Canadian National Railways

Niagara St.Catharines and Toronto

All photographs: Joseph Testagrose Collection unless otherwise credited.

City car 322 and car behind both displaying signals for "section following" as they head to the famous Lakside amusement park in Port Dalhousie. July 13, 1946 W C Bailey/Bud Laws Collection

NS&T 14 with freight train. 40-ton GE 1914 Car 130 on excursion sits in coal yard siding.
Grantham District line St.Catharines 7/04/1953 Jim Shuman

Note the poleman who has to manually change the pole from one wire to another when switching tracks.

NS&T 15 along with work equipment including sweeper 23 and line car in the freight yard. 50-ton NS&T 1925
St.Catharines 7/04/1953 Jim Shuman

NS&T 17 acq.1926 (ex HEPC Queenston E-9) 400 hp 50-ton NSC 1918 Transferred 1960 to Oshawa Ry.
Welland Avenue shop, St.Catharines 6/26/1957
T.H.Desnoyes/Krambles-Peterson Archive/Joseph Testagrose Collection

NS&T 41 acq. 1927 (ex Cleveland, Painesville & Ashtabula 60) Express car in
Welland Avenue Yard, St.Catharines, Ontario. 8/16/1956 Eugene Van Dusen
Note the single red flag marker, a NS&T standard practice.

NS&T 63 southbound to Port Colborne acq. 1915 (ex London & Lake Erie) 54 seats 50'7" 30-ton Niles 1912
Swing bridge Welland Canal #1 and #2. 7/07/1946 Jim Shuman/Joseph Testagrose Collection

Express car 82 (NS&T 1925) converted 1956 from coach.
Welland Avenue Yard, St.Catharines, Ontario. 8/16/1956 Eugene Van Dusen

NS&T 83 in old colours (1939-1955). Note destination sign Niagara Falls New York.
Note too the Yellow Coach CNT bus. St.Catharines 7/04/1953 Jim Shuman

Interurban car 83 (NS&T 1925) on the photogenic Martindale Trestle, Port Dalhousie line.
7/1958 Eugene Van Dusen

Car 83 running extra past Lake Gibson. 7/4/1958 Eugene Van Dusen

Car 83 on Elm Street at Killaly Street West, Port Colborne. 7/5/1958 Eugene Van Dusen

City car 100 in Niagara Falls. Brill 1912. Summer 1946 Eugene Van Dusen

Classic wooden interurban car 130 (Preston Car & Coach 1914) crossing trestle in a most picturesque scene near Welland.
7/4/1953 Wm.Janssen

NOTE: This car was preserved at Rail City, a very early tourist railway in New York state.
Unfortunately it deteriorated from neglect and was scrapped. No NS&T equipment exists.

Combine 132 (64 seats 50' 0" 38-tons Preston 1914) trails another interurban car on
Victoria Ave. at Roberts St. in Niagara Falls. 7/07/1946 Jim Shuman

Note: Cars 132, 133 and 134 had a door on one side only.

City car 303 44 seats 42' 6" 16-tons Cincinnati/NS&T 1926 Dispatcher's booth at right.
Lakeside Park, Port Dalhousie 11/25/1948 Jim Shuman

NS&T 620 transferred 1956 ex M&SC 620, 1939 nee WE&LS 500) 50 seats 51' 2" 34 tons Ottawa Car 1930
Leaving Elm Street, Port Colborne 7/25/1957 George Krambles/

Radial car 623 (1956 ex M&SC 623, 1939 nee WE&LS 503) crossing a diamond. Ottawa Car 1930

Car 623 running extra (likely a railfan excursion) in Port Colborne. R.R.Andrews

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