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*Symbol denotes CPR steam locomotives in tuscan red-grey-black-gold
paint scheme.
West Saint John, N.B.-February 8, 1951(Had travelled the other railway
Moncton-Saint John)
Bay Shore Yard-and roundhouse:
Locomotives inside roundhouse-afternoon: Light modern 4-6-2 1256, light
4-6-2's 2604, 2627, 2504, heavy semi-streamlined 4-6-2's *2397, *2402,
2-8-2's 5303, 5319, 5328, 5239, 0-8-0 yard engines: 6925, 6928, heavy
6600, 2-8-0 yard engines: 3682, 3744, 3738.
Remarks: Light modern 4-6-2 1256 assigned to Saint John-Boston "Gull"
passenger service as far as Vanceboro, Maine. CP power backs six miles
to McAdam, N.B. Same applies next morning CP power for "Gull" backs to
Vanceboro, Maine. At Vanceboro, Maine ,Maine Central Railroad E-7 takes
over to Portland, then Boston & Maine to North Station at Boston.
Locomotives in roundhouse *2397 and *2402 assigned Montreal trains.
Locomotive *2397 will go westbound at 1700 on train #41 "Atlantic
Limited" as far as McAdam, while *2402 will take out westbound Montreal
train #39 at 2000 as far as McAdam, N.B. 4-6-2 1256 will depart Saint
John Union Station on the westbound "Gull" to Boston at 2030.
Three other light 4-6-2's in roundhouse either 2604, 2627 or 2504 will
take out the Fredericton local at 1745 for Fredericton.
Heavy semi-streamlined 4-6-2's-*2397 arrived at Saint John Union station
from Montreal on train #40 at 0645(put on at McAdam, while *2402 had
arrived at McAdam runthrough from Montreal on train #40 arriving at 0400
with a five hour layover before taking train #42 "Atlantic Limited" the
second eastbound shortly after 0900 to Saint John.
We boarded CP train #39 at 1930 for a 2000 departure-semi-streamlined
heavy 4-6-2 *2402 backed in from Bay Shore and coupled onto our train.
Soon a CP 2-8-0 3600 or 3700 class yard engine flew past the train shed
to couple on the end of our train as a helper or pusher to the Reversing
Falls Bridge, a stiff grade out of Saint John Union Station. Alongside
our train was the "Gull" for Boston, and light modern 4-6-2 1256 had
just backed in from Bay Shore and coupling to its train. The other
railway's train #13 had just pulled in from Moncton with a 4-8-2 6000
class-through cars from Halifax put on at Moncton including the through
Pullman Company sleeper Halifax-Boston. The CP 2-8-0 helper or pusher
after pushing our train out, would head back to Union Station and couple
onto the Boston train and follow the same proceedure. CPR's train #39
never departed until the CPR's Bay of Fundy Service "Princess Helene"
arrived from Digby, Nova Scotia with connecting passengers either to the
Montreal or Boston service-includes, express, mail, fish products etc.
Train #40 from Montreal arriving at 0645 also connected to the "Princess
Helene" for Nova Scotia. Trains #39 and #40 and the westbound "Gull"
connected with CP's Dominion Atlantic passenger trains at Digby(along
shipside) with train #95 Halifax-Windsor-Kentville-Digby-Yarmouth, and
train #98 eastbound. At 2000 train #39 departed Union Station being
assisted by a 2-8-0 on the hind end of the train. Union Station has two
eastbound deadend tracks, four through tracks all under the train shed,
and track #7 an outside of station track, also used by CP transfers to
reach Island Yard at East Saint John.
Enroute- Our train arrived 40 miles west at Fredericton Junction-a new
modern station. On the passenger track for Fredericton trains was
streamlined 4-4-4 Jubilee of *2920 series either* 2926 or *2929
connecting train for Fredericton, which also connected in the evenings
with the Edmundston-Aroostook-Woodstock-McAdam-Saint John passenger
whcih had just arrived going eastbound with light modern 4-6-2 1255. The
train for Fredericton also connected with the westbound Boston "Gull".
Next Stop McAdam, N.B., with a power change and additional cars added to
westbound #39.
To Be Continued.
Don Scott-Coquitlam, B.C.