OTTAWA DIVISION

NYC Fairbanks Morse H20-44 #7107 operating in the Ottawa Yard, today the site of Highway 417 - Source: March 1993 issue of Branchline Magazine... From the 1880s, to the late 1950s, there had been a 130 mile long rail line that had ambitious vision of serving two countries. Unfortunately, the line's dream was larger than their financial situation and it never achieved the status that it had strived for. From the very beginning, the route that was planning in Canada was always put into question, due to the ever changing plans for the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway as well as the company's financial backing. In the United States of America it was opposition from preservers of the Adirondack Forest and the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad. Then came a moment when a new spotlight rested on the Canadian company when they planned to bridge the St. Lawrence River and operate a line between Canada's capital and one of the largest cities in the USA, New York City. For..