Geography Lesson Extract - Murray Bay, Published 17 September 1934 But
you would be startled, if you didn't know your railways, if you
suddenly saw a train go by where I told you nothing existed. If you
picked up the train with binoculars, you might be further amazed to
see, not a dingy local, but a glossy, all-steel train ending with a
solarium car. What you would see is the Murray Bay train. It is the
only railway branch the Canadian National has that must be approached
over another company's line. True, mileage on Vancouver Island. Cape
Breton, and Prince Edward Island has no physical link with other
tracks, but the C.N.R. car ferries are as good a connection by water as
solid tracks are by land. How ever, if you want to get to this stretch
of right of way, you have to take the Quebec. Railway, Light and Power
Company, and ride behind an electric engine to St. Joachim, 30 miles
from Quebec, where you go over the Canadian National once more The line
runs of course to Murray Bay. I believe it was built by money
subscribed in France, and I understand also the line has never paid. If
you doubt me on this, write President Hungerford, mention by name, and
see what happens. |