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| Last updated on August 7, 2025
CP owned just three E units: E8’s 1800–1802, the only E units purchased by a non-U.S. railroad. Less than a month old, No. 1800 leads the Boston–Montreal Alouette out of Woodsville, N.H., and across the Connecticut River into Vermont on December 30, 1949.
Philip R. Hastings photo
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B&M’s contribution to the Allouette was E8 3821, the only E8 B&M had (often replaced by a B&M or MEC E7). The train lasted until the White Mountain Division washed out between Blackmount and Plymouth in 1954. Replacement service with RDCs via White River Jct. VT lasted until 1964.