Loading ...When I was pre-school , we lived next to the rail tunnel which passed under the St. Clair River , built over a century ago . The story was told that a train was delayed while in the tunnel and had to build up steam again to complete the passage , asphyxiating some aboard .
When we lived there , all trains stopped at the closest stations on either side , and electric locomotives were used to move the freight or passenger trains across , including the steam locomotives , as I recall . This was the main international line between Montreal/Toronto ( and Chicago , I believe ) . The Pere Marquette RR spur took trains to Detroit on the US side . We had a foundry in town which cast engine blocks for Ford – probably on both sides of the border .
Maya & Bob
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