1967 was Canada’s Centennial Year……our 100th Birthday. New trains were added and consists expanded in anticipation of the boom in passenger traffic across the country and from those travelling to Expo ’67, the World’s Fair in Montreal.
50 Years ago….June 1, 1967, CN inaugurated the Cabot….the first through passenger train ever between Montreal and Sydney, Nova Scotia and the first through passenger train on the NTR (National Transcontinental Railway) via Edmundston, NB….a different route to the Maritimes than the ICR (Intercolonial) the Ocean, Scotian and Chaleur followed.
For a kid who only saw RDC Railiners passing by on the line between Truro and Sydney…..the Cabot was exotic with its mixture of CN and cars leased from US roads. In particular…..I remember the Atlantic Coast Line Diners: Greenville, Tarboro and Fitzgerald that were always on the Cabot that summer.
I skipped school that afternoon….. and was at the station to see the first run and pick up a Souvenir Ticket I still have:
50 Years ago….June 1, 1967, CN inaugurated the Cabot….the first through passenger train ever between Montreal and Sydney, Nova Scotia and the first through passenger train on the NTR (National Transcontinental Railway) via Edmundston, NB….a different route to the Maritimes than the ICR (Intercolonial) the Ocean, Scotian and Chaleur followed.
For a kid who only saw RDC Railiners passing by on the line between Truro and Sydney…..the Cabot was exotic with its mixture of CN and cars leased from US roads. In particular…..I remember the Atlantic Coast Line Diners: Greenville, Tarboro and Fitzgerald that were always on the Cabot that summer.
I skipped school that afternoon….. and was at the station to see the first run and pick up a Souvenir Ticket I still have: