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Cornwall Street Railway, Light and Power Company

The Cornwall Electric Street Ry. Co. Ltd.
Incorporated 1896 began operation in July.

Pitt Street route sign and original company name on car 10 built 1897 CGE Peterborough.
Charles DeRoche/Joseph Testagrose Collection

Box locomotive 26 pushing cars for snow clearing. Baldwin-Westinghouse 1899. Sold 1932 Courtaulds 26.
3/01/1900 Thomas LaFleur/Joseph Testagrose Collection

Car 35 waits as sweeper 1 clears a path across 2nd Street.
Two views 3/13/1949 John Knowles/Joseph Testagrose Collection

Sweeper 1 acquired 1947 ex Hull Electric 106 Ottawa Car 1918

Sweeper 1 clears track at carhouse. 3/13/1949 Allan Toohey/Joseph Testagrose Collection

Sweeper 2 acq. 1930 ex Kingston, Portsmouth & Cataraqui 2. Mc.Guire-Cummings 1897
Carhouse 7/19/1943 John Knowles/Joseph Testagrose Collection

Plow 4 home rebuilt 1930 ex locomotive 12 Baldwin-Westinghouse 1899
Charles DeRochie/Joseph Testagrose Collection

They didn't bother putting a number on it but this is track maintenance car 4.
Home rebuilt 1950 from car 31 acq. 1939 ex Northern Texas Traction Co. 31 St.Louis Car 1927
7/05/1970 Joseph Testagrose

Tower car 5 home rebuilt 1934. Charles DeRochie/Anthony Clegg Collection

Line maintenance car 5 home rebuilt 1952 car 29 acq. 1939 ex Northern Texas Traction Co. 29. St.Louis Car 1927

Ancient steeplecab locomotive 7. Built 1900 Montreal Street Ry. Sold 1902 Shawinigan Falls Terminal Ry. 1.
Sold 1912 NS&T 7. Acquired 1931. Sold 1946 Courtaulds. Retired (fire) November 1959.
Donated CRHA. Preserved at Exporail. Wm.Bailey/Anthony Clegg Collection

8:1st (caption missing)

First 11 ex NS&T 11 acq. 1928 at new carhouse. Another version of company name.
Omer Lavallee/Joseph Testagrose Collection

CSRL&P 15 (acq. 1928 ex New York City) a Birney safety car. Brill 1920 Carbarn 7/07/1948
Eugene Van Dusen/Joseph Testagrose Collection

CSRL&P 8 (acq. 1946 ex Aroostook Valley Ry 54) typical steeplecab electric locomotive. BLW-Westinghouse 1924
Cornwall 7/7/1959 Eugene Van Dusen/Joseph Testagrose Collection

CSRL&P 9 (acq. 1952 ex Niagara Junction 4) BLW-Westinghouse 1913
Cornwall 7/07/1959 Eugene Van Dusen/Joseph Testagrose Collection

11 (acq. 1950 ex Omaha Lincoln & Beatrice 2, nee Youngstown & Ohio River 7)
BLW-W 50-ton 53785 10/1920 Preserved 1972 Ohio Railway Museum

CSR 12 acq. 4/1948 ex Utah-Idaho Central 904, nee Ogden, Logan and Idaho 904.
Baldwin-Westinghouse 45657 1917 7/29/1970 Matt Herson

Note: This locomotive has been preserved at Shore Line Trolley Museum, East Haven, Connecticut.

 

 



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