Porter Greeted on Last Run
When sleeping car porter Charles H. Duval stepped
off the train recently at Toronto, he ended 19 years of Company service. Mr. Duval joined the Company as a sectionman
at Owen Sound in 1940 and was made a sleeping car porter at Toronto in 1942. On hand to bid him farewell were (left
to right): J. Griffiths, R. Graham superintendent S.D.&P.C. Dept., H. Mossop, R.N. Capstick, L. Wilson, A.
Budd, J.W. Jackson, C.H. Duval, L.S. Brown, A.T. Grant, and N. Holmes.
Last Run a Family Affair
Conductor Joe Leddy's last run on train 21 to Toronto was a "family affair".
In the driver's seat was one of his sons, engineer Carl Leddy. His other son Don, was the trainman on Joe's final
run. Joe finished 49 years' service with CPR, which began in 1911 when he was hired as a trainman at West Toronto. In
1917, Joe was promoted to conductor. The past 10 years were spent on the Montreal run. On hand to congratulate Joe on
his last run were (left to right): Carl Leddy engineer, J. White master mechanic, J.W. Stewart superintendent
Trenton division, Mr. Leddy, T.E. McCabe head clerk, Don Leddy trainman, and E.A. Fisher assistant superintendent.
Last Run at Brownville
Engineman C.R. Clark, of Brownville Junction, who recently retired, began his service
with the Company as an engine cleaner in 1912. He enlisted for military service during World War I, was wounded
overseas and returned to the Company after discharge in 1919. He is seen at extreme left as he completed his last
tour of yard duty. With him are (left to right): Engineman George McGuire, Engineman Guy T. Dow local chairman
B.L.E., carman Charles Coburn, and George Bates district master mechanic. Mr. Clark has a son, Robert C., a Company
trainman at Brownville Junction.
Send-Off for Conductor
Last run for Conductor H.T. Mossop after 49 years of service ended in Toronto when he
brought the "Canadian" into Union Station. Some of the friends who gathered to congratulate him are seen
above (left to right): G.K. Strickland trainman, F.D. Travis assistant superintendent Toronto Terminals, W.K.
Hill conductor and local chairman B. of R.T., W.J. Jordan assistant to general yardmaster Toronto, Victor Shaw
fireman, conductor Mossop, H. Stitt engineer, F.J. Koehn assistant superintendent Trenton division, and D.W. Stewart
superintendent Trenton division. Mr. Mossop was set up as a conductor in 1927 and was top on the seniority list when
he retired. ( Editor's Note: Does any reader know if the engineer, H. Stitt, pictured here is the same
engineer who wrote the book "I Remember" after his retirement from CPR service? )
This Spanner article is copyright
1960 by the Canadian Pacific Railway and is reprinted here with
their permission. All photographs, logos, and trademarks are the property of the Canadian Pacific Railway
Company.
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