Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Tribute to the NS&T- Final Run March 28th 1959


**PLEASE NOTE** At 5:25, when I say "Trolley Pole", I mean the pole stuck in the ground that held the overhead wires This is a small tribute to the NS&T (Niagara Falls, St. Catharines, and Toronto Railway). A part of history that shaped St. Catharines between 1888 and 1959. It is sometimes known as "The Little System That Could", because it survived a lot longer than even the railway itself thought. The closure of the Lakeside Park amusement park was surely to be the demise of the NS&T, but it hung on for a lot longer. March 28th 1959 saw the end of the system. Cars 83 (seen several times in the video) and 620 (similar to car 623) were assigned to the final charter along the Port. Colborne-St. Catharines line, carrying employees and NS&T fans for one final time. In the present day video I took, I pan around the direction the cars travelled on their final run. Across Pine St, and around the bend into St. Catharines. They would end up at the NS&T terminal at the corner of Welland Ave, and Geneva St, now a plaza. There is only one remaining streetcar, number 621, stored in Kenabunkport, ME at the Seashore Trolley Museum. It is no longer in NS&T colors, but still bears a decal showing off it's proud origin. 2 freight locomotives run there as well, and hold the only evidence of a strong railine that has disappeared from the city almost completely. With enough votes, the remaining trackage can be declared a historic site, and we will at least have that to remind us of "The ...

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