Canadian Pacific Electric Lines operated in SW Ontario under the entities of 'Grand River Railroad' and also 'Lake Erie & Northern'. These served and connected smaller cities and towns and a large rural farming area, mostly tobacco. My secondary home town was along the LE&N in Simcoe. I have vivid memories, especially in summer and holidays. In addition to the CP Electric Lines the town was served by the CNR (2 Lines) CPR regular steam, Wabash, Pere Marquette and just a wee bit on the outskirts the NYC/CASO. It is hard to believe but absolutely nothing remains of all of this, including the beautiful station in Simcoe. All of it ripped up. Everyone's gone.
The LE&N stands out especially for me. It came through frequently, almost every hour on the hour, loading and unloading fresh farm produce , distinctly remember fresh eggs daily, newspapers, big milk containers, various dry goods and parcels, mail and of course people. It was our 'UPS' but more frequent, more interesting and something to behold. Lasted until '58 with passenger, a couple more years with freight. Once this generation of ours is gone no one will remember it. Books and Internet but that's not the real deal. It should not have been all lost in the first place.
Canadian Pacific Electric Lines
Grand River RailwayLake Erie & Northern Railway
GRR 862 length 64 feet seats 68 built Preston Car & Coach 1921Galt Old Time Trains Archives
Combine GRR 626 at Preston shop. 11/06/1949 Julian Bernard
GRR 842 handling express at Brantford on the way to Port Dover (sign in window) 4/29/1950 Julian Bernard
LE&N 955 Berner-Maguire/Joseph Testagrose Collection
GRR 622 express car at Brantford. Berner-Maguire/Joseph Testagrose Collection
Subsequent owner
LE&B 797 combine length 58' 6" seats 18 Built Preston C&C 12/1915Donated 8/1955 by CPR to Syracuse Chapter NRHS located at Rail City Museum, Sandy Pond (private railroad museum of Dr. Stanley Groman) Sandy Creek, NY. Relocated 8/1967 Seashore Trolley Museum, Kennebunkport, Maine.Acquired 7/1999 by OERHA/Halton County Radial Ry.
Note: This is the only CPEL piece of equipment preserved except for GRR locomotive 17 in Cornwall and LE&N M-6 1934 Ford truck line car at Halton County Radial Ry.
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Well I'm very sorry about that. Can't seem to delete it. What a mess.
Yeah that's quite a glitch the server handed you there sir. Can you try reposting in a new thread?
Trains, trains, wonderful trains. The more you get, the more you toot!
Yes good idea Penny. I cannot even copy my text, I'll have to write it down on paper, redo the whole thing.
Its like it went in a black hole or something like that and although it's 'there' it's staring at us from another dimension. Maybe your Daleks had a hand!!
They probably didn't like all the steps on those interurbans.
Not exactly Dalek-accessible...
Greetings from Alberta
-an Articulate Malcontent
Miningman Well I'm very sorry about that. Can't seem to delete it. What a mess.
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