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Ken McIlvoy Collection

Ken's Track Chart Collection

Ken recounts how he came to possess these rare D.A.R. tracks charts:

I retired from Amtrak after 37 years – having started in 1971 with the birth of the company. Prior to that I had spent 3 years with the Santa Fe and a few more with Eastern as well as North Central Airlines. So, I have been in the passenger business in one form or another for my entire working life.

During Amtrak’s early years there was much attention to what we were trying to do by the Canadian Transportation Commission as well as railroad commissions from around the world. I was given the assignment to conduct negotiations with both Canadian National and Canadian Pacific (well before VIA) on some joint ventures with Amtrak.

On one of my visits to Montreal, I found myself at the CPR’s Glen Yards and took the opportunity to ask (a most unlikely question) if I could get copies of the track charts for the DAR to be used for model railroading and historical purposes. It seems at that very time the CPR was trying to clean out a lot of DAR materials, so a call to the General Superintendant at Kentville, NS sent the charts on their way to me a few days later. I have held on to these charts since 1974 with no particular disposition in mind for them – until I came across this excellent DAR site. I wanted to share everything I had with those for whom the DAR holds a particular fascination.

Ken McIlvoy, September 29, 2009 by email.

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