I will start a new project in HO scale and I reach some informations on installations at Rigaud, Eastman and Mont-Joli. All places are in Québec province in Canada. The period than I need is around 1955. I will appreciate all informations than you have.
Thank’s for your help.
Stongea
It doesn’t appoear that any of us are familiar with that area as you haven’t gotten any responses. You may need to contact someone in Canada to obtain what you are after.
Alain,
Have you contacted Musée ferroviaire canadien de Delson/St-Constant ? “Au fil des cinquante dernières années, l’Association canadienne d’histoire ferroviaire, qui a son siège au sud de Montréal, a collectionné et préservé des documents d’archives uniques et des objets ferroviaires témoins du rôle majeur du chemin de fer dans le développement du pays. Ces artefacts nous racontent aussi le savoir-faire et les conditions de vie difficiles des milliers de travailleurs du rail. Aujourd’***, plus de 250 000 objets et documents composent cette collection spécialisée. On y trouve des artefacts souvent uniques et représentatifs d’une période, d’un événement, d’une organisation ou d’une personne qui a marqué l’histoire ferroviaire canadienne. Situation géographique : Delson est situé sur la rive sud du fleuve Saint-Laurent, vis-à-vis de Montréal, plus précisément entre Saint-Constant et Candiac. Delson se trouve également tout près du village de Sainte-Catherine. 120, rue Saint-Pierre, Saint-Constant QC J5A 2G9, (450) 638-1522
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I copied the above from their Web site, since I do not have much French language skill. From what I can translate, it would seem that they might know of a source for the information about your area in 1955 that you are seeking.
Bob
NMRA Life 0543
I live in Québec(city) but have lived most of my life in Valleyfield,about 40 Kms. from Rigaud,and still have a friend who lives in Hudson,right next to it.If I knew what exactly you’re looking for,it is possible I could dig some info for you.Can’t help you any about Eastman and Mont-Joli however as I’ve never been there and couldn’t find info that you couldn’t find yourself on the web.
My suggestion…try typing those city names on your search engine and see what may come up.I’d also try Canadian National’s website,may be that they have a historical dept. who would help you.Rigaud is in the South/West portion of the province of Québec and I know that New-York Central had regular freights in this area(Valleyfield for one)so it may be that they had business in Rigaud.