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[cr6479]

Before Conrail was split. I have seen CR using GT RR engines have they buy out GT RR?

[trainboyH16-44]

nope, the GT had some sort of relationship with the CN that I'm not quite clear about (I'm sure it's not a straight merger, as in 191x Canadian Northern merged with Grand Trunk Pacific to form modern day CN, and then later on GT was officially part of CN..or something)
what you saw was probably just some run-through or leased power.

[chad thomas]

Grand Trunk Western was the Canadian National's railroad in this country, mostly in Michigan. Not sure of the history of that though.

[PBenham]

QUOTE: Originally posted by chad thomas

Grand Trunk Western was the Canadian National's railroad in this country, mostly in Michigan. Not sure of the history of that though.

Since the Canadian government could not, by law, own a railroad in another country (i.e. the USofA) they had to create a "private" carrier, owned by Canadian National and other stockholders, provided the Canadian National didn't own over 50.1% of outstanding shares. Since the Grand Trunk went into the US in New England, that name was retained for the portion of the Montreal-Portland, ME line in the US. To avoid confusion, the Grand Trunk lines in Michigan, Indiana and Illinois were named Grand Trunk Western! In Minnesota, The Duluth Winnipeg & Pacific remained in existance to operate CN's lines there. A more obscure subsidiary of Grand Trunk, ran trackage in Buffalo's Black Rock section from the middle of the International Railway bridge, on into Mudville, USA (Buffalo NYSSR to those of you in Rio Linda!) until fairly recently.

[PBenham]

QUOTE: Originally posted by trainboyH16-44

nope, the GT had some sort of relationship with the CN that I'm not quite clear about (I'm sure it's not a straight merger, as in 191x Canadian Northern merged with Grand Trunk Pacific to form modern day CN, and then later on GT was officially part of CN..or something)
what you saw was probably just some run-through or leased power.

The merger you refer to took place in 1919.

[coborn35]

The Grand Trunk Railway (GTR) was a historic railway system which operated in the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario, as well as the U.S. states of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. The railway was operated from headquarters in Montreal, Quebec, however corporate headquarters were in London, United Kingdom.

The GTR had three important subsidiaries during its lifetime:

Central Vermont Railway which operated in Quebec, Vermont, Massachusetts and Connecticut.
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway which operated in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia.
Grand Trunk Western Railway which operated in Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois

The corporate name "Grand Trunk" remains in use by CNR (CN after 1960) to this day. CN operated the GTW as its primary U.S. subsidiary until privatization of CN in 1995. The GTW has been transformed into the modern-day holding company "Grand Trunk Corporation" under which CN has placed the assets of major U.S. post-privatization purchases, namely Illinois Central, Wisconsin Central, and Great Lakes Transportation.