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1 No. 537 JULY - AUGUST 2010 Publi tous les deux mois par l Association canadienne d histoire ferroviaireCanadian Pacific Electric Lines, Forster kemp Donation, Book ReviewsLignes lectriques du chemin de fer Canadien Pacifique, don de Forster kemp , critiques de livresCANADIAN RAILPUBLISHED BI-MONTHLY BY THE Canadian RAILROAD HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONISSN 0008-4875 Postal Permit No. 40066621 E SNTAE BEL ISDHNEDOF138 TABLE OF CONTENTSFRONT COVER: Colourful Grand River Railway car 864 leads the four car (864, 848, 937, 862) National Railway Historical Society s final excursion before discontinuation of interurban passenger service. The train is street running in Waterloo, Ontario on May 1, 1955.

2 These four cars were stored in Preston until they were eventually scrapped in 1956. CRHA Archives, Fonds Bailey : Preston & Berlin Railway car 61 posed at the Preston Car and Coach Company yards in 1910. The car was actually built by the Ottawa Car Company, possibly subcontracted out by Preston because of a heavy workload in 1910. Note the Royal Mail designation, the car was scrapped in COUVERTURE : La voiture no 864 est en t te d un convoi de quatre voitures (864, 848, 937 et 862) du color Grand River Railway. Le train roule dans les rues de Waterloo, Ontario, en ce 1er mai 1955. Les quatre voitures ont t par la suite entrepos es Preston jusqu leur d mant lement en 1956.

3 Archives ACHF, Fonds Bailey : Clich de la voiture no 61 de la Preston & Berlin dans la cour de la Preston Car and Coach Company en 1910. La compagnie tant submerg e de commandes cette ann e-l , la construction de la voiture fut confi e en sous-traitance la Ottawa Car Company. noter, l inscription Royal Mail . Le v hicule fut d mantel en re excursion de la National Railway Historical Society avant l abandon du service interurbain de passagers. Canadian Pacific Electric Lines, By Robert Sandusky.. 139 Forster kemp s Legacy, By Peter Murphy .. 146 Eleanor Nicholls 1913 1920 .. 153 Stan s Photo gallery, By Stan Smaill .. 154 Book Reviews.

4 167 Business Car.. 177 For your membership in the CRHA, which includes a subscription to Canadian Rail, write to: CRHA, 110 Rue St-Pierre, St. Constant, Que. J5A 1G7 Membership Dues for 2010: In Canada: $ (including all taxes) United States: $ in Countries: $ Canadian Rail is continually in need of news, stories, historical data, photos, maps and other material. Please send all contributions to Peter Murphy, X1-870 Lakeshore Road, Dorval, QC H9S 5X7, email: No payment can be made for contributions, but the contributor will be given credit for material submitted. Material will be returned to the contributor if requested.

5 Remember Knowledge is of little value unless it is shared with others .INTERIM CO-EDITORS: Peter Murphy, Douglas SmithASSOCIATE EDITOR (Motive Power):Hugues W. BoninFRENCH TRANSLATION: Denis Latour, Michel Lortie and Denis Valli resLAYOUT: Gary McMinnPRINTING: Impression ParagraphDISTRIBUTION: Joncas Postexperts CRHA may be reached at its web site: or by telephone at (450) 638-1522139 RAIL CANADIEN 537 JUILLET AO T 2010 History OverviewBy Robert J. Sandusky Canadian Pacific Electric Linescarry both passengers and freight and provide a connection with the Canadian Pacific Railway. It opened on July 26, 1894, connecting both the Grand Trunk and Canadian Pacific stations in Galt with name was changed to Galt, Preston and Hespeler Street Railway in 1895 and a branch to the latter town was opened in 1896.

6 The Preston and Berlin Railway was organized in 1894 and constructed between 1900 and 1902 in close affiliation with the GP& the latter half of the 19th Century the Grand River watershed contained several medium-sized towns and small cities based around both light and heavy manufacturing. Major railways such as the Great Western, Grand Trunk and Canadian Pacific were already present and eventually the prospects for Electric interurban traction looked favourable as well. The first such initiative of this type was the Galt and Preston Street Railway Co., organized in 1890 to Dignitaries pose beside double truck car 23 of the Galt and Preston Street Railway Company probably at the inauguration of service in 1894.

7 The initial roster of the company consisted of Ottawa built single truck car 22, double-truck combine 23, and three single truck open cars purchased second hand from Brooklyn, New York. These three cars were converted to trailers by Patterson & Corbin of St. Catharines before arriving at Galt. CRHA Archives, Fonds dignitaires sont photographi s ici, probablement le jour de l inauguration du service, pr s de la voiture interurbaine double bogie no23 de la Galt and Preston Street Railway Company. l origine, le parc de v hicules de cette compagnie comprenait la voiture no 22 bogie simple construite par la Ottawa Car, la voiture combin e no 23 double bogie et trois voitures bogie simple achet es d occasion Brooklyn, New York.

8 Ces trois derni res furent converties en remorques par la Patterson & Corbin de St. Catharines avant d tre livr es Galt. Archives ACHF, Fonds and Preston express motor 20 was built in 1895 and is pictured here as built in 1908. Hauling freight was important to the interurban system from its earliest days. CRHA Archives, Fonds motrice express Galt and Preston no 20 fut construite en 1895 et est ici photographi e en 1908 avec son allure d origine. l poque, la traction de wagons de marchandises tait une activit i m p o r t a n t e p o u r l e r s e a u interurbain. Archives ACHF, Fonds RAIL 537 JULY AUGUST 2010 Service opened in 1903 to Berlin, initially by steam then by Electric traction, followed by an extension to Waterloo on October 6, 1904.

9 The P&B was amalgamated in 1908 with the GP&H, which was then leased to the CPR under the name Berlin, Waterloo, Wellesley and Lake Huron Railway. This name, in turn, was changed to Grand River Railway in 1914. Four years later, the GP&H became the GRR organizationally. (Note that Berlin was renamed Kitchener in 1916.)Map (not to scale) from Canadian Pacific Electric Lines, published by BRMNA, Calgary, (non l chelle) des Canadian Pacific Electric Lines, publi e par BRMNA, Calgary, December 4, 1906 the new car barn at Preston was destroyed by fire. One of the casualties was this handsome interurban car 20.

10 This car was only a few months old at the time. CRHA Archives, Fonds incendie a d truit la nouvelle remise des voitures de Preston le 4 d cembre 1906. L une des victimes fut cette voiture interurbaine No 20 peine g e de quelques mois. Archives SCHF, Fond CANADIEN 537 JUILLET AO T 2010 While the 600-volt, 17 route mile Grand River Railway was a very early Canadian interurban, the Lake Erie and Northern Railway (LE&N) was almost the last. In 1910 Brantford interests promoted a steam road south to Lake Erie as an outlet for local industries and a source for coal imports from the United States. A Dominion charter was obtained in 1911 but the CPR, who already had a half interest in the nearby Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo, moved in immediately to purchase control of the project.