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| CPR Hat Check tickets |
On one trip I asked the conductor
of train 201 for the hat check he had issued for my seat when lifting my ticket. Nearing the end of the ride, he handed me
the hat check as a souvenir for my trip and then asked me about my grandparents
whom I had been visiting for the weekend. I was surprised that he knew who I was and who my
grandparents were.
A few moments later as I was
about to detrain at Montreal West station, the conductor slipped all the hat
check tickets he had collected into my jacket pocket. That was a small gesture
that I have never forgotten. Twenty-six years later I still have that
assortment of hat check tickets as a reminder from one of my last journeys on
train 201 before it vanished into history.
Later I learned that the
conductor was Donald K. McLeod who worked on the Farnham Division trains. He
was originally from Milan, Quebec, although not related to Leslie
McLeod. long time residents often referred to him as D.K.
Years earlier, my grandmother had been the teacher in Milan’s one-room, one-class school. She once told me that D.K. had been one of her students.
Years earlier, my grandmother had been the teacher in Milan’s one-room, one-class school. She once told me that D.K. had been one of her students.
The Oddblock Station Agent
written in 1995
Addendum January 2019
An unexpected find...
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| A few more CPR Hat Check tickets |
Last October I was going through papers my mother had squirreled away and I stumbled upon one of my school projects she'd kept.
Decades ago I'd pocketed these hat checks assigned to my seat as a young passenger on Trains 203 and 203 during the mid 1960's and then later used them in that CPR-related school paper.
Note the conductor punches on the right and left match those of the first group.
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