This morning I was walking to where I have breakfast. At the 9th Avenue Industrial Area in Calgary I saw Engine # 1625. Thinking it was a Canadian Pacific switcher engine, I saw the letters StL&H on it. Does anyone here know what the letters stand or stood for, where it originally worked out of & whether it got absorbed into a larger rail system[?] In case I’m assuming it was Canadian Pacific. Thanks in advance for anyone providing information. [;)]
St. Lawrence & Hudson (I think) is the CP subsidiary that runs in the east / New England area to New York.
Yes. CP Rail was thinking of selling their eastern lines back in the 1990s and separated them from the main system, which was called Heavy Haul Systems. The Eastern Operating Unit got the STL&H name on April 2, 1996, and SD40-2 5654 was the first to be painted for them.
Thanks Chad & naniamo73 for the information. [;)]
Is Canadian Pacific stilll operating frieghts in the eastern seaboard of the USA[?] Were they ever a major player in railroading there[?]
Thanks again for any information. [:)]
Inquiring minds want to know. [8D]
Eastern railroading isn’t my cup of tea so I’ll let someone else answer that.
CP operates the former Delaware and Hudson, but the StL&H company and lettering are gone- it’s back to D&H now.
Well, the lettering is still carried on some CP units. One rolled through Milwaukee over the weekend, at least that’s what I heard on the radio. CP decided they could do just fine keeping the east end, so the StL&H disappeared back into the parent company.
CP is indeed a significant player in the east – the Delaware & Hudson north-south line from Montreal down through New York to Albany/Schenectady then to Binghamton and into Pennsylvania is a key link for NS and CP to interchange traffic from the US southeast into eastern Canada. There is also a quite viable freight line east from Montreal into Maine.
Last I looked, CP was putting a good bit of cash into the D&H main line (it’s kind of twisty and the sidings are short) to upgrade it for much heavier service. It also interchanges with CSX at Selkirk, New York.
cp also uses trackage rights on the ns wabash line and the wye at butler indiana(nyc waterlevel route) to get traffic into chicago.
stay safe
Joe