday afternoon. https://www.railpictures.net/photo/845588/ Michael Berry