Canadian Pacific Railway's
Gas-Electrics in New Brunswick

By Don Scott, Coquitlam, BC

CPR operated gas-electrics in New Brunswick-between Chipman-Woodstock return. This particular run connected with CP northbound passenger service originating at McAdam via Woodstock-Aroostook enroute to Edmundston, N.B. The same connection southbound or eastbound would be made with a passenger out of Edmundston enroute to McAdam, then the oil-electric connection Woodstock back to Chipman. The Edmundston passenger service actually originated at Saint John both ways. At the same time Edmundston trains connected at McAdam with westbound Saint John-Montreal and Saint John-Boston service westand eastbound, plus service to and from St. Stephen and the Saint Andrews service.

Gas electric's in the mid-1950's replace steam powered passenger trains on the Saint John-Fredericton local passenger with a trailer unit. Later Gas Electrics were introduced to the McAdam-St. Stephen passenger run, replacing 4-4-4 Jubilees in the late 1950's. Locomotives over the 1940 late 1950's on this run over the years were 2926, 2928 and 2929.

Locomotive 2929 arrived new in McAdam-Saint John when new in 1937 and over the years assigned to a number of passenger runs-Saint John-McAdam, St. Stephen-McAdam-Woodstock, Saint John-Fredericton. During the late 1950's 4-4-4 2929 was moved to Montreal, holding down the Montreal-Sutton local passenger service.

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