This post takes a look at some branch line stations in Quebec, north of Montreal.
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My brother, Eric, found this nice public relations photo and printed it for my father's files.
Nice detail of the lower quadrant train order signal can be seen.
The watercolour painting of this station from a previous post may have come from the
Bank of Montreal calendar mentioned in the following article.
Back on a cold day in May 1963, here is a view of Arundel QC, looking north.
The station is in its original location.
... Three generations of Gagnons were on a trip to document some of the churches in my great-grandfather's pastoral charge. Below, very close to the location shown above, is Grace Anglican Church in Arundel.
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Lachute
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| from: Montreal Gazette; July 22, 2000; Article by Julian Armstrong. |
While some enclosed railway water tanks soldiered on as municipal water tanks at the end of steam, the former Canadian Northern water tank at Lachute had a different post-railway use. The Gazette article makes no other mention of this railway building.
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Carillon Dam Construction and CNR St Andrews East station
Above: Carillon Dam during construction in April 1961 seen from the Quebec side.
A special viewing stand was erected for visitors and it was cold and windy when this photo was taken.
The images above and below are from my father's Ektachrome slide snapshots which I joined together.
Carillon Dam during construction, August 1962 from the 'Ontario' side.
The article above is from CNR Magazine or Keeping Track (after the in-house magazine's name change).
In April 1963, with a VW Beetle full of Lachute-relative-visiting Gagnons, my father took this snapshot of the station. Notice the track bolts lubricated by track forces, the lower quadrant semaphore and the station 'conveniences' behind.
Later, in April 1970 - probably not rushed by family considerations - professional photographer Stan Styles took this more traditional 3/4 view. Notice the apparent 'upgrades' to the property. A switchlock-secured box for the after-hours exchange of waybills and other company documents can be seen below the Railway Act-mandated passenger train schedule blackboard.