B&M CPR Pool

1802 with the Red Wing at Montreal West. June 24/1959 Bob Krone

Cape Churchill on The Red Wing at B&M North Station, Boston. June 6, 1954
Lawson Hill/John Hutchins Collection

Montreal-Boston was an early run-through with Boston & Maine over a 339 mile route.
Day trains The Alouette and night trains The Red Wing were part of this pool.
CPR bought three EMD E8 units to pool with B&M E7 diesels. B&M photos wanted
First to depart Windsor Station in Montreal was 1800 on this train on December 9,1949.
These were the only E units owned by any Canadian railway.
The last run of The Red Wing was made on October 24, 1959.
The Alouette was changed to Budd Cars (RDC's) in October of 1956.
The last run of The Alouette was made on October 30, 1965 using a single RDC.
Steam engines pooled included CPR G1 and G2 class Pacifics and B&M P2 Pacifics.
NOTE: The pooling of rolling stock began in 1887 with creation of the Montreal and Boston Air Line,
(renamed in 1903 as simply, Montreal and Boston Line at which time a new fleet of equipment was acquired),
similar to the Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Line. Under these arrangements equipment was
jointly owned by the two or three railways operating the service.