The link mentions that the car was used as sleeping quarters
for the West Coast Express crews because their regular rooms
in the CPR station were closed for construction  and this may be
the case here as the car is hooked up electrically to a building.
Skytrain cars to the right are 007 still in its early tricolor 
scheme and 147 in white.  View a picture of the car, most
probably on the way to Ferromex in Mexico, as FXE 150004  http://www.flickr.com/photos/milwaukeebeernut/7231265164 

 Aug 1956

 June 1973

Sept 1960

Steam Generator Unit CN 15418 was built by the Canadian
Car & Foundry in 1956 and photographed here in Moncton 
NB, June 1975. It survived into the VIA Rail era with the 
same number but became painted in the VIA Rail livery of 
blue with two wide horizontal yellow stripes on each side. .

The unit is a bit unusual because it had square windows, 
whereas most had round porthole windows. Left of the unit
is probably a baggage car and ahead of the steam generator is
CN 3648, an MLW RS18 locomotive, one of 54, Class MR-18b (3617-3670), used on smaller runs. For longer runs, a cab unit 
"F-type" locomotive was usually at the head end and it/or a 
"B" Unit had a built-in steam generator.

The AMT (English: Metropolitan Transportation Agency)
became the umbrella operation commuter transport for 63 
communities in the Montreal area in 1996 and withdrew this
type of gallery car by end of summer 2010, replacing it with a 
newer type of bi-level on selected routes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agence_m%C3%A9tropolitaine
 

CPR purchased 4 of the cars from the New York Central
(their Brook series until 1957, before being retired) Built 
in 1949 by the Budd Co. for the New York Central Railroad
as a 5 double bedroom, buffet, observation lounge, the cars 
were operated by the Pullman Company between Boston 
and Chicago.

Renamed respectively by the CPR in the "View" series 
(their NYC name in brackets) they were respectively Sea 
View (Babbling Brook); East View (Fall Brook); River View
(Plum Brook) and Mountain View (Singing Brook).  CPR
used 2 of the cars on Pool trains (a combined CN-CP 
passenger operation to maximize reduced passenger
loads for each railway), between Montreal and Toronto
and the other 2 cars in Pool Trains between Ottawa and
Toronto until CN and CP decided to operate passenger
service independently on their own tracks, later on.

In 1986, Cartier Mining sold their #847 into the US, where it 
was refitted to Amtrak standards and regained its original name
of Babbling Brook. A couple of re-sales later, the passenger ca
r is still active and occasionally used on the mainline by the new 
owners. http://www.webbrail.com/history  Cartier #846 was also
sold into the US and regained its name of Plum Brook.

Another CPR car of the same style, the Mountain View
(ex-NYC Singing Brook) ended up on the Algoma Central 
as their Canyon View (#551). See it in their Steelton yard. http://www.cnrphotos.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=74488. 
It was sold in 1984 into private US ownership and the name
Canyon View given to an ACR caboose that was transformed
into a fully equipped camp car. http://www.agawacanyontourtrain.com/content/tours/canyonview/

KILLARNEY is now regularly used as a crew car within
the Royal Canadian Pacific luxury train but we see it here
resting in front of the station at Banff AB in June 1988,
a few years before it became part of that consist (in 2000). 

View the whole Royal Canadian Pacific consist at: http://www.royalcanadianpacific.com/doc/AboutTrain.pdf

View details about Champion Park on the Alberta portion
of my station page http://yourrailwaypictures.com/TrainStations/indexCentral.html 
and also on the Old Diesels page  http://yourrailwaypictures.com/OldDiesels/ 

Built in 1914 by the CPR Angus Shops in Montreal as
CPR Railway Post Office Car #3774, is was in service 
until 1959, before being converted to Work Service 
#404901 and later renumbered to Work Service # 401807. 

RPO cars were always coupled to passenger trains.
Inside the car, postal employees sorted "First Class Mail"
by hand while the train was in motion between large cities,
resulting in "Same Day" or overnight service. From about 
1950, most mail ceased to be carried by rail between cities 
and went either by air cargo or road. RPO cars lost then their
purpose and most were sold, scrapped or put to some other 
use by the railways such as this one.

Read about RPO cars in Canada at: http://www.trainweb.org/oldtimetrains/Various/
railway_mail.htm

This one, obviously in action, was possibly photographed 
somewhere in Northern Ontario where Massey's late
father-in law was stationed for some years with the RCAF. 
Massey acquired his slide collection. Due to poor camera
quality, the number cannot be picked out.

View a picture of Solarium Car 36 at: http://abpr2.railfan.net/abprphoto.cgi?april11/04-21-
11/CP36_Ignace_1970-07_b.jpg

View it on YouTube by accessing "Calgary's Heritage 
Park Steam Train" 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRPHKvYIbWA
 

It's in very good condition but not normally run around 
the park except for these two days, late September http://www.heritagepark.ca/special-events/railwayDays.php

Car 141 started life as a commuter train in Montreal before used
on ski trains to the Laurentians.As you can see, it has reversible 
rattan seats. Then it became work car DAR411585
The car operated around Kentville for quite a while, before being requisitioned for the CBC series "The National Dream".
Then then fixed it up and it eventually came to 
Heritage Park in 1980, after touring throughout Canada 
with some exhibits
 
 

This picture was taken at the  the CP Drake St Shops in 
Vancouver BC (Sept 1981). Jim has no idea as to what their
fate was. The area was slowly being taken over for the 
Expo 86 fair so they did not stay there long.

This picture was taken at the  the CP Drake St Shops in 
Vancouver, BC (Sept 1981). Jim has no idea as to what their
fate was. The area was slowly being taken over for the Expo 86 
fair so they did not stay there long.

This picture was taken at the  the CP Drake St Shops in
Vancouver, BC (Sept 1981). Jim has no idea as to what their 
fate was. The area was slowly being taken over for the Expo 86
fair so they did not stay there long.

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