Halton County Radial Railway

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[bill937ca]

Originally Posted by 60103

The Guide lists them has having both a trailer body and a large Witt body. (as well as the working Witts) The trailers were always pulled by large Witts, as far as I can tell.

Most of the time trailers were pulled by Witt motors, but until the late 1940s some trailers were pulled by ex-TRC motors.

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[RobertInOntario]

Well, my family & I, along with another family, visited this railway on Sunday. Once again, had a great time. We were allowed to explore one of the sheds that previously we either hadn't been allowed to or didn't know if we could! At any rate, we saw lots of on-display street cars in there.

We also saw a very impressive car that we hadn't seen before. This was a "Montreal and Southern Counties" passenger car, much like the L&PS car (which is my favourite). We thought that the Montreal car might have been a recent acquisition but staff said that they'd had it for years. Has anyone else seen it or ridden in it? It was quite impressive.

Rob

[bill937ca]

Montreal & Southern Counties 107 was one of the earliest acquisitions of the HCRR, in 1956. I've ridden the car many times.

OERHA - Interurban & Suburban

Somebody wasn't paying attention!!!!

[RobertInOntario]

Originally Posted by bill937ca

Montreal & Southern Counties 107 was one of the earliest acquisitions of the HCRR, in 1956. I've ridden the car many times.
OERHA - Interurban & Suburban
Somebody wasn't paying attention!!!!

Thanks for the info. Thanks for the web URL as well -- sure enough, there it is!!

Well, my family & I usually visit the HCRR 2-3 times a year & I don't ever recall seeing it. On the other hand, staff did say that it currently was not running as it's been in for repairs, so maybe that's its reason for its low profile?

Thanks again,
Rob

[60103]

107 is one of the regular cars -- it may have been under repair for a while -- because it has a baggage compartment with a large door that can take wheelchairs. The only other cars with level platform loading are the subway cars, and they only run if everyone in Rockwood shuts off their air conditioners for the day.

[RobertInOntario]

Originally Posted by 60103

107 is one of the regular cars -- it may have been under repair for a while -- because it has a baggage compartment with a large door that can take wheelchairs. The only other cars with level platform loading are the subway cars, and they only run if everyone in Rockwood shuts off their air conditioners for the day.

Thanks, David! My family and I have been visiting the HCRR regularly during the past 3-4 years, so I guess it could well have been in for repairs since then.

I occasionally visited the railway with my parents in the 1970s/80s & I suppose it could have been running then -- I only remember a few of the cars from then.

Cheers, Rob

[railwaybob]

Montreal & Southern Counties was an interurban line that ran from downtown Montreal across the Victoria bridge to St Lambert and west as far as Chambly. I remember as a kid taking the M&SC from Montreal to Greenfield Park to visit friends of my parents around 1952. Shortly thereafter, service across the bridge was eliminated and trains ran from St Lambert east. I believe the service was finished by 1956.

In addition to #107 at Halton County Radial Rail, #104 and #611 are at the Canadian Railway Museum in St Constant QC. I managed to see these cars two weekends ago.

[RobertInOntario]

Originally Posted by railwaybob

Montreal & Southern Counties was an interurban line that ran from downtown Montreal across the Victoria bridge to St Lambert and west as far as Chambly. I remember as a kid taking the M&SC from Montreal to Greenfield Park to visit friends of my parents around 1952. Shortly thereafter, service across the bridge was eliminated and trains ran from St Lambert east. I believe the service was finished by 1956.
In addition to #107 at Halton County Radial Rail, #104 and #611 are at the Canadian Railway Museum in St Constant QC. I managed to see these cars two weekends ago.

Thanks, Bob. I would be interested in visiting the Canadian Railway Museum sometime -- is it near Montreal? Rob

[bill937ca]

Expo Rail as is it is called is located in Saint Constant on the south shore. There is a huge indoor pavilion with tracks of trains and streetcars on display.

Exporail | Bienvenue / Welcome

Exporail | Climb aboard! | Touring Exporail | Access

Site maps:

http://www.exporail.org/public/en/pdf/museum_plan.pdf

http://www.exporail.org/public/en/pd...r_site_map.pdf

[RobertInOntario]

Originally Posted by bill937ca

Expo Rail as is it is called is located in Saint Constant on the south shore. There is a huge indoor pavilion with tracks of trains and streetcars on display.

Exporail | Bienvenue / Welcome

Exporail | Climb aboard! | Touring Exporail | Access

Site maps:

http://www.exporail.org/public/en/pdf/museum_plan.pdf

http://www.exporail.org/public/en/pd...r_site_map.pdf

Thanks -- I'll check out those websites. Rob

[60103]

The location of the museum used to be Delson; it's now St Constant (although the museum hasn't moved). It's at 120 St Pierre St (Rte 209 off rte 132).
Delson was named, I think, because it was the junction for the Delaware and Hudson.

[RobertInOntario]

For Father's Day, my family and I visited this railway once again. We always have a great time there -- I find it really relaxing as it's in such a nice rural setting. We were able to ride on 4 different cars including my favourite, the L&PS #8. The threatening thunderstorms held off and we had a great couple hours riding the cars and eating ice cream! Rob