C.N.Rys. Sudbury Subdivision

The South Parry to Parry Sound portion of the Bala Subdivision has as its origin the James Bay Railway (J.B.Ry.), which was incorporated in 1895 to construct a line from Parry Sound to Hudson Bay. The J.B.Ry. opened a 5-mile line from the Canada Atlantic Ry. (C.A.Ry.) at Quebec Siding to Parry Sound in 1902-03 (approximately 1.9 miles of which is the the Subdury Subdivision).

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Speed restrictions
Miles per hour
Passenger trains 60
Freight and Mixed trains 50
Engine with caboose or light engines 40
Passenger Trains over Canadian Pacific Railways crossing Mileage 100.4 (B.T.C. 66012) 50
Trains, when passing governing approach signal to Canadian Pacific Railways crossing Mileage 109.6 (B.T.C. 81951)
Passenger Trains 45
Freight Trains 30
Passenger Trains over Canadian Pacific Railways crossing Mileage 109.6 (B.T.C. 51500) 50
Engine and car restrictions
Heaviest auxiliary crane permitted 160 ton.
Permanent slow orders
Mileage Miles per hour
0.4 to 2.8 Curves 35
6.1 to 6.3 Curves 45
9.4 to 10.2 Curves 35
10.2 to 13.1 Curves 45
16.6 to 18.3 Curves 45
21.5 to 21.7 Curves 45
25.1 to 26.5 Curves 35
26.5 to 29.5 Curves 35
29.5 to 34.1 Curves 40
34.1 to 37.4 Curves 45
46.1 Bridge 20
46.2 to 49.0 Curves 45
53.7 to 58.6 Curves 45
82.3 to 92.3 Curves 45
92.3 to 94.2 Curves 35
99.7 to 103.5 Curves 45
106.6 to 107.8 Curves 45
107.8 Bridge 30
107.8 to 108.9 Curves 40
108.9 to 114.0 Curves 45
119.2 to 120.0 Curves 45
128.6 Highway (B.T.C. 73483) 10
Flag stops
Mileage For Trains
Zebra 16.8 215-216
Miners Lake 40.8
Still River 46.8
Ludgate 55.9
McVitties 93.1
Secord 96.1
Quartz 101.0

Conditional stops

No. 3 stop on flag Monday only at Ardbeg, Bolger, South Magnetawan, North Magnetawan, Ludgate (Mileage 55.9) to detrain revenue passengers from Parry Sound and beyond. On flag Monday only at Key Jct., Pickerel River and Hartley Bay. At Burwash stop Monday only. Stop on flag at Mileage 82 Monday only for Sudbury passengers. At Coniston stop on flag Monday only for revenue passengers from Parry Sound and beyond or to Longlac and beyond.

No. 4 stop on flag Monday only at Coniston for revenue passengers to Parry Sound and beyond. Stop at Burwash Monday only. Stop on flag at Pickerel River and Key Jct. Tuesday only. Stop on flag at Hartley Bay, Ludgate (Mileage 55.9), North Magnetawan, South Magnetawan, Bolger and Ardbeg on Tuesday only for revenue passengers Parry Sound and beyond.

No. 4 will stop at any station to detrain revenue passengers from Longlac and beyond.

No. 51 will stop on flag at Bolger, South Magnetawan, North Magnetawan and Ludgate (Mileage 55.9) to detrain revenue passengers from Parry Sound and beyond; at Hartley Bay on flag to detrain revenue passengers from Parry Sound and beyond or pickup revenue passengers for Sudbury; at Coniston on flag for revenue passengers from Parry Sound and beyond or to Longlac and beyond.

No. 52 will stop on flag at Coniston for revenue passengers to Parry Sound and beyond; stop on flag Fridays and Saturdays at Mileage 82 to detrain passengers from Sudbury. Stop on flag at Hartley Bay to detrain revenue passengers from Sudbury or for revenue passengers to entrain to Parry Sound and beyond. Stop on flag at Ludgate (Mileage 55.9), North Magnetawan, South Magnetawa, Bolger and Ardbeg for revenue passengers to Parry Sound and beyond.

Manifest Trains
No. 403 leave South Parray 4.15 p.m. daily arrive Capreol 9.30 p.m.
No. 405 leave South Parry 9.15 a.m. daily ex. Mon. arrive Capreol 2.45 p.m. daily ex. Mon.
No. 404 leave Capreol 8.50 a.m. daily arrive South Parry 1.50 p.m.

Train inspection

Bayswater—All cars on freight trains must be given standing inspection on both sides by train crew. These instructions do not relieve conductors and trainmen from inspecting their train as prescribed by Rule 111, 4th para.

Diagram showing location of train phone wires

Face direction named: Count cross arms from the top down.

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Look North
South Parry to Coniston
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Look North
Coniston to Sudbury Jct.
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Look North
Sudbury Jct. to Capreol

Train phone wires marked Image Not Available

Note—

Emergency telephone wire must be hooked up as close as possible to the pole, first scraping any corrosion off the pole line wire in order to establish contact with the train dispatcher.

Date Event
1895-02-22 J.B.Ry. incorporated to construct and operate a railway from Parry Sound via French River, Lake Wahnapitae to Moose River on James BayDominion Act 58-59 Chapter 50.
1901-07 J.B.Ry. begins construction from Quebec Siding to Parry Sound Report of the Commissioner of Public Works for the Province of Ontario (1902), pg. 30.
1902-03-02 J.B.Ry. opens from C.A.Ry. Junction to Parry SoundMark Tomlonson; Brian Westhouse, Northern Ontario Railroad Museum website.
1905-07-20 J.B.Ry. authorized to become C.N.O.Ry.Dominion Chapter 110.
1906-06-25 J.B.Ry. becomes C.N.O.Ry.Dominion Order in Council P.C. 1193.
1907-09-25 C.N.O.Ry. opens to from James Bay Junction to Still RiverBrian Westhouse, Northern Ontario Railroad Museum website.
1908-04-24 C.N.O.Ry. opens to Coniston to Sudbury JunctionBrian Westhouse, Northern Ontario Railroad Museum website.
1908-07-03 C.N.O.Ry. opens the missing link from Still River to Coniston and officially opens to SudburyBrian Westhouse, Northern Ontario Railroad Museum website; The Toronto Daily Star, Monday, July 6, 1908, p. 12, c. 1.
1908-10-24 C.N.O.Ry. opens to Sudbury Junction to CapreolBrian Westhouse, Northern Ontario Railroad Museum website.