The coal traffic to Canada was largely locomotive coal originating in
PA for the GTR's and later CN locomotive terminals in eastern and
central Ontario, the GTR becoming part of CN in 1923. A fair amount
of commercial coal was shipped as well. Ted Rafuse's book "Coal to
Canada"

http://www.canrailpub.com/coaltocanada.htm

is about the Ontario Car Ferry Company, a joint venture between the
BR&P and the GTR which became a joint B&O/CN venture. They operated
two car ferries between Genesee Dock (near Rochester, NY) and
Cobourg, Ontario from 1907 to 1950. Many BR&P and B&O cars wound up
in Eastern Ontario from the Ontario #1 and Ontario #2 car ferries.

Steve Lucas.

--- In STMFC@..., "Eric Hansmann" <eric@...> wrote:

Malcolm brings up some interesting information. I grew up in a

neighboring coal field in

Indiana, PA, and discovered the Buffalo Rochester & Pittsburgh

Railroad at an erly age. This

line was originally built by the Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal

Company to move the black diamonds

from the Indiana and Jefferson county coal fields. These are just

west of the Clearfield

district field. The BR&P moved quite a bit of coal north towards

Buffalo, but I think much was

sent to the docks for Canadian export. The BR&P was merged into the

B&O in 1933. That coal

traffic continued into the B&O years, but I do not know when it

tapered off after the steam

era. So while the coal from the B&O may not have been delivered to

the Buffalo mills with

frequency, it was a part of the coal traffic moving through that

city.

.

Eric Hansmann
Morgantown, W. Va.