The Glen
by Michael Leduc
The history of The Glen, the CPR Montreal yard built to service the locomotives and passenger cars using the famed Windsor Station (Montreal, QC). At its greatest extent, the yard had 76 tracks with a total of 26 km (16 miles).
The first recorded use of the word glen occurred during the fifteenth century. It defined as a mountain-valley, usually narrow, and forming the course of a stream. On the Island of Montreal many such places exist but only one was given the name Glen, located in the area today known as Westmount.
The story of The Glen begins with Windsor Street station, Canadian Pacific's most prominent railway terminal in Montreal. As Windsor expanded, so did its requirement for servicing the passenger trains and locomotives that operated there. CP announced in 1904 that they would expand its Montreal Terminals in Westmount. The facilities were given the name Glen Yard and were opened in 1906.
This book outlines its founding, growth and decline to abandonment in 2004.
Table of Contents here.
ISBN: 978-0-96988705-3-1 | WMPub# 1136 | 5½" x 8½"
64 page papercover | 40 black & white photos, 4 diagrams | $14.95 CDN
Table of Contents
5 Preface
7 Introduction
9 Windsor Station
12 The Move to Westmount
15 Building the Glen
18 Glen Yard
25 Glen Roundhouse
29 The Diesel Era
32 Passenger Car Servicing
37 Commuter Operations
41 Closure of the Glen
46 Photographic Essays
58 Bibliography
60 Acknowledgements
60 Photograph Legend
61 Index