CAB Ride on M&O sub,the last train

[Breeze646]

When I saw this video, I thought you meant west of Rigaud to Ottawa, since that section of line was abandoned in 1990 when VIA got cut back in Canada as the M&O Sub stood for Montreal & Ottawa Subdivision, since it used to run to Ottawa. Those were the days.

[abooboo4u]

Nice one Doc...and it's happening all over the country.....the old Rock Island line to Tucumcari from Amarillo....we used to go quail hunting west of town on a spot that now has 4 or 5 motels and a dozen restaurants scatered out all along the old right of way...it just doesn't seem that long ago...........................­..................... Take Care.......El Fat Boy Texcino

[truerailfan01]

Does the M&O sub still see freight ?

[DrWeed1975]

@truerailfan01

No more train will be seen there,no freight,neigther passenger train..

That's the end of the train on that section..

[truerailfan01]

@DrWeed1975 That is sad !!!!!!!!! Why won't the M&O see anymore train service ?

[DrWeed1975]

@truerailfan01 becauise the track is on bad condition,and the government do not want to pay for refecting the track..

[truerailfan01]

@DrWeed1975 That is sad because the M&O is so historic and scenic I don't see why the Canadian government won't pay for the Refurbishment on the Sub !!!!

So what made CP abandom the subdivision ?

[Intransitman]

@truerailfan01 There has been talk of the AMT buying the line from CP, I see this more like pause of the service. I think it will be back one day, like with St.Jerome. The government doesn't care about mass transit or else they would be expanding service to Rigaud.

[truerailfan01]

@Intransitman The same event happened in St.Jerome !!!!!!!!

[Intransitman]

@truerailfan01 The thing is for people to keep putting pressure on the government, I spoke to the CEO of the AMT in May, he knows the situation is BS too. Write a letter to you local news paper, go to city hall, tell them that transit is important. If enough people stand up to BS, things can improve!

[truerailfan01]

@Intransitman Yea I can a friend of mine to do that since I don't live in Canada but I know some history about the M&O line !!!!!!!!

I live in Michigan lol !!!!!!!!

[Intransitman]

@truerailfan01 Detroit is talking about restoring streetcar service on Woodward Ave. People have to stand up and fight to get their cities fixed.

[truerailfan01]

@Intransitman Its not going to be a streetcar service its going to a light rail system.

I agree with about people need to stand up !!!!!!!!!!

I just wish that somebody can just buy Michigan Central Station in Detroit,MI and just renovate and turn it into a rail museum or a train station !!!!!!!!!!

[Intransitman]

@truerailfan01 Indeed, I'd like to see the CASO revived too!

[truerailfan01]

@Intransitman Yea they can't tear Michigan Central down because of the Preservation Act of 1966 !!!!!!!!

Michigan Central Station was the H.Q. of Michigan Central Railroad before it was bought by the New York Central RR . The B&O Railway,New York Central RR,and CP Railway used the station !!!!!!!!!!!

[Intransitman]

@truerailfan01 There are some gems in that city, despite it's decline.

[truerailfan01]

@Intransitman Yea it is.Detroit is population is mostly declining because Detroit was so dependent on the Auto Industry and didn't wanna attract a lot of other industries like the City of Grand Rapids,MI and Toronto,ON,Canada !!!!

Detroit decline is going to stop and the population is going to come back because everybody out here looking for jobs !!!!!!!!!

[Intransitman]

@DrWeed1975 The Quebec government is crooked & cheap!

[Intransitman]

@truerailfan01 The condition of the rail is ok, what's needed is tie work. The problem is that the town of Rigaud was not in the AMT territory, the service was grand fathered in CP, now the only passenger service on the M&O will be to Hudson. As for freight, the last freight client(Cascade Paper) on the line is in Vaudreuil. The real reason why the service ended is the dirty crooked politics of the Quebec government, not economics, always keep in mind roads don't have to make money to exist!

[truerailfan01]

@Intransitman Yea I can see that the line need tie work !!!!!!!!

I believe that the service will be restored on the line !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[boo2277]

C'était tellement triste prendre ce train. J'y étais dessus, assis à coté de ma soeur dans la première wagon. Le paysage était tellement beau et on perd un service tellement vieux dans un temps où on veut toujours faire l'expansion du service de train de banlieue.... Une erreur majeure de la part de l'AMT et de la part de la ville de Rigaud...