CANADIAN PACIFIC LINES IN VERMONT
The Canadian Pacific operated 90 miles of route from Wells River through St. Johnsbury and Newport to Richford on the Canadian border. At times passenger locomotives went much further south on the Boston & Maine to White River Junction and even Springfield, MA.
Canadian Pacific 4-6-0's 1084 and 1066 with a Farnham, P.Q. to Newport , Vt. train September 20, 1935
Canadian Pacific 4-6-0's near Newport by J. P. Ahrens.
Canadian Pacific 4-6-0's near Newport, Vt. by J.P. Ahrens
Canadian Pacific 4-6-0's were often double headed on the Vermont line through Newport.
Canadian Pacific 4-6-0's with 1067 leading near Newport.
Canadian Pacific 4-6-0's triple-headed climbing the Newport, Vt. grade.
Triple header by H.W.Pontin; 4-6-0's were the main freight power of the Canadian Pacific in Vermont.
A different triple header. Photo by H.W.Pontin
The Newport Grade
Canadian Pacific 4-6-0 1072 northbound near Newport on August 27,1946 by J.P.Ahrens.
Canadian Pacific 4-6-0 1078 near Newport, Vt. on August 23, 1946 by J.P.Ahrens
Boston - Montreal "Alouette" by H.W.Pontin.
4-6-0 1062 meets the "Alouette" to Boston with 4-6-2 2210 at Barton, Vt. by Phillip R. Hastings.
Canadian Pacific 4-6-2 2583 with Train 213 near Newport August 6, 1940 by J.P.Ahrens.
Canadian Pacific 4-6-2 2211 by H.W.Pontin.
4-6-2 2584 on a southbound mixed train near St. Johnsbury, Vt. August 28, 1946 by J.P. Ahrens.
3525 at Woodsville on the B&M across from Wells River, Vt July 26, 1947 by Donald T. Hayward, Sr.
2218 at Woodsville July 26, 1947 by Donald T. Hayward, Sr.
2583 at the B&M roundhouse across the river from White River Jct. September 22, 1946 by Donald T. Hayward, Sr.
2596 at the New Haven engine terminal at Springfield, MA May 16, 1936. Donald T. Hayward, Sr.
CANADIAN PACIFIC LINES IN MAINE
The Canadian Pacific reached the Maritime Provinces by a 201 mile route across central Maine partly on Maine Central track. The Canadian pacific also operated about 35 miles of track around Presque Isle, Maine.
P2q 2-8-2 5413 with 47 cars has just arrived at McAdam, New Brunswick on the international border after having crossed Maine on June 17, 1959. The Mikado was built in 1940. Photo by Edward J. Ozog
D10h 4-6-0 1002 is leaving McAdam, New Brunswick on June 17, 1959 and will soon cross the international border into Maine.
Photo by Edward J. Ozog
Mikado 5453 is westbound along Moosehead Lake near Greenville Jct. on June 22, 1947 with an extra train of refugees from Europe. Photo by J.P. Ahrens
Pacific 2628 at Houlton, Maine in February 1960 at the end of the steam era. David Bartlett photo.
P2c 2-8-2 5339 with pay car 52 at Mattawamkeag, Maine in 1951.
Photo by paymaster and noted Canadian Pacific historian Omer Lavallee.
1049 at Presque Isle, Maine on July 22, 1952 with a way freight for Aroostook Jct., New Brunswick.