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Steam at Allendale by Ian Wilson Story of a CNR division point in the 1950s w/DJ
Steam at Allendale by Ian Wilson
The story of a CNR division point in the 1950s
Hard Cover w/ dust jacket
192 pages
Copyright 1998
CONTENTS
Introduction:
WHAT STORIES COULD THEY TELL? - 6
Chapter 1 - A Parade of Trains:
MORNING AT ALLANDALE - 10
Chapter 2 - Night Freights, Chicken, Ice and Vegetables:
THE NEWMARKET SUBDIVISION TO TORONTO - 32
Chapter 3 - Grain Elevators, Coal Drags and Dimensional Loads:
THE MILTON SUBDIVISION - 46
Chapter 4 - Twenty m.p.h. forward, twenty m.p.h. sideways, and twenty m.p.h. up and down:
THE ALLISTON SUBDIVISION - 68
Chapter 5 - Georgian Bay, Apples and Grain Extras:
THE MEAFORD SUBDIVISION - 78
THE COLOURFUL ALLANDALE DIVISION - 97
Chapter 6 Mixed Trains, Way Freights and Tall Grass:
THE PENETANG SUBDIVISION - 113
Chapter 7 - Junctions, Semaphores and the Orillia Switcher:
THE NEWMARKET SUBDIVISION TO WASHAGO - 128
Chapter 8 - Paper Trains, Lumber and Summer Camp Specials:
THE HUNTSVILLE SUBDIVISION - 146
Chapter 9Into the Roundhouse:
DARKNESS DESCENDS ON ALLANDALE - 168
Appendices:
Allandale Yard Plan - 184
Locomotive Assignments - 185
Modellers' Appendix: Industries and Train Operations - 186
Acknowledgements - 192
DUST JACKET INTRODUCTION
Turns the clock back more than forty years to the last decade of steam operation on the network of CNR lines radiating out of Allandale, sixty miles north of Toronto and division point of the 672-mile Allandale Division ... to an era before the automobile, the highway and the internal combustion engine dealt their mortal blows to traditional railway operations. Between these covers you will journey by mixed train through the scenic crannies of the Niagara Escarpment; stand trackside at Gravenhurst as Mikado locomotives change places on the head end of hot paper trains; travel by way freight through apple orchards to the sparkling waters of Georgian Bay; witness the Penetang mixed train winding through tall grass; study the servicing rituals being performed on steam engines coming and going from the 27-stall Allandale roundhouse; and stand on the station platform as number 41 rolls in behind a 6000-series Mountain Type. Through descriptive narrative and more than two hundred and forty stunning photographs, you will relive the excitement of the Allandale Division in its twilight. For aspiring modellers of the fascinating Allandale lines, track diagrams, timetables, steam locomotive assignments, and commentaries on train operations and industrial customers are provided.
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