|
Railways of Southern Quebec Vol 2 by J Derek Booth w dust jacket
Railways of Southern Quebec Vol 2 by J Derek Booth
Hard Cover w/Dust jacket
168 pages
Copyright 1985
CONTENTS
A. List of Figures 4
B. List of Plates5
Chapter 1. The Waterloo and Magog Railway9
Railway Subsidization 11
The Huntington Mining Railway 13
Corporate Organization of the W&M16
Construction of the W&M18
Operation of the W&M22
The Atlantic and North-West Railway 25
Through Phifield Pass and Katevale Marsh 26
The Strategy of the Vermont Central 44
The Route of the CPR Short Line47
The Purchase of the W&M48
Construction of the Short Line 53
The Last Days54
The Roles of the W&M 56
The W&M and Magog58
The W&M and Lumbering 60
The W&M and Lake Memphremagog62
The W&M and Copper64
The W&M in Perspective65
Chapter 2. The Orford Mountain Railway 74
Introduction 75
Building Begins 76
The Middle Years78
Financial Crisis 83
The Canadian Pacific Railway and the OMR85
Abandonment 101
LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1. Huntington Mining Railway 1872 14
Figure 2. Southern Quebec Railways 1874 18
Figure 3. Waterloo and Magog Railway-Western Division 1877 22
Figure 4. Waterloo and Magog Railway-Eastern Division 188744
Figure 5. Waterloo and Magog Railway Relocation 188350
Figure 6. Canadian Pacific Railway Short Line 188852
Figure 7. Waterloo and Magog Railway- Freight and Passengers Carried 1878-1888 55
Figure 8. Revenue per Train Mile 1878-188856
Figure 9. Waterloo and Magog Railway- Revenues and Operating Expenses 1878-1888 59
Figure 10. Ratio of Revenues to Operating Expenses for Selected Railways61
Figure 11. Waterloo and Magog Railway-Train Mileage 1878-1888 63
Figure 12. Orford Mountain Railway 191074
Figure 13. Southern Quebec Railways 1916 102
Figure 14. Southern Quebec Railways 1980 140
Figure 15. Eastern Townships of Quebec 146
LIST OF PLATES
28a: View of the workings of the Huntington Copper Mine near Dillonton, Quebec, 1867. 286: View of a portion of the workings of the Huntington Copper Mine.
29: "A "shaft of the Huntington Copper Mine.
30a: Canadian Pacific station at Adamsville. Que., in 1914. This building was constructed in 1888.
30b: The original Canadian Pacific station at Eastman Junction (later Eastrayl, Que., in 1914. This building was constructed in 1888.
31a: The same station as at left, photographed in 1%6. In the interval, a second storey has been added.
31b: The building shown at left was replaced by this station, built in 1926. It was photographed just prior to its demolition in 1965.
32a: Mountain House Hotel at the foot of Owl's Head Mountain on Lake Memphremagog. Accessible by water, this was one of several hotels along the shores of Lake Memphremagog which were linked by railway and steamboat to Montreal and eastern American centres.
32b: Dining room of the Mountain House Hotel on Lake Memphremagog. c1887.
33: Mountain House Hotel on Lake Memphremagog with steamboat Mountain Maid at dock, c1887.
34a: The steamers Lady of the Lake and Anthemis on Lake Memphremagog, 1917.
34b: Steamboat Lady of the Lake at Perkins Landing on Lake Memphremagog, c1920.
35a: Canadian Pacific swing bridge and gateman's hut on the Richelieu River at St. Johns, Quebec. 1914.
35b: Canadian Pacific station at South Stukely, Que., in 1914. This building dated from 1888.
36a: Unidentified Central Vermont locomotive at Magog. Quebec, on the Waterloo and Magog Railway, c1880.
36b: Canadian Pacific trestle at Eastman. Quebec, after its collapse in 1888.
37a: Spur track leading into the Cherry River swamp near Magog. Quebec. marks the line of the Waterloo and Magog Railway through this natural obstacle.
37b: By the early years of the twentieth century all that remained of the Waterloo and Magog Railway's roadbed around Orford Lake were scattered pilings from the extensive trestle which skirted the south side of the lake - seen to the left of the picnickers.
38a: Canadian Pacific agent's house at Lennoxville. Quebec, 1914.
38b: Canadian Pacific station at Lennoxville, Quebec, 1914. This structure was built in 1888.
39a: First Canadian Pacific Railway station building in Sherbrooke (formerly W&M station on Belvidere Street. c1900).
39b: The same station as below opposite, at Lennoxville. during demolition in 1980. Note the original horizontal ornamentation.
40a: Scene of the 1907 trestle collapse and wreck at Eastman, Quebec, on the Canadian Pacific Railway.
40b: Another view of the accident at Eastman. Quebec. November 1. 1907.
41a: Canadian Pacific work crew at the site of the repaired trestle at Eastman. Quebec. 1908.
41b: Building the cement footings for the Canadian Pacific Railway's steel trestle over the North Missisquoi River at Eastman, Quebec, 1912.
42a: Canadian Pacific station at John ville. Quebec, photographed in 1914, was built in 1908.
42b: Canadian Pacific station building at Bulwer. Quebec, 1914. It was constructed in 1906.
43a: Canadian Pacific station at Bury, Que.. in 1914. This was built by the former International Ry. Co. in 1886.
43b: Canadian Pacific water standpipe and station building at Cookshire. Que., the junction point with the Maine Central Railroad, in 1914.
28a: View of the workings of the Huntington Copper Mine near Dillonton, Quebec, 1867. 286: View of a portion of the workings of the Huntington Copper Mine.
29: "A "shaft of the Huntington Copper Mine.
30a: Canadian Pacific station at Adamsville. Que., in 1914. This building was constructed in 1888.
30b: The original Canadian Pacific station at Eastman Junction (later Eastrayl, Que., in 1914. This building was constructed in 1888.
31a: The same station as at left, photographed in 1%6. In the interval, a second storey has been added.
31b: The building shown at left was replaced by this station, built in 1926. It was photographed just prior to its demolition in 1965.
32a: Mountain House Hotel at the foot of Owl's Head Mountain on Lake Memphremagog. Accessible by water, this was one of several hotels along the shores of Lake Memphremagog which were linked by railway and steamboat to Montreal and eastern American centres.
32b: Dining room of the Mountain House Hotel on Lake Memphremagog. c1887.
33: Mountain House Hotel on Lake Memphremagog with steamboat Mountain Maid at dock, c1887.
34a: The steamers Lady of the Lake and Anthemis on Lake Memphremagog, 1917.
34b: Steamboat Lady of the Lake at Perkins Landing on Lake Memphremagog, c1920.
35a: Canadian Pacific swing bridge and gateman's hut on the Richelieu River at St. Johns, Quebec. 1914.
35b: Canadian Pacific station at South Stukely, Que., in 1914. This building dated from 1888.
36a: Unidentified Central Vermont locomotive at Magog. Quebec, on the Waterloo and Magog Railway, c1880.
36b: Canadian Pacific trestle at Eastman. Quebec, after its collapse in 1888.
37a: Spur track leading into the Cherry River swamp near Magog. Quebec. marks the line of the Waterloo and Magog Railway through this natural obstacle.
37b: By the early years of the twentieth century all that remained of the Waterloo and Magog Railway's roadbed around Orford Lake were scattered pilings from the extensive trestle which skirted the south side of the lake - seen to the left of the picnickers.
38a: Canadian Pacific agent's house at Lennoxville. Quebec, 1914.
38b: Canadian Pacific station at Lennoxville, Quebec, 1914. This structure was built in 1888.
39a: First Canadian Pacific Railway station building in Sherbrooke (formerly W&M station on Belvidere Street. c1900).
39b: The same station as below opposite, at Lennoxville. during demolition in 1980. Note the original horizontal ornamentation.
40a: Scene of the 1907 trestle collapse and wreck at Eastman, Quebec, on the Canadian Pacific Railway.
40b: Another view of the accident at Eastman. Quebec. November 1. 1907.
41a: Canadian Pacific work crew at the site of the repaired trestle at Eastman. Quebec. 1908.
41b: Building the cement footings for the Canadian Pacific Railway's steel trestle over the North Missisquoi River at Eastman, Quebec, 1912.
42a: Canadian Pacific station at John ville. Quebec, photographed in 1914, was built in 1908.
42b: Canadian Pacific station building at Bulwer. Quebec, 1914. It was constructed in 1906.
43a: Canadian Pacific station at Bury, Que.. in 1914. This was built by the former International Ry. Co. in 1886.
43b: Canadian Pacific water standpipe and station building at Cookshire. Que., the junction point with the Maine Central Railroad, in 1914.
66a: Canadian Pacific bridge over the St. Lawrence River between Lasalle and Caughnawaga. Quebec, 1914.
66b: Canadian Pacific station at Spring Hill, Quebec. photographed in 1914, was built by the former International Ry. Co. in 1879.
67a: Canadian Pacific station at Rock Forest, Quebec. built in 1888 was photographed in 1914. 6713: Canadian Pacific station at St. Johns, Quebec, 1914. This station was built in 1887.
68a: Canadian Pacific station and yards at Foster. Quebec, 1914. The main line to Montreal is to the left and the Drummondville Subdivision to the right. The station was built in 1910.
68b: Canadian Pacific station at Sherbrooke. Quebec. built in 1910, was photographed in 1914.
69a: Canadian Pacific station at Milan, Quebec. 1914. This station was built in 1901.
69b: Bridge and building crew renewing the platform at the Canadian Pacific station at Foster. Quebec. 1914.
70a: Canadian Pacific shelter at Orford Lake. Quebec. 1914, was built in 1911.
70b: Canadian Pacific station at West Shefford (now Bromont). Quebec. 1914. It was built in 1888.
71a: Canadian Pacific station at Magog. Quebec, on Lake Memphremagog. 1914. This building was constructed in 1890.
71b: Canadian Pacific station at Iberville. Quebec. 1914. Built in 1887, this station was replaced in 1929.
72a,b,c,d: Switch locks and keys from various railways in Quebec's Eastern Townships, including Canadian Pacific. Quebec Southern, United Counties. Grand Trunk, South Eastern. Quebec Central.
73a: Canadian Pacific locomotive No 342 (Can. 1879) with train near Cookshire, Que., about 1890. This locomotive, originally QMO&O Ry, No 26, and later North Shore Ry. No 12. came to the CPR in 1885.
73b: Canadian Pacific Railway station at Cookshire, Quebec. c1890.
86a: View of the lumber mills at Kingsbury. Quebec, on the Orford Mountain Railway. c1908.
86b: Derailment of Montreal & Atlantic locomotive No 17 (Rhode Island. 1880. formerly SER No. 17 Lucius Robinson) on the Orford Mountain Railway in December. 1905 at Lawrence's Siding near Kingsbury. Quebec.
87a: Bridge of the narrow gauge New Rockland Slate Quarry Company Railway over the St. Francis River at Corns. Quebec, 1891.
87b: Narrow gauge locomotive No. I New Rockland of the New Rockland Slate Quarry Railway c1895, built by Porter in 1886. Serial No 752, 0-4-2T, 6 x 10", 30" gauge. This railway operated between the slate quarries at New Rockland. Quebec. and Corns on the Grand Trunk Railway south of Richmond, Quebec, a distance of approximately four miles. Following a similar alignment to that of the Orford Mountain Railway between Kingsbury and Golden Bay, the NRSQR then crossed the St. Francis River to the east bank.
88a: Canadian Pacific (former Orford Mountain) station and turntable at Windsor Mills. Quebec.
88b: Orford Mountain locomotive No 3 (Baldwin 1879. formerly CP No. 147) and combination car at Eastman, Quebec. passing under the CPR trestle. Note that in this c1906 photo, the trestle had not yet been filled.
89a: Pile driver on construction work on the Canadian Pacific (Orford Mountain extension) near North Troy, Vermont, 1910.
89b: Construction gang on the Canadian Pacific (Orford Mountain extension) near North Troy, Vermont. 1910.
90a: Ballast train on the Canadian Pacific (Orford Mountain extension) near North Troy, Vermont, 1910.
90b: Orford Mountain steam shovel and ballast train at Bolton Centre. Quebec, c1907.
91a: Camp of an Italian construction crew working on the Orford Mountain Railway between Kingsbury and Windsor Mills. Quebec, c1905.
91b: Orford Mountain station at Windsor Mills. Quebec.
92a: The George Willard shoe last factory at McNeil's Crossing on the Orford Mountain Railway. This operation was typical of the many small-scale wood working industries in the region. Note the railway boxcar in the background on a spur from the OMR.
92b: Orford Mountain station at Eastman, Quebec. c1906.
93a: Orford Mountain locomotive and combination car at Valcourt. Quebec. c1906.
93b: Orford Mountain locomotive No 2 (Rhode Island. 1880. formerly SER No. 18) at Lawrenceville, Quebec, c.
94a: Orford Mountain station and train at Potton Springs, Quebec, May 24. 1905.
94b: Orford Mountain Railway pass issued to H.J. Paige. a locomotive engineer on the OMR.
95a: Orford Mountain locomotive second No 1 (formerly South Eastern Railway No 2 St. Francis) at Manson ville. Quebec. c1909.
95b: Orford Mountain Railway scene at Kingsbury. Quebec. c1898. The locomotive is one of the former narrow-gauge Kingston-built engines acquired by the South Eastern Railway from the Lake Champlain and St. Lawrence Junction Railway in 1881 and subsequently sold to the OMR - probably No 21 Bedford (Can. 1879).
96a: Potton Sulphur Springs Hotel. Potton Springs, Quebec.
96b: Orford Mountain locomotive No. 2 (Rhode Island 1880. formerly SER No 18) with excursion group at Bonnallie Lake (Stukely Lake). Quebec. c1910.
97a: 'Taking the waters" at Potton Sulphur Springs Hotel. c1909.
97b: The same locomotive. OMR No. 2 on an excursion train to Coney Island. Quebec. c1905.
98a: Canadian Pacific locomotive No 147 (Baldwin 1879) on the Orford Mountain Railway. C1907. It later became OMR. No 3.
98b: Canadian Pacific (formerly Orford Mountain Railway) station at Mansonville. Quebec. c1915.
99: Orford Mountain locomotive No 3 (Baldwin 1879, formerly CPR No 147) and crew near Bolton Centre. Quebec. c1909.
100a: Samuel Willard Foster 1827-1915.
100b: Train of the New Rockland Slate Quarry Railway between New Rockland and Corris. Quebec. c1895.
114a: Quebec Central station at East Angus, Quebec. 1969. This structure was built in 1912.
114b: Canadian National station at Chambly. Quebec. 1967.
115: Canadian Pacific class U2F 0-6-0 No. 6058. switching near the crossing gate control tower in Len.noxville, c1915.
116a: Canadian National station at Acton Vale. Quebec. 1979.
116b: Canadian National, (formerly Montreal Portland and Boston Railway) station at Fort Chambly, Quebec. 1967.
117: Canadian National station tower at Acton Vale. Quebec. 1979.
118a: Dominion Lime Company plant at Lime Ridge, Quebec. 1972.
118b: Engine house and turntable at Beecher Falls. Vermont (formerly Upper Coos Railroad-Maine Central Railway). 1969.
119: Canadian Pacific station and interlocking tower at lberville Junction. Que.. in 1914. at the level crossing with the Quebec. Montreal & Southern Railway. formerly United Counties Railway.
120a: Maine Central Railway locomotive No 126 (Rhode Island 1888) at Lime Ridge. Que., with a passenger train from Portland. Me., in 1900. This locomotive originally was Upper Coos & Hereford RI,. No 2. Stewartstown.
120b: Maine Central Railway locomotive second No 23 (Portland 1892) at Lime Ridge. Quebec. c1910.
121a: Visit of the Governor-General Earl Grey to Sherbrooke, Quebec. on September 10, 1907.
121b: Maine Central Railroad (Hereford Railway) station at Paquetteville. Quebec. c1902.
122a: Drummond County Railway bridge over the St. Francis River at Drummondville. Quebec. c1890.
122b: Stone abutments for the Drummond County Railway bridge over the Nicolet River near St. L. Quebec, c1888.
122c: Loading firewood on the Drummond County Railway, c1892.
123a: Drummond County Railway train on the completed trestle over the Nicolet River near St. L. Quebec. c1892.
123b: Drummond County Railway locomotive No. 3, c1893.
124a: International Railway locomotive No. 3 Tiger (Can. 1883) at Lennoxville. Quebec, c1880. In 1889, it became CPR second No 163 and was scrapped in 1898.
124b: Funeral train of E. W. Gibson. Canadian Pacific Railway locomotive engineman at Sherbrooke. Quebec. 1919.
125a: Philipsburg Railway and Quarry Companylocomotive at Central Vermont Railway station at Stan-bridge, Quebec. c1920.
125b: South Eastern/Montreal, Portland and Boston/Montreal and Southern Counties Railway station at Marieville. Quebec, with M&SC car 600, c1950.
126a: View of Valley Junction. Quebec. on the Quebec Central in the valley of the ChaudiRiver.
126b: Quebec Central Railway's station at English Lake. later Lac Fronti. Quebec. built in 1915.
127a: Quebec Central station at Valley Junction (later Vallee Jonction). Quebec.
127b: View of the Quebec Central Railway's facilities at Rock Island. Quebec.
128: View of the paper mill of the Royal Paper Mills Company at East Angus. Quebec. on the Quebec Central Railway, c1896.
129a: Floating pulp logs on the St. Francis River.
129b: Later view of the pulp and paper mills at East Angus. Quebec on the Quebec Central.
130a: Wooden trestle of the Hereford Railway over Sawyer Brook near Sawyerville, Quebec soon after its completion. c1888.
130b: Maine Central Railroad locomotive No 66 (Portland 1879) on the Hereford Railway. c1888.
131a: Maine Central Railroad steam shovel No. 3 on construction work for the Hereford Railway. c1888.
131b: Section gang on the Hereford Railway. c1889.
132a: Lake Champlain and St. Lawrence Junction Railway coach and locomotive. c1880.
132b: First train of the Lotbiniand MRailway upon its arrival at Deschaillons. Quebec. November 1894. Locomotive No. 2 formerly of the Grand Trunk Railway and masquerade ball party of the Club Deschaillons.
133a: Quebec Montreal and Southern Railway locomotive No. 105 and United Counties Railway locomotive No 2 a Sorel. Quebec. c1908.
133b: Loading ballast for construction work on the Hereford Railway c1888 with Maine Central Railroad locomotive No 66 (Portland 1879) and Upper Coos Railroad rolling stock.
134: Construction work on the Montreal and Southern Counties Railway electrification of the line at St. C. Quebec. January 23, 1914.
135a: Central Vermont yards at St. C. Quebec. c1913.
135b: Central Vermont (originally South Eastern) station and engine house at St. C. Quebec, August 15, 1913.
136a: Quebec Southern Railway locomotive No 104 and train at Pierreville. Quebec. October. 1906.
136b: Quebec Montreal and Southern Railway self-propelled gas-mechanical passenger car. built by Ledoux-Jennings. Montreal.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Railways of Southern Quebec (Volume II) continues the examination begun in Volume I of aspects of railway construction in southern Quebec through the latter nineteenth century and up to the completion of the railway network by 1916.
The Waterloo and Magog Railway is representative of the locally-sponsored and funded branch line so typical of early railway enterprise in Eastern Canada. Its early years of operation mirror the difficulties of railway entrepreneurs in seeking to build lines in areas of sparse traffic and small financial resources. where the railway was nevertheless seen as a sine qua non for regional economic growth.
The history of the latter years of the Waterloo and Magog sheds light on the practice of speculative construction of railways, and on the nature of inter-line rivalries for the control of bridge-line traffic passing through the central part of the Eastern Townships of southern Quebec.
The Orford Mountain Railway epitomizes yet another of the principal functional types of railway found in Canada - the resource railway. Relying for most of its freight revenue on mineral and forest products, the Orford Mountain Railway's history reflects the fluctuations in resource production in its hinterland, both during the period of independent operation, and after its integration into the Canadian Pacific Railway system.
A concluding chapter outlines the salient points of corporate history of many of the small railway companies whose lines combined to give southern Quebec one of the densest railway networks in Canada.
Railways of Southern Quebec (Volume II) includes 125 photographs and 15 maps. It is fully referenced and indexed. It also provides a selected bibliography of pertinent railway and historical sources.
All pictures are of the actual item. If this is a railroad item, this material is obsolete and no longer in use by the railroad. Please email with questions. Publishers of Train Shed Cyclopedias and Stephans Railroad Directories. Large inventory of railroad books and magazines. Thank you for buying from us.
Shipping charges
Postage rates quoted are for shipments to the US only. Ebay Global shipping charges are shown. These items are shipped to Kentucky and then ebay ships them to you. Ebay collects the shipping and customs / import fees. For direct postage rates to these countries, send me an email. Shipping to Canada and other countries varies by weight.
Payment options
Payment must be received within 10 days. Paypal is accepted.
Terms and conditions
All sales are final. Returns accepted if item is not as described. Contact us first. No warranty is stated or implied. Please e-mail us with any questions before bidding.
Thanks for looking at our items.
|