Canadian National Railways
Proposed abandonment
| Region | - | Central | Province | - | Ontario |
| Division | - | Belleville | From | - | Tweed |
| Subdivision | - | Tweed | To | - | Bannockburn |
Distance — 19.5 miles
Period taken for typical analysis of revenues & expenditures Oct. 1930-Sept. 1931
| Loss during test period from operation of branch line | |||
| 50% freight & express | $ 5,524 | ||
| 100% pass. & miscellaneous | 66 | 5,590 | |
| System loss | $ 14,924 |
1. Present train service
Time-Table Sept. 30th, 1934
| 11.45 AM | Lv. | Tweed | Ar. | 10.25 AM |
| 2.05 PM | Ar. | Bannockburn | Lv. | 8.25 AM |
| (Mixed Train Mondays Only) | ||||
Time-Table June 24th, 1934 (Summer Service)
| 2.00 PM | Lv. | Tweed | Ar. | 12.30 PM |
| 3.00 PM | Ar. | Bannockburn | Lv. | 11.25 AM |
| (Mixed Train Mondays Only) | ||||
2. Train service in test period
Oct. 1, 1930-June 27, 1931
| 12.25 PM | Lv. | Tweed | Ar. | 10.20 AM |
| 1.45 PM | Ar. | Bannockburn | Lv. | 8.25 AM |
| (Mixed Train Mon., Wed., & Fri.) | ||||
June 28, 1931—Sept. 31, 1931 (Mixed Train Monday & Friday)
3. Brief Historical Review
Opened for operation Tweed to Bannockburn - 1903.
Built under charter of - The Napanee, Tamworth and Québec Railway Co. under following statutory authority, Dominion of Canada, Act 42 V. Chap. 67 - 1879.
The Napanee, Tamworth and Québec Railway changed its name in 1890 to the Kingston, Napanee and Western Railway Co., and in 1896 amalgamated with the Bay of Quinte Railway and Navigation Co. to form the Bay of Quinte Railway Co. This latter company was acquired by the Canadian Northern Railway Company in July 1914, control of which passed to the Dominion Government in 1917, and in conjunction with other Government Railways is operated under as part of the Canadian National Railways.
4. Physical characteristics of line to be abandoned
| (a) | Rail | - 70# laid 1903. |
| (b) | Bridge | - Extremely light construction |
| (c) | Culverts | - Poor |
| (d) | Ballast | - Gravel prior to 1922 - poor |
| (e) | Ties | - Softwood - all untreated |
| (f) | Max. Grades | - Eastbound - 1.23% |
| - Westbound - 1.23% | ||
| (g) | Curvature | - Maximum 12°45" |
| (h) | Drainage | - Poor |
Location of line proposed for abandonment is shown coloured Red on the accompanying map.
5. Brief description of territory served.
The territory is in general a mixed farming country, served by good macadmized roads, and a substantial motor truck competition is experienced from trucks operated by farmers as well as by merchants. The principal commodities shipped are pulpwood, livestock, and agricultural products. Tweed is also served by the Canadian Pacific Railway and has regular bus services to Belleville daily. Undoubtedly considerable mining development was anticipated at the time the railway was constructed and put into operation, but this has not materialized to date.
| Location | Populations of towns & villages 1931 census |
Dist. from nearest rly. station on abandonment (Miles) |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Actinolite | - | 6.0 | Business siding-5 cars. Cheese factory. |
| Queensboro | - | 10.0 | Business siding-14 cars. Flour mill, 2 cheese factories, 3 iron mines not operating. |
| Allans | - | 8.0 | Business siding-19 cars. Cheese factory. |
6. Statement of revenues and expenses
A - One year October 1930-September 1931
1. Gross C.N.R. Revenues (See Schedule "A" for details by stations
2. Expenses (Out of pocket only)
3. Loss from operation
B - One year 1933
1. Gross C.N.R. Revenues (See Schedule "B" for details by stations
2. Expenses (Out of pocket only)
3. Loss from operation
A
| Station | Passenger | Freight | Express | Misc. | Total | Carload-Traffic-Cars | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commodity | In | Out | ||||||
| Tweed (Branch traffic only) | Livestock | 28 | - | |||||
| 23 | 536 | 10 | - | 569 | 28 | - | ||
| Actinolite | Ore | - | 1 | |||||
| Pulpwood | - | 9 | ||||||
| Bolts | - | 6 | ||||||
| - | 1,082 | - | - | 1,082 | - | 16 | ||
| Queensboro | Feed | 8 | - | |||||
| Merchandise | 1 | - | ||||||
| Bolts | - | 9 | ||||||
| Pulpwood | - | 32 | ||||||
| Potatoes | - | 2 | ||||||
| Cheese | - | 2 | ||||||
| Livestock | - | 8 | ||||||
| 140 | 4,886 | 422 | 9 | 5,547 | 9 | 53 | ||
| Allans | Structural steel | 6 | - | |||||
| Lumber | 1 | - | ||||||
| Wire & cable | 4 | 2 | ||||||
| Salt | 1 | - | ||||||
| Tractors | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| Merchandise | 1 | - | ||||||
| Livestock | 30 | - | ||||||
| Pulpwood | 27 | - | ||||||
| - | 6,506 | - | - | 6,506 | 15 | 59 | ||
| Bannockburn (Branch traffic only) | 17 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 52 | - | - | |
| Totals | 180 | 13,041 | 435 | 10 | 13,666 | 52 | 128 | |
| Unallocated | 10 | 10 | ||||||
| 180 | 13,041 | 435 | 20 | 13,676 | 52 | 128 | ||
| Estimated additional inward passenger earnings not included above | 140 | 140 | ||||||
| 320 | 13,041 | 435 | 20 | 13,816 | 52 | 128 | ||
| Deduct duplication of traffic local to Branch | 534 | 6 | 540 | 28 | ||||
| System total | 320 | 12,057 | 429 | 20 | 13,276 | 52 | 100 | |
| 1930 | 1931 | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | |||
| Tweed (Branch traffic only) | In | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | 3 | 2 | 28 |
| Out | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Actinolite | In | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Out | - | - | - | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | 16 | |
| Queensboro | In | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | 9 |
| Out | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 53 | |
| Allans | In | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 |
| Out | 3 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 | - | 6 | 2 | 59 | |
| Bannockburn (Branch traffic only) | In | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Out | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Totals | In | 8 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 52 |
| Out | 6 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 30 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 128 | |
| Grand total | 14 | 16 | 14 | 25 | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 7 | 180 | |
| Deduct duplication of Carload Traffic Local to the Branch | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | 3 | 2 | 28 | |
| System total | 13 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 31 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 152 | |
B