Railpictures.ca - Bill McArthur photo, Dan Dell'Unto coll. Photo: CP train #523 is a little light on cars today as CP SD40-2 units 5592 & 5644 lead it back into Canada from the US, crossing over the old Michigan Central Railway bridge into Niagara Falls, Ontario. The center of the bridge would be Mile 0.0 “Niagara Falls” on CP’s Hamilton Subdivions (the old Conrail Canada Division (PC/NYC/CASO/MCRR line) taken over by CN & CP in 1985). An agreement between CP and the city in 2001 would see trains stop running through town and the line ripped up through the downtown area, but due to the prohibitive cost of demolition, the old 1925-built bridge was just closed off and left to span the Niagara River in an abandoned state ever since. Bill McArthur photo, Dan Dell’Unto collection slide. | Railpictures.ca – Canadian Railway Photography

CP train #523 is a little light on cars today as CP SD40-2 units 5592 & 5644 lead it back into Canada from the US, crossing over the old Michigan Central Railway bridge into Niagara Falls, Ontario.

The center of the bridge would be Mile 0.0 "Niagara Falls" on CP's Hamilton Subdivions (the old Conrail Canada Division (PC/NYC/CASO/MCRR line) taken over by CN & CP in 1985). An agreement between CP and the city in 2001 would see trains stop running through town and the line ripped up through the downtown area, but due to the prohibitive cost of demolition, the old 1925-built bridge was just closed off and left to span the Niagara River in an abandoned state ever since.

Bill McArthur photo, Dan Dell'Unto collection slide.

Caption: CP Rail train #523 is a little light on cars today as CP SD40-2 units 5592 & 5644 lead it back into Canada from the US, crossing over the old Michigan Central Railway bridge into Niagara Falls, Ontario.

The bridge would be Mile 0.0 "Niagara Falls" on CP's Hamilton Subdivion (the old Conrail Canada Division (PC/NYC/CASO/MCRR line) taken over by CN & CP in 1985). An agreement between CP and the city in 2001 would see trains stop running through town and the line ripped up through the downtown area, but due to the prohibitive cost of demolition, the old 1925-built bridge was just closed off and left to span the Niagara River in an abandoned state ever since (a pity it wasn't repurposed as a lookout point for tourists).

Bill McArthur photo, Dan Dell'Unto collection slide.

Photographer:	Bill McArthur photo, Dan Dell'Unto coll. [992] (more) (contact)
Date:	03/31/1993 (search)
Railway:	Canadian Pacific (search)
Reporting Marks:	CP 5592, 5644 (search)
Train Symbol:	CP 523 (search)
Subdivision/SNS:	Niagara Falls - CP Hamilton Sub (search)
City/Town:	Niagara Falls (search)
Province:	Ontario (search)
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RTCDave

May 29, 2024 at 11:09 am

Mile 0.0 was located at the Conrail connection at CP85 (Division Post. Buffalo Div). The actual border at the centre of the bridge was Mile 0.2 (Ref: CP ETT No 41 Page 67)
MrDan

May 30, 2024 at 7:07 am

Thanks for the correction RTCDave, it wasn’t clear in the old timetable I was looking at.

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RTCDave

May 29, 2024 at 11:09 am

Mile 0.0 was located at the Conrail connection at CP85 (Division Post. Buffalo Div). The actual border at the centre of the bridge was Mile 0.2 (Ref: CP ETT No 41 Page 67)

MrDan

May 30, 2024 at 7:07 am

Thanks for the correction RTCDave, it wasn’t clear in the old timetable I was looking at.