Canadian Pacific

 

This page will cover the rather scenic line from Montreal to Ottawa.  While the CN line runs mostly in the province of Ontario, the CP stays on the Quebec side of the river.  A mostly single track line, the line features some classic wooden CP stations.

cp8119SteTherese.jpg (72746 bytes)  cp1808SteTherese.jpg (75948 bytes)  Just north of Montreal is Ste. Therese, site of a major automobile manufacturing plant.

cpSteTherese.jpg (72287 bytes)  A beautiful wooden depot at Ste. Therese.

cpLachutePQ.jpg (89397 bytes)  Brown brick station at Lachute, PQ.

cpmarelanPQ.jpg (70367 bytes)  A 1950's 'modern' square box depot at Marelan.  Note the old order board post.

cpCalumetPQ.jpg (84696 bytes)  cpCalumet2.jpg (84501 bytes)  Calumet, PQ in old CP maroon and cream paint.

cpmontebello.jpg (79812 bytes)   cpmontebello2.jpg (66920 bytes)   Looking much like a hunting lodge, Montebello, PQ.

cpThursoPQ.jpg (52686 bytes)  Back to the square brick box at Thurso.

cpMasson-BuckinghamJct.jpg (67982 bytes)  Masson-Buckingham Jct.

cpHullPQ.jpg (71897 bytes)  Located across the river from Ottawa is the the town of Hull, PQ.

cp1828Ottawa.jpg (77656 bytes)  1828 and two other RS-18's sit at the modest terminal in Ottawa.

All of the above photos were taken on October 5, 1987.

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