I was in a small park area next to the yard access road shooting over a chest high chain fence. A railway employee came out and started yammering at me in French. When I indicated I didn't parlez Francais, he left. About 20 minutes later an anglophone came and explained that, while they were NOT happy with my filming, there was nothing they could do about it since I was not on railway property. I checked the spot recently on Google Street view, and the access to that park plot is now closed off with a high chain fence and gate, and no longer is maintained with lots of rubbish and high weeds.

Part 2 coming soon.

That was a dynamometer car used for locomotive testing.

Yes, considered and rejected. I have a friend in the business who says it's a declining market. Also, too much paperwork involved with selling things. Feel free to download and burn your own DVD.

That was due to the hot weather. By then they were not getting the best maintenance and tended to overheat.

Yes, the big power consist was a weekend balancing move. It was quite hot the weekend of my visit and the hood doors were open to help cool the engine compartmentsp. The Alcos tended to overheat with all the hard pulls. When that 7 unit consist pulled into Sherbrooke the bells were ringing, half the units had low water alarms going off. A fitter was on hand to top them off.

CP essentially traded the Maritimes/Quebec route for the D&H to gain access to Atlantic ports. New York and Philadelphia can handle much larger shipping than St John and without the issue of tides. In the long run the choice was moot as the bulk of the D&H proved unprofitable even with double stacks and operating economies. They sold south of Albany to NS.

Ive been to Muskoka area once. We flew over C.P. freight as it worked through the woods. Engineer waved at us. Amazing place, being from California. Blew me away , the beauty.

CP has returned to east of Montreal

See my CN CP VIA Toronto to Port Hope video for Toronto footage. There is one scene outside Sudbury in my North Bay to the Soo video. The other locations, sorry I didn't get there.

Back when I did these trips my only info was the Quebec provincial map that showed the roads and railroads. I would recommend following the route virtually on Google Earth and Streetview to see what shots are still possible, as many of the locations may have grown shut in the intervening 30 years, especially since vegetation management on the line was probably a casualty of the low budget operators after CP. Also, back in CP days train speeds were in the 30 to 40 MPH range which made chasing just within the range of possibility. If train speeds get any faster, you're out of luck.

Are you the same guy who's footage was used in Montreal's Machine's The Last Stand Of The 251?

@@9751asd nope, sorry, that wasn't me. I have the DVD, though.

Sorry for the late reply. I use a Sony Digital 8 camera (backwards compatible with 8 and hi8 tapes) with firewire input to Pinnacle Studio 9 for capturing. Editing done on Studio 15.

Yes, CP got the line to Newport VT when they repurchased the line across Quebec into Maine.

Airchime Ltd. M3. It sounds a different chord than a US Nathan M3. Also it is a bit out of tune.

The locomotives seen in the video are log gone, 25 years or more, but CP recently reacquired this line after a succession of regional railways operated it with mixed success. CN has a much bigger presence in Quebec than CP.

A locomotive in the video was bought and still ran, also CP retired those things in 2006 I think

The pixellation is an artifact of the upload process. Not sure how to fix it. The original is fine.

Agreed!