B#-257-3 Canadian Pacific Passenger Trains-Montreal-Maine-Saint John-Halifax

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From: Donald Scott (by way of PBowers <57era@xxxxxxxx>)
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Subject: [AtlanticRails] B#-257-3 Canadian Pacific Passenger
Trains-Montreal-Maine-Saint John-Halifax

Continued From Part # 1 and # 2
Part # 3

Former Canadian Pacific Railway Passenger Services-Montreal-via State of
Maine-Saint John-Halifax:
Remarks: Symbol * Denotes CPR Steam In Tuscan Red-Grey-Black-Gold Paint
Scheme.

Back to World War # 2 equipment handling CPR troop trains Eastbound
Montreal-Saint John-then continuing onward via CN to Moncton-Halifax.

Head-end equipment:
Wood-steel underframe express-refers: 5500, 5600 & 5700 series
Heavy-weight arch roof baggage or express- 4300's, 4400 series(Commonwealth
Trucks)
Wood-steel underframe Fruit-Express (forget number series)Almost flat roof.
Passenger Equipment:
2700 series, 2800 series
Heavy-weight Dining cars of "W" series and others series
Sleeping cars-various including "Arch Roof "Grand" series
heavy-weights.-Single room sleepers (Officers)
"Glen" series Compartment sleepers(Non-Commissioned & Officers)

After the War-westbound movements-about the same series of cars with the
exception of rebuild during the 1940's dining cars "Blomindon" and "Bear
River" rebuilt for the CP's Dominion Atlantic Railway in Nova
Scotia-assigned to westbound Military movements. The Bear River was a
proto-type for Post-War dining cars(A beautiful car inside blue ceiling
with silver stars-aboard this car in Moncton) Coach yard in Moncton during
War years and afterwards bringing trrops back home packed with CPR
passenger equipment.

From 1947 for a number of years eastbound CPR dead-head passenger cars in

Moncton coach yard-to go east to pick up passengers on westbound CP
"Empress" arrivals for Liverpool-streamlined light-weight express & baggage
cars; wood-steel underframe express refers of 5500 5600 and 5700 series;
streamlined light-weight "Deluxe" coaches of 2100 series, heavy-weight
dining cars, "Glen" series sleepers plus other-end of train "Mount" series
or "Cape" series, or "Fort" series Buffet-Parlor Solarium sleepers. Likely
missed the the "Georgian Bay", and its two other counterparts which were
similiar to the Cape or Mount series cars.

During the war years the "Glen" and "Grand" series cars was about the only
years these cars could be observed east of Montreal

From 1947 on until the 1960's "Empress" liner boat trains could be found

running Montreal-Saint John & return with the same equipment except the
"Grand" series. Also rebuilt "R" series cars a common sight on CP boat
trains, "S", "N'", "T", "V" series sleepers etc; with 2100 seried "Deluxe"
coaches.

Canadian Pacific's "Beaverbrae" (2nd) an ex German ship given to CP by War
Reparations was assigned to immigrant & refugee passenger service from
Continental Europe-crrying 800 passengers called at West St. John during
the Winter in the late 1940's and 1950's-CPR running westbound boat trains
across Canada.

During the late 1940's and 1950's semi-streamlined 2-8-2's in 1952 engines
5424 and 5426 were assigned to "Empress" boat trains between Montreal &
Saint John and return. Pure express trains ran on this route traffic to and
from CP "Empresses".

In 1950 the 26,500 ton "Empress of Scotland"(2nd) ex Empress of Japan(2nd)
from the Pacific Fleet called at Halifax westbound from Liverpool enroute
to New York to originate CP's West Indies-South America winter cruise
season. Again CPR special boat trains would operate to Montreal via Saint
John and the CPR route.

To Be Continued.
Don Scott-Coquitlam, B.C.

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