Greetings
I grew up on the Montreal Lakeshore CPR commuter line (plus CNR Lakeshore
service too for the first few years)and can of course easily confirm that
the CP line was there many, many years before the Toronto GO services.
As I have never had an original thought of my own, I?ll plagiarize from
?CANADIAN PACIFIC?s MONTREAL LAKESHORE COMMUTER SERVICES (Volume One)? by
Ronald S. Ritchie, Published by BRMNA in Calgary.
?In 1884 . . . the fledgling Canadian Pacific . . . inaugurated services
between Montreal as far west as Vaudreuil. By the early 1020's . . . the
idea of year-round residence outside the city was
beginning to take hold. At its peak . . . just before WW2, passengers had a
choice of ten suburban trains in each direction . . . (+) . . . plus another
7 long distance trains . . .?
The trains (about 13 a day) continue today, of course, operated by ?AGENCE
METROPOLITAINE DE TRANSPORT? and in 1999 were still using some 1954/55
vintage ex-CPR FP7A?s (nee-CPR 4040 + 4070 - 4075).
Andy in Windsor, ON
From: "Jason Monk" <jasonmonk@...>
I have some questions with regards to commuter operations past and
present.
I know that CP operated its own commuter rail in Montreal, but did
it ever do so before GO Transit started in Toronto?
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