Thanks for filming this. I used to ride this train all the time in the 60s when I was a kid. Lived in Deux Montagnes and kids under 12 were free. I used to stand where you were the entire trip. Great memories!!! Grand Moulin is where the old Deux Montagnes station was.
Brings back a lot of fond memories, when I was a kid in the early 1960’s my buddy and I would ride this line for fun. We lived not too far from Portal Heights, in the Cote-des-Neiges area. I have a 1957 CN timetable that has the Montreal - St. Eustache schedule (that’s what Deux-Montagnes was called then). I tried to attach a copy to this message, but there doesn’t seem to be a way to do that. Of course the equipment was not quite as nice as these stainless steel cars.
As a Torontonian, I gotta say I love the old timey rail line charm the line has especially in the northern section. These rural train services with that pantograph just looks really nice especially at this time of the year. Kinda makes me feel bad that this is being replaced with the REM...
People just dont respect railroading or craftsmanship anymore. Everyone wants space age tech that make people want things fast. No one doesnt want to sit in a handcrafted trains and watch the beautiful rural landscape pass through them.
@@weserman95 Look I like vintage stuff (especially old trains) but the reason why it got replace was because this railway right of way was the only one that was a link from downtown from the suburbs and the rem was and idea to link people from Brossard the west island of Montreal and a new airport connection and this line in particular was sitting in the middle of it. You can still see the landscape on the side of train and at the front because the new train will have no conductor on it. Also trains do get old at some point and it cost more to repair it then to buy a new one.
I think the -rationale- excuse was there no longer being any industrial designer around who's either skilled or talented enough to have recreated the isolation anchors suspending the overhead catenary that needed to be replaced, yet the manufacturer who had even patented these worn out components had already folded some years beforehand
Notice the difference in lighting; the tunnel had been improved by then and is now closed to be totally improved from early 1900s with better lighting and ventilation. The MR 90 loco headlight and ditch lights also make a very great difference in seeing what’s ahead , rather than just a few yards (metres)
At 21:43, is where the Airport and Saint Anne de Bellevue lines will branch off once the line is upgraded. At the time of filming I think those tracks on the left side were also abandone.
Wow... times have changed and my memory isn't what it used to be... I used to take this train from A-Ma-Baie station (just east of Sunnybrooke stn) to Central Station every day and back again from the mid-70s to the mid-80s. Loved the ride, and it's going to sound funny... but I loved the dank smell in the tunnel. It made me think of OLD Montreal. Never got to see this view, and the names on some of the stations have changed or disappeared (like the A-Ma-Baie station). Thanks for the trip. Both on the train, and down memory lane! :-) PS. Did I read right in another comment that this line no longer exists?
Did the same run in the early seventies....loved the smell of the brakes and the sound of it all. Always rushed to "maybe" get a spot in the front vestibule to watch the couplers dance up and down to all the variations in the track. Great stuff !
I stayed for a few weeks in Montreal in 1994, when this line was still run by the 1916 boxcars. Sadly I didn't know the importance of this line before "the Internets" came and never rode this one :(
@@FL92002 Very easy to check. If you heat a short and loud burst of air, right before all the sounds shut down - it can be pneumatic blowouts. Then train can lower pantographs.
@@FL92002 Sometimes air sound is so soft, which is not heard on videos - due to noises from other equipment. T1s in Toronto Subway are the perfect example.
Theres a 2 return trip service Monday to Friday to Mascouche via plafe bonaventure however the Mont st hilare line isn't affected since it doesn't go through the Mont-Royal tunnel.
They aren't "cutting" the service, but replacing it with a fully automated one. Yes, 25 years after a total renovation and a switch from 3kV to 25kV, and a replacement of all the rolling stock. But then, we're talking about a province that built the largest airport in the world and then demolished most of it.
Thanks for filming this. I used to ride this train all the time in the 60s when I was a kid. Lived in Deux Montagnes and kids under 12 were free. I used to stand where you were the entire trip. Great memories!!! Grand Moulin is where the old Deux Montagnes station was.
Glad you enjoyed it
Brings back a lot of fond memories, when I was a kid in the early 1960’s my buddy and I would ride this line for fun. We lived not too far from Portal Heights, in the Cote-des-Neiges area. I have a 1957 CN timetable that has the Montreal - St. Eustache schedule (that’s what Deux-Montagnes was called then). I tried to attach a copy to this message, but there doesn’t seem to be a way to do that. Of course the equipment was not quite as nice as these stainless steel cars.
As a Torontonian, I gotta say I love the old timey rail line charm the line has especially in the northern section. These rural train services with that pantograph just looks really nice especially at this time of the year. Kinda makes me feel bad that this is being replaced with the REM...
People just dont respect railroading or craftsmanship anymore. Everyone wants space age tech that make people want things fast. No one doesnt want to sit in a handcrafted trains and watch the beautiful rural landscape pass through them.
@@weserman95 Look I like vintage stuff (especially old trains) but the reason why it got replace was because this railway right of way was the only one that was a link from downtown from the suburbs and the rem was and idea to link people from Brossard the west island of Montreal and a new airport connection and this line in particular was sitting in the middle of it. You can still see the landscape on the side of train and at the front because the new train will have no conductor on it. Also trains do get old at some point and it cost more to repair it then to buy a new one.
@@scouttrooper3544 true, i gotta keep up with times than.
I cant just stop progress you know.
the REM signifies Corporateria's active pursuit at reductions...thing is, cleptoparasitism will never outlive life 🍾
I think the -rationale- excuse was there no longer being any industrial designer around who's either skilled or talented enough to have recreated the isolation anchors suspending the overhead catenary that needed to be replaced, yet the manufacturer who had even patented these worn out components had already folded some years beforehand
19:43 on the left side there was a spur that originally led into where Canadair used to be. Abandoned in the early 1990s.
Hi! Cool video! I've added it to my public playlist, AMT Deux-Montagnes train line, as part of archives now that the line is shut down. :)
Notice the difference in lighting; the tunnel had been improved by then and is now closed to be totally improved from early 1900s with better lighting and ventilation. The MR 90 loco headlight and ditch lights also make a very great difference in seeing what’s ahead , rather than just a few yards (metres)
At 21:43, is where the Airport and Saint Anne de Bellevue lines will branch off once the line is upgraded. At the time of filming I think those tracks on the left side were also abandone.
Wow... times have changed and my memory isn't what it used to be... I used to take this train from A-Ma-Baie station (just east of Sunnybrooke stn) to Central Station every day and back again from the mid-70s to the mid-80s. Loved the ride, and it's going to sound funny... but I loved the dank smell in the tunnel. It made me think of OLD Montreal. Never got to see this view, and the names on some of the stations have changed or disappeared (like the A-Ma-Baie station). Thanks for the trip. Both on the train, and down memory lane! :-) PS. Did I read right in another comment that this line no longer exists?
Yes the line is being "upgraded" to fully automated REM status. Interesting but I loved this old heavy rail line.
Did the same run in the early seventies....loved the smell of the brakes and the sound of it all. Always rushed to "maybe" get a spot in the front vestibule to watch the couplers dance up and down to all the variations in the track. Great stuff !
I was actually wondering where A-Ma-Baie went. I think that I vaguely recognized the curve right after the grade crossing where it used to be.
Alot has changed. I use to take the train in the late 50s to the mid 70s. Roxboro Station is not the same.
I stayed for a few weeks in Montreal in 1994, when this line was still run by the 1916 boxcars.
Sadly I didn't know the importance of this line before "the Internets" came and never rode this one :(
34:07 Horn!
we can see all the filtration I hope its going to get new face lift concrete ,its scary.
Im really sad that no other railroad expressed interest in the MR-90’s to save them
I wonder where the secret vent shaft is in the video eh
2:46 sounds like teapot
By the way, does this train have an electromagnetic or pneumatic arc blowout?
I have no idea
@@FL92002 Very easy to check. If you heat a short and loud burst of air, right before all the sounds shut down - it can be pneumatic blowouts. Then train can lower pantographs.
what’s the frequency of this line?
that door chime is meesed up 33:51
33:59 are those doors pneumatic or electromechanical?
Electro-mechanical
@@FL92002 Sometimes air sound is so soft, which is not heard on videos - due to noises from other equipment. T1s in Toronto Subway are the perfect example.
Quai means dock so how come it seems like it means track here?
I believe it also means "platform" in Québec French.
You aren't making a racist joke, are you.
@@LMB222 No. just observation. Im guess French Canadian and French are two different dialects.
I can’t believe they’re cutting off commuter rail service to Central Station! What idiot came up with this idea?!
Theres a 2 return trip service Monday to Friday to Mascouche via plafe bonaventure however the Mont st hilare line isn't affected since it doesn't go through the Mont-Royal tunnel.
They aren't "cutting" the service, but replacing it with a fully automated one.
Yes, 25 years after a total renovation and a switch from 3kV to 25kV, and a replacement of all the rolling stock. But then, we're talking about a province that built the largest airport in the world and then demolished most of it.
@@LMB222 and there’s no more commuter rail service to central station anymore!
@@LMB222 The REM isn't a commuter rail system!
Is this line still in use?
I heard they closed it
The REM light rail line uses this right-of-way now.