This local pamphlet is a 3 inch x 6 inch accordion which opens to provide a 26 inch double-sided strip of timetables. It is a no-frills timetable mostly for people who know where they are going. I have included a map from a 1944 system timetable in a couple of spots to show all the lines mentioned.
To acquire items in which he was interested, LC Gagnon would sometimes correspond with John Welsh of Dorval, whose name had appeared in the CHRA's Canadian Rail publication. I think this timetable came from Mr Welsh.
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| from: The Canadian National Railways Story; Patrick C Dorin; 1975; Superior Publishing. |
This train seems to be just out of the tunnel and northbound, so the location is probably Mount Royal.
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| from: 1944 CNR Public Timetable |
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| Undated, unused postcard. |
You can see the Victoria Bridge to the south shore of Montreal near the right horizon.
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| from: The Canadian National Railways Story; Patrick C Dorin; 1975, Superior Publishing. |
In April 1958, one of the ex-Grand Trunk Forneys is leading a commuter consist east from Dorval.
Around this time, the CNR was in the process of relocating its ex-Grand Trunk main line from the centre of Lachine.
The 1955 timetable (Table 7, above) shows trains still operating along what would become Victoria Street in Lachine.
The CPR Dorval station is seen at the right.
Because the reference marks for tables 6-11 straddle individual timetables,
I have inserted them, intact, in a couple of places.
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| from: 1944 CNR Public Timetable |
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| Undated, unused postcard. |
Ski trains, often using 'antique' rolling stock, added to CNR and CPR passenger revenues during the winter months - particularly after World War 2.
In the timetables above, they are Saturday and Sunday trains with a Maltese Cross by the train number.
During the summer, cottagers and tourists also kept some of the Laurentian lines busy - until the road system was better developed.