Montage du jour : L’avenue Lorne

7 comments

1. Les bancs de neige on été remplacés par des chars!

2. So true, Mr. Heffez.

   When we were children autos were not all that common and streets were so clean and serene once winter arrived.

   Montreal Tramways actually functioned better, as no cars to get in the way of their business to move people efficiently.

   Most folks walked and carried groceries home in sleighs pulled behind.

   Many changes.

   A Thank You to M. St-Jean for another lovely photo.

3. The late Queen Mother, who could hardly be accused of being an eco-militant, once exclaimed: “There are so many cars!”

   A tram used to run along St-Dominique in my neighbourhood (Petite Italie), avoiding St-Laurent. Another, along Christophe-Colomb, where bus service now is utterly dismal.

   The street has been very well-preserved, though, except for the beautiful wooden porches and stairs. That is one of the best-preserved streets in the McGill ghetto area.

4. Maria (or cdnlococo), how did that Saint Dominique tram cross the railway tracks below Bellechasse?

5. I don’t really know. There are the runs of a rail or tram line going up St-Domininque from the track to Bellechasse. (Hard to see this time of year, easy in more clement weather). But I don’t know how the tram crossed the rail line.

6. Maria, I think I know the rails you are referring to — in the gravelly road next to the Villeneuve hardware? I’m fairly certain those are related the freight line, once used for loading and unloading goods, rather than the tram.

7. Then the tram probably simply went up through the viaduct on St-Laurent, as the tram on Papineau did (though that tunnel is much wider).

   Yes, those are the rails I’m referring to. There are so many old factories along the CP line, with facilities used (at least once upon a time) to load and unload goods.