Various Photos Of Trains #18 and #19

Recently I made a new friend on the Internet who has graciously emailed me more pictures of Trains #18 and #19 to share here. These pictures are fantastic and you are about to see them here. With Thanks to David and Pat Othen from "Canadian Train Photographs". I have just started to surf this website and it is worth the visit and there is now a link on this blog for it. "Dr John" this site is for you, can I suggest you make it your link of the day?

Enjoy the pictures ~ Thank you Pat and David for allowing me to share them.

Train #18 ~ Truro Yard ~ August 1975

Train #18 is skirting Truro yard just after leaving Truro, Nova Scotia. Stops at Stellarton, New Glasgow, Antigonish, Harve Boucher, Port Hawkesbury, Orangedale (flag stop), Sydney Mines (flag stop), North Sydney and Sydney.

Train #18 ~ Truro, Nova Scotia ~ May 1978

Train #18 ready to leave Truro for Sydney, Train #14 The Ocean has already left for the last 60 miles to Halifax leaving Montreal the Evening before.

Train #19 ~ Truro Yard ~ July 1979

Train #19 is threading it's way through the Truro yard on it's way to Bible Hill to back down into the Truro Station to wait for Train #11 The Scotian from Halifax. The last three cars in Train #19 will be switched out and be marshaled into Train #11 to continue onto Montreal.

Train #11 - Train #19 ~ Truro Station ~ July 1979

Train #19 has already backed down from Bible Hill into Truro Station and three cars on right are about to be placed in the consist of Train #11 The Scotian from Halifax to continue onto Montreal.

Train #18 ~ New Glasgow, Nova Scotia ~ July 1973

Train #18 is arriving at the New Glasgow station. 10 minutes after it left Stellarton station. When Train #18 leaves New Glasgow for Antigonish and beyond to Sydney, the Conductor will lift the tickets from Passengers who boarded at both Stellarton and New Glasgow.

Train #18 ~ New Glasgow, Nova Scotia ~ July 1973

Train #18 is just leaving New Glasgow and in about 20 minutes will meet Train #19 at Edgerton or Piedmont. Visit "Cab Ride" to see Train #18 meeting Train #19.

Train #19 ~ Antigonish, Nova Scotia ~ May 1973

Train #19 ready to leave Antigonish with stops in New Glasgow, Stellarton and Truro. Train #19 met Train #18 at either Edgerton or Piedmont.

Train #18 ~ Antigonish, Nova Scotia ~ October 1975

This picture is just east of the station, Train #18 would have just left Antigonish bound for Sydney. Next stop for Train #18 would be Havre Boucher, last stop before crossing the Canso Strait and into Cape Breton.

Harve Boucher was a Divisional Point and the engine crew would change here with a new crew taking Train #18 onto Sydney. This locomotive crew would have taken Train #19 from Sydney earlier in the day. The Conductor and Trainman would travel the entire distance between Truro, Nova Scotia and Sydney, Nova Scotia.

Train #19 ~ Sydney, Nova Scotia ~ October 1975

Train #19 is ready to leave Sydney for Truro with connections with Train #11 The Scotian for Montreal and Train #12 The Scotian for Halifax. The folks in the last three cars of Train #19 were marshaled into the Consist of Train #11 and only had a 35 minute stay in Truro. Folks traveling onto Halifax had a 2 hour 40 minute stay in truro.

Train #19 ~ Grand Narrows Bridge ~ Iona Side of Barra Strait - October 1975

Train #19 has just crossed the Barra Strait on the Grand Narrows Bridge. This side of the bridge is Victoria County, across the strait is Cape Breton County at Grand Narrows. The Train is about to pass through the village of Iona. I can only imagine how cool it was this day the picture was taken standing next to the Bras d'or Lake with the fog rolling off the lake. To see a clearer picture of the area visit "Sydney Trip" ~ a trip Dad and I made in 1977.

Train #19 ~ Iona, Nova Scotia ~ October 1975

Train #19 has just crossed the Barra Strait of the Bras d'or Lake over the Grand Narrows Bridge and is continuing it's journey with possible flag stop at Orangedale. The car on the end appears to be a CNR Officials Business Car. No doubt someone from the Regional Head Quarters in Moncton, New Brunswick made a trip to Sydney and is heading back to Moncton. The official may have actually came out of Montreal.

Another theory it may have been a special charter and someone rented a business car from the CNR for this purpose. It they came for the Fall colors they won't see much with the fog. If anyone reading this post ever rode Train #18 or Train #19 will know that the most beautiful part of the trip was along the Bras d'or Lake, either on the Victoria County or the Cape Breton County side of the lake.

Till the next time.

All Aboard

"The Old Fart"