Canadian Pacific Railway news, March to November 1974

Photos: GO train consist at Montreal West, proto-LRC at Westmount, 136 and 1057 running to Owen Sound. 

Over the western mountains 'high-speed grain trains' were operating with two units mid-train. 

To the east, seven units were whisking 282 grain cars from Moose Jaw to Thunder Bay in 43 hours.

Canadian Pacific Railway News, April 1974, November 1976

++ Old ships of the Great Lakes Service ++

After posting, Jim Christie found a series of excellent primary references regarding these ships.

One of the last redcaps in and out of Windsor Station. 

The Speno and track geometry car at Morant's ... photographed by Morant. The Sperry at Mount Stephen.

from: CP Rail News, 24 April 1974.

from: CP Rail News, 24 April 1974.

from: CP Rail News, 3 November 1976.

from: CP Rail News, 3 November 1976.

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Here are a few articles on the CPR Great Lakes fleet which Jim Christie found after posting.

The last page of shipping information was so good that I am reproducing the whole page.

The 1906 October storm and superstructure icing account affecting the Athabasca occurred a month earlier in the season than the 1885 wreck of the Algoma. 

from: The Mechanical Engineer, 18 Aug 1883, Hathi Trust, Jim Christie.

from: The Mechanical Engineer, 28 June 1884, Hathi Trust, Jim Christie.

from: The Quebec Chronicle, 11 Oct 1906, BANQ, Jim Christie.

from: Montreal Herald, 26 May 1890, BANQ, Jim Christie.