Trip Report:
CPR Facilities, Westmount Station and Glen Yard,
May 27, 1956

By Don Scott, Coquitlam, BC

[ An * denotes CPR steam in tuscan red-grey-gold-black paint scheme. ]

CPR Station:
"Frontenac" to Quebec City (CP/CN Pool train) F-7A #1404 and F-7B #1909; "Dominion" from Vancouver F-7A #1407 and F-7B #1901; semi-streamlined heavy 4-6-2 #2416 commuter from Rigaud; MLW/Alco S-3 yard engine #6523 with four coaches from Montreal West coach yard.

Locomotives inside roundhouse at 1100, in order:
Modern light 4-6-2 #1219; CN 4-8-4 #6214--power for afternoon International Limited from Windsor Station to Toronto and Chicago--CN/CP pool as far as Toronto--CN/CP equipment; modern light 4-6-2 #1201; semi-streamlined heavy 4-6-2 *#2402; modern light 4-6-2 #1253; light 4-6-2 #2508 in shop; streamlined 4-6-4 Royal Hudson *#2822; streamlined 4-4-4 Jubilee *#3004; semi-streamlined heavy 4-6-2 *#2472; streamlined 4-6-4 Royal Hudson *#2824; stremlined 4-4-4 Jubilee *#3003; 4-6-4 Hudson *#2811; F-7A #1406 and #1403; MLW/Alco switcher S-2 #7087; MLW/Alco F-2A #4096; Boston & Maine E-7 #3800; MLW/Alco F-2B #4463.

Power outside roundhouse:
MLW/Alco F-2A #4094; Delaware & Hudson Alco RS-3s #4022 and #4023.

Back at Westmount Station:

F-7A's #1401 and #1427; D&H Alco RS-3 #4024; modern light 4-6-2 #1268; Dayliners from Quebec City: RDC-1s #9057 and #9053, RDC-3 #9023; "The Sudbury" from Sudbury, Ont:MLW/Alcos RS-10s #8568 and #8567 (Royal Hudsons gone from this run)--total 11 cars; modern light 4-6-2 #1268 came through on train #39 from Megantic with 7 cars; modern light 4-6-2 #1219 outbound commuter to Rigaud; "Canadian" westbound to Vancouver F-7A #1408 and F-7B #1914; streamlined 4-6-4 Royal Hudson *#2858 from Ottawa; modern light 4-6-2 #1268 train #40 to Megantic; streamlined 4-4-4 Jubilee*#3003 to Quebec City with 5 cars; semi-streamlined heavy 4-6-2 *#2472 to Ottawa; modern light 4-6-2 #1219 commuter from Rigaud with 5 car;  "Frontenac" from Quebec City 4-6-4 Hudson *#2811 and 11 cars.

Roundhouse Yard at 1800:
Streamlined 4-6-4 Royal Hudson *#2822; yard engine 2-8-0 #3642; streamlined 4-6-4 Royal Hudson *#2824; MLW/Alcos RS-10s #8566 and #8567; MLW/Alcos F-2A #4094, F-2B #4463 and F-2A #4096 (last 3 MLW's power for eastbound Atlantic Limited for Saint John, NB); westbound "Dominion" to Vancouver F-7A #1416, F-7B #1913 with total 13 cars; streamlined 4-6-4 Royal Hudson *#2826 from Ottawa; Delaware & Hudson "Laurentian" from New York with D&H Alco RS-3 #4023 and 7 cars; "Red Wing" overnight to Boston with B&M E-7 #3800 and CP and Boston & Maine equipment; modern light 4-6-2 #1261 commuter from Rigaud with 7 cars; New York Central Alco RS-3 #8250; MLW/Alco RS-10 #8464 local from Toronto; MLW/Alcos RS-10s #8466 and #8467 on "The Sudbury" to Sudbury, Ont.

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