Canadian Rail no369 1982 - Exporail

1 Canadian rail J, . C4. R4IL. Published monthly by the Canadian Railroad Historical Association Box 148 St. Constant JOL lXO. ISSN 0008 -4875. EDITOR: Fred F. Angus CALGARY &SOUTH WESTERN DIVISION. CO-EDITOR: M. Peter Murphy 60-6100 4th Ave. NE. OFFICIAL CARTOGRAPHER: . William A. Calgary, Al berta T2A 5Z8. Germaniuk LAYOUT: Michel Paulet OTTAWA. BYTOWN RAILWAY SOCIETY. Box 141, Sta t i on A. Ottawa, Ontario K1N 8Vl NEW BRUNSWICK DIVISION. Box 1162. Saint John, New Brunswick E2L 4G7. CROWSNEST AND KETTLE-VALLEY DIVISION. P. O. Box 400. Cranbrook, British Columbia V1C 4H9. PACIFIC COAST DIVISION. Box 1006, Station A, Vancouver British Columbia V6C 2Pl ROCKY MOUNTAIN DIVISION. Box 6102, Station C, Edmonton FRONT COVER: Alberta T5B 2NO. EX- Canadian PACIFIC LOCOMOTIVE 1201 WINDSOR-ESSEX DIVISION. waiting to pull up to the station 300 Cabana Road East, Windsor at North Bay Ontario on August 12 Ontario N9G lA2.

2 1982. During this wait the Northlander is scheduled to come TORONTO & YORK DIVISION. in, load, and leave. Box 5B49, Terminal A, Toronto Ontario M5W lP3. Photo by Gordon R. Taylor. NIAGARA DI VlSI ON. INSIDE FRONT COVER: P. O. Box 593. , LOCOMOTIVE 1201 running as second Ontario L2R 6W8. No. 121 southbound near Powassan Ontario on August 13 1982. ST. LAWRENCE VALLEY DIVISION. Box 99. Photo by Gordon R. Taylor. Ste. Doroth~e, Quebec H7X 2T4. INTERCOLONIAL RAILWAY OF CANADA. JItHROUGH nrIiIJi IilUHNG: INTERCOLONIAL RAILW A Y. -q ---- TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT_. St. J'klJfti'~ .<"1,8 1fIlr-riZ-<>. Received from _ __ ~ ~_~. Ie follo(ing Goods or Merchandise, which nre to he transported from tb,s Station to, , , , ?~. ;a Lion, and delivered as addressed, agreeably to the" Conditions of Carriage" 88 set forth in tbe " Freigltt ariJ!" of this Railway, . t3r nf\iJW&~ will not be acc() for any unlesB the same are PLAINLY MARKED-8igntdjor, as reuivtd hy a.)

3 Duly authorized ~ent, Persolls sending Freight by this should bAY" dlLpllwte receipts in this {f)rm, filled up, ready f<1l' eignil)g on delivery of the Goods to ~ti~~}~~,t ~~ed~PU::~er~~?;:~l~~ ~~?J!,e~~~,~t~!~~ CtheY~~~~ ~b!~!k!!r:~~;.od~~:~.rwT~,:d livered. ;:u::; a::tii n!;~~;~;'~aihl~/f.~f~~ tt~~ira!n:~. AN EXAMPLE OF THE. ~!~~sdOf lading in G:;:TI~:~;ETY of train pictures In the times h ' s. Often the t ' found on the are qUite - , s OWIng that old raIns depicted UP-to-date. A few d'd cuts were USed b were well I not even have ' II' ut sOmetimes they I Ustrations! BILLS OF LADING. VINTAGE 1880's By Walbridge While walking along Charlotte Street in Saint John, New Brunswick, you arrive at the city Market building , an 1876 structure with high glass ceiling interior. One posses butcher shops, with sawdust on the floors, fish shops, fruit stands; and over in the front corner, quite unexpectedly - an antique shop.

4 Nothing in it particularly attracted a person interested in Canadian railway history; but that foot-high pile of aged papers warranted a glance at least. Here were hundreds of Bills of Lading for shipments on the Inter- colonial RaIlway over the period 1875 through 1894 - for sale at 15 each. What a treasure trove. All of the Bills covered shipments from "St. John Station" to various points in New Brunswick, and as far away as Toronto. The contracts of transportation written thereon wer e worded rather quaintly by todays standars, "The following goods to be transported from this station to .. , and delivered as addressed, agreably to the Conditions of Carriage, as set forth in the General Freight Tariff of this Railway". u-- II. il II. MARKS.. - .. - -- --- I ~----- - - ---- --- -~ .. -<,--,;"'c,-;~::;". THE OLDEST BILL IN THE COLLECTION dated April 6 1875 beard a cut depicting a small l840-vintage 4-2-0 locomotive hauling passenger cars almost as ancient.

5 This train would be obsolete even in 1875 . Canadian 295 R A I L. Most were written by hand in black ink; while some were ~ritten in pencil. One wonders whether the additional copies that probably were required, before the days of carbon paper, were obtained by using a letter press, with which many stations were equiped, by pressing a damp cloth moistened in the rain barrel against a sheet of plain paper. While the format varied according to the shipper who apparently had his own Bills printed for this own shipments, ~Clch includ,ed a;. w~rning about the shipmen~ of :m(i-tel'~~ls -:- ,iThe i ~en~'tly is e1ghty dollars where cons1gnors ~end Aqyafort~s, 011 of V1trlol, matches , or gu n powde r:1 ,wit hou td -is-ti nC'~ ly 'm'a rki ng t h e-i r riot u re upon the Package". (Robert ' , ,would translated for us: aqua fortis being Nitric Acid; anoOH of Vitriol being Sulphuric Acid).)

6 A large nu~bei of printers seemed to find the printing of Bills of lading to be a profitable business - Knodell Barnes & Co., "Telegraph" Job Print Times Print, Watson & Co., even " Arms- trong, Steam Printer". And each seemed to have this favourite engraving of a railway or marine scene . Some licence appears to have been taken by some of the engravers, especially in the matter what appears to be connecting rods between the wheels of the leading truck on some of the lo c omotives Also, some of the cowcatchers depicted were somewhat unusual if factual. the one on the Bill of Lading dat e d April 6, 1875 The double-desked cars in the INTERCOLONIAL RAILWAY. TRAFFIO DEPARTMENT. Saint John ~y \ . ,..'. ,".'/'1 .. ~ .. Station~:::L! r V ..<' 189. ived from A. L. GOODWIN, ofSt. John, N. B., tho following GQods or , whloh are to be tran'JlOrted !'rom Ihl. f '~I.

7 S\a\ionto~~..,---_ _. StaUQD, and delivered. M addr688ed, agreeable to the n Conditions of Oarrfage,". Bbl . Apple . Orangos. Bx. Lomons. v '-~ OnioDII. ! /)'{lVNu~, I )1J. ,y;r:~~. I~ II /fJ. I. IN CONTRAST TO THE 1875 Bill, this one dated 1894 shows what was then almost the latest in passenger trains. The details of both the locomotive and cars are excellent and quite authentic for a train of the 1890's. C. A. Knodell. Pl'blrD'. Perm No. 18. :::c:t:NTE::eCOLO~.. ~.. ;i~~. ~. a-o """"" TRAFFIO DEP~RTMENT. O~,'/. II>C:>-"". o C/l II> e- ::r cffaint efo~n cfftationJ--:Z~. ~~.? .. ;2. !88! .. 11> ~. 'O::r a~ ' Z. ;:I '0 tTl Received from BARRY & MACLAUCHLAN, rt~C/l .of ST. JOHN, N. the followi~Goop o C:>-C/l or. Mgchandise, which a,..to be . ( ) ;t:;~J :n StatjOD. :(. II>rtO. 1I>::r .. transported from this Station to z ~ t"" . 0" II> . o ~ and delivered as addressed, agreeably to the '" CO-ndit# Carriage" as set o c:>-~ forth in the General Freight Tdriff of this Railway.}

8 C:>-II>t"". ,<m z ..,11>. 0 - G") in~~'t~ty ~~.:;~ah!~ld~~~e~~I*';~iD~:~I~eU~~ar; ;O';'~MLr., M::d~~~{;-~~:~~ ;~~~~~r~~t rised A&e~L p~ .end- ~ ~ are IDteDdcd , .ncr bcin, t'Ouyeyed by lhia )". be ro~cd by IlIlffI ~ 14iiwdJ' or CIIKtI,yam:, to th~lr fi1C4l UslIU/,,,,,, the :ste nOlup' .. , '1 O"m '" S/wd/;Y lIu Sd1lll, ami the ar(~lIs Iw M4 TUrJ fJ t1rJl"rl~. This ~ win not be ~~Dle aft~ they an: so dcli et'CCl nc:: . ::rrten II>. rt .. ::r::s m MARKS. ADDRBSS iN lI'OLL. QUANTITIES AND DESORIPTION OF GOODB. III. ~-~.. 00 en zoo::c \l) Cl:l c? Ai, tfJ d~ uLjU J, \"1 ~. C). rn;r ::) ~. to 0. g.!i;. <~o tft--~ W-.:f .. '<. II>. en . III. ~ -(/eJV IH. :(. g. ~ ;i ~. ~ ~ ~. Ih II>. \l) .. < . a ;u I. a '00 r:Zld/t&? .. 0 0.. :D'::!~. II> 0. n::sc:>- \/12. ~t ~~. ho foOA-U. ~~, <\". ::r "" .. r II> rt rt "t::J .. \1'4- J c{o. ;( 1 nirUJ: rer ~fL. ::r'1~. ~ &.}}

9 II>. c: II> ~:d4~dJ,".. -;- ~. 0"0'1. \';~~/~J ~ ~l) /. '1rt~. ~ !". o ::r .. ~J.. P&I'IALTYi. EIGirtY .h.", ClJ1 UitMn ..ad .A'I""~j. Oil 0/ V"ohVl, MaI,loa, or OO .. POwtI .. without diootlDctl7 matlUnl the or otherwioe vi"", Dotice 10 the A2eDt. to .ham the _ . ia to be clell ..red, . 'tl>0>. ~.~ C ;1. III "'0> m .. rt-'l ..". ~.. ~ >.. COO;Tr-o rtoo~m <OO>t;! .." ~. '1:1;. o ;T 0 '". '" o EI ~. =>.." 0. ~.. ~-' => III C. ~. 2.. o rt~C"m .. <. o ~ .. ::r=~m 2. =>(1). ~. NOTICE. - This Railtuay will rwl lu a(({1 Unta/;lejor any artid~s tm/us tlu same art: 'PlAINLY !;/ARKED, signed /01' as rueived by a ort~t-:30. ; ". duly authoriud A,t:ml. Persons ul1ding Freigh' by Ilzis Raiio' ay should have auj/irate re(("ipts in this j()rTJl filled up ready jor .tiglling on rkliva'y of tlu C()()rU /0 FNiglzt Agrnt.. 'tl .. 3:0>111> WJun GO()d$ are i"ttn(ud. after bdng cOllveyed by /},is Rai/wllY, to be forwarded /ly 10111( olMr Rathuay or Co,wlY(ZllU to 'Iwr filial dutm- 0.))))))

10 => ~:I; -'l ~;T~~. 0 .. alio" flu auplirate r(uil' musl s/'Ca/y Ilu same, and the arfides be marked auordmgly. This Rarlway '/utll not lu rtspollSlb/c after they arc JO. cklivcyed. III. l\:l MARKS. QUANTITIES AND DESCRIPTION Of GOODS. =>IIIrt2: CO. ;T.. ""(1)0..".."..". "'l rtO-'l ~+7%. '<Elffi o (D. =>= . rt .. -'l P:"" III. IIIa::m o III I. rt~~. 0111. CO Sl) ::0. III=>O. ;T.. rt VI. - . 'tl::T. O>~. rtrt~ . ~. r :J: 0. o ~ 0. 0> '1. "". ~. '< rt 0>. O'Q .. (1). III=>~. o rt .." ::T. (1). The PENALTY is EIGHTY DOLLARS where: ConSl",ors semI A9uajtlrlis, Oil (Jj ViI1"i(JI, A/aIr/It".( or Gu:--orowllER, m;Jrkinc their nnture ~Ipon the p"ckag~, or otherwi~ giving notice to the Acent 10 whom the !'"mc i~ to ['e clc-li\"t:rc-cl. Canadian 298 R A L. same engraving are also wort~y of note All of the locomotives depicted are inside-connected; until we notice the evolution of outside valve gear in the engraving on the Bill of L~ding dated December 1"894.))))]