Today Valois is still a commuter stop in a bedroom community west of Montreal. 
It is now served by the Agence Métropolitaine de Transport (AMT) 

View a photo of their current station at:  http://www.amt.qc.ca/train_gares.aspx?id

The CN Montreal-Toronto mainline ran parallel 
to the CPR at this point and its semaphore can be seen on the right, through the poles. 
When VIA took over the Montreal-Toronto 
route, it used the CN tracks, not this one.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blainville
%E2%80%93Saint-J%C3%A9r%
C3%B4me_Line_(AMT) 

Bordeaux shown here is the 5th station,
served passengers in northeast Montreal,
while Westmount, Montreal West and Park Avenue (also called Jean 
Talon) catered to those more the west.

50 years ago the countryside became mostly farmland and low rolling hills after leaving Bordeaux. Today, a lot of Laval 
(St-Martin Jct on the timetable) a few
miles north is fairly well built-up but
Shawbridge is still the start of
"cottage country" and Mont Tremblant 
is a renowned centre for winter sports.

The station served commuters and
vacationers escaping to the Laurentians, particularly on ski trains. After the 1960s, Bordeaux started to be less and less used 
and was removed from the location shown 
above and not replaced when commuter 
rail took the same track.

This schedule from a CP timetable 
valid from October 26, 1975 to
April 24, 1976

The first train arrived at St-Jovite in
1893 after the CPR purchased the Quebec, Montreal, Ottawa and
Occidental Railway (QMO&O) and extended the line. First a colonization railway, the line started to serve skiers when Herman Smith Johanssen
(aka "Jack Rabbit") introduced 
cross-country skiing between railway 
stations. For many years thereafter, 
"Le P'tit train du Nord"
(loose translation � The little train to 
the North Country) carried skiers in 
winter and cottagers in summer, first 
by steam than by RDC.

Somewhere on this page is a CPR 
timetable for the Montréal-Mont-
Laurier train; eventually a Dayliner 
Rail Diesel Car from Montreal city 
centre. St-Jovite was a major stop.
CPR abandoned the line in 1981, due
to the fact that people would now rather drive to the area

In 1990, the rails were removed and 
turned into a hiking trail, while the
station was purchased and transported
to a nearby location, then completely spruced up and turned into an Italian restaurant with a railway theme. View photos of the refurbished station at http://www.restaurantantipasto.com/en/. 
One of the views shows the station in the 
early 1900s.

In former days, Ste-Thérèse served light
industry, such as a leading piano factory
(Lesage); the largest industrial snowblower 
maker in the world (Sicard) and it also had 
the only auto assembly plant outside Ontario, before it too closed its doors. Farmers, ski enthusiasts and vacationers also patronized
the line a great deal until just after WWII
when private vehicles became the prime 
mode of travel between Montreal and the Laurentians or Montreal and the
Gatineau Hills. Area commuters working downtown Montreal were almost non-existent.

In his view dated late 1990s, an early AMT
push-pull operation now serves the
Ste-Thérèse on the Montreal-St. Jérôme
line and the schedule is not yet quite firm.
Later, an all-weather platform, situated a 
few yards from the other end of the train
will be constructed on both sides of the
track and commuter service will become
frequent and regular. The old station sign,
just left of the telephone booth has yet to be removed.

The granite building was not only the Montreal 
terminusfor the Canadian Pacific Railway but also their Canadian headquarters, till then named CP moved its entire operation to Calgary in 1996 and changed its name back to Canadian Pacific Railway. 

Behind the early Montreal Tramways streetcar, we see a faint outline of the elegant Le Windsor, then and now,  a historical nine-story structure, offering palatial splendor with a gold-embossed lobby, six restaurants,
two ballrooms, concert hall and 382 luxurious guest-rooms http://lewindsormontreal.com/ . View an old-time picture at: http://www.imtl.org/montreal/building/Hotel-
Windsor.php

Today, Windsor Station is not connected to any track and has been developed into a hotel and retail complex, with access the Lucien-L'Allier metro (subway) station which is below the station building and a connection to the Bell Centre, home of the Montreal Canadiens hockey team. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windsor_Station_
(Montreal)

In 1996, all train service ceased and tracks were removed, as the CPR moved its headquarters from Windsor Station to Calgary. The building was then decommissioned and repurposed into an office building and also gives access to the Lucien-L'Allier metro (subway) station which is below the station building and Le Centre Bell next door, home
of the Montréal Canadiens hockey team.

The train  was accessed through doors shown
in the concourse picture. On March 17, 1909, CPR locomotive No 2102 jumped the stop on Track 7 and ran into the concourse. There 
were 6 fatalities. It is probably one of the reasons why no more trains came under the canopy.

To the left was the men's washroom and
further up the ticket office and waiting 
room.  Still further up was a newsstand 
and at the very back, the very large statue "Angel of Victory", a  war memorial in Windsor Station to the employees of 
Canadian Pacific Railways who 
perished in the First World War. 

Access to the platforms was through the 
doors on the right, manned by the conductor
for that train. As evidenced by the daylight coming through, the original canopy which stood over the platforms had already been removed when this picture was taken.

The station is connected to several other buildings, 
including a leading hotel. It also gives access to the Bonaventure Métro (which in turns connects to well 
over a hundred underground shops and most 
areas of the city), as well as Amtrak, 
VIA Rail and AMT.

When ready the indicator was raised and a roll sign
was inserted inside by the conductor or trainman. 
Passengers then passed through brass a waist-high
gate before descending to the platform after a ticket
check by the conductor and/or trainman.

The concourse is still very much in daily use.
Read more at http://www.colinduff.com/canada/
railways/montreal01.html

The trailers shown here do not have a pantograph but there is an an Electric Multiple Unit (CN 6730-6739), is at each end, providing traction, light and heat during the trip from the overhead wire through a pantograph. The commuter train sets were never uncoupled, except for maintenance. Frequent 
departures were on the schedule.
MU motors are covered on my electric railway
page  http://yourrailwaypictures.com/OldDiesels
/index-electric.html

It was popularly referred to as Palais Station; in timetables 
it was usually referred to as Union Station(because of being used shortly after opening by  GTR, NTR, 
Quebec Central trains as well as the CPR).
Update by Gerry Burridge, Railways of Quebec City and South-Eastern Quebec:
http://pages.globetrotter.net/burridge/index.htm

Built in 1915 by the CPR, the station is
similar in design to the Fairmount "Le Château Frontenac", in the upper part of the city 
(Haute Ville).

The station continues to be used daily for
VIA Rail "corridor" trips to Montreal via Drummondville and also serves as a bus
depot for a local company. The structure
to the right at #330 is at present a federal government building (HRDC).
This picture was taken in the late 1970's

The Shawville station is now a museum and does not
look like the picture, which was taken in 1902.
The station was on the Pontiac and Pacific Junction line, later taken over by the CPR.
The follwing web site shows more information on this
station.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontiac_
Pacific_Junction_Railway

Chicoutimi,  about 140 miles north of
Quebec City, was "end of track" for CN and 
then VIA until the late 1980s.
In order to turn the motive power around, 
(usually a single passenger diesel), an air
operated turntable pit (shown on my diesel page),was situated within the station area. 
The original dockside station started to be 
used around 1893 when Chicoutimi was the
hub for all activity within the region. After a
few minor modifications, the present building, 
now mostly lacking passengers and
freight closed around 1987, when VIA 
transferred end-of-rail to Jonquière, a few 
miles up the line. 

After closure, the station was turned into a multi-service building, all track removed and 
the area along the river, turned into large 
green space. The Saguenay River on the
left, is a deep water fjord, regularly hosting
large cruise ships during 
the summer. They turn around at La Baie
(formerly Port Alfred), a few miles further. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Baie,_
Quebec, which is also the terminus where
Rio Tinto (formerly Alcan) gets bauxite 
ore gets unloaded from ocean vessels and transported by the Roberval Saguenay 
Railway to become aluminum. RS operates
about 5 miles north of downtown Chicoutimi. 
An excellent front view of the station while 
still in VIA Rail service in 1987, at: http://www.panoramio.com/photo/33445078

A close-up of the Chicoutimi QC CN/VIA
station, taken in the late-70s from a nearby 
parking garage.
After it was vacated by VIA, the building was greatly
expandedinto a multi-function building. 
The portion on the left side is the original 
station, the rest is an add-on.
See a trackside view of it today at: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c
ommons/b/b5/
Ancienne_gare_du_CN_Chicoutimi02.JPG 
 

The locomotive was built by General Motors
as an FP9A (Ser# A 10500) and transferred to 
VIA 6521 in 19878, being scrapped in 1984, 
unlike others in the
series which were rebuilt.

View a couple of pictures of her in VIA 
livery at: http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/
locopicture.aspx?id=117266

Rail service improved as Chicoutimi became a 
major hub and Canadian National built a brick station further back  in 1920  (shown on this 
page).All service to Chicoutimi was 
abandoned by VIA in 1987.

In the background, the then existing high 
wall has now been artfully painted.
Additional photos at: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/
Category:Place_de_la_Gare_(Chicoutimi)

CN 6521 has just arrived from 
Montreal and will now be going 
on the air actuated turntable.

VIA sold the building in 1987 and it was converted to serve the community and incorporates various commercial ventures, including restaurants.

For all you steam fans, this page is a must

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