CN and CP Steam at Kingston, 1930's

Each day I receive several interesting photos of railway subjects from the Jim Parker collection. They represent a wide range of North American and even worldwide trains, in various eras. Daniel McConnachie emailed to draw my attention to the July 4 email which, lo and behold, revealed several amazing images of the Limestone City in the 1930's - both CN and CP!

In these photos, a westbound daytime passenger train arrives and departs the Outer Station behind one of only five CN Pacifics: 5700-5704. After these engines were in operation, CN ordered big Mountains and Northerns. Some sources state that the Pacifics couldn't keep passenger trains longer than nine cars on schedule.

Notice the smokestack-mounted smoke deflectors, installed from 1933 to 1939, until replaced by more conventional CN 'elephant ear' smoke deflectors. This helps date the photos, which were captioned "1930's".

Stock cars at the Outer Station cattle pens and perhaps the roof of Frontenac Floor & Wall Tile in the background behind CN 5702, also with smokestack smoke deflector.

A train of unknown length behind CLC-built 2-6-0 CN 919. Work cars and baggage carts on left, water plug and yard on right:

Jim's photos also include three different yard engines. These engines would have also served the CN Hanley Spur trackage along the waterfront:

CN 7373 (above) and 7128 (below):

A fine shot of CN 7151, the turntable and engine house located just west of the Outer Station:

Near the CP roundhouse at the foot of North Street, CP 423 (above) and 453 (below). The roundhouse drop pit is visible in both photos, with the heights along Rideau Street visible in the background.

That was an enjoyable trip back almost a hundred years, courtesy of Jim Parker and my email inbox!