Old Canadian Railway Rolling Stock
Passenger Cars
 
 

This picture was taken and submitted by Massey F. Jones
This very tall  all-metal "man" composed of water tank and various gears has stood still for years, announcing the former Ogden CPR shops (now Alstom) 

 



 

The ultimest caboose in Canada is a  VIA Park car.
All VIA dome passenger cars are named after Canadian
national park, in addition to a number.
http://www.viarail.ca/en/about-via-rail/our-fleet/park-car
Only passengers having booked sleepers can ride this
rearmost car, which includes several amenities, least of 
all complimentary food and permission to access the 
end dome.
This photo of the Westbound Canadian was taken near 
Seebe AB, about 40 miles west of Calgary, in July 1989, 
before VIA abandoned all passenger through the area in 
January 1990.
This picture was taken and submitted by Massey F. Jones
Partial view of Kootenay Park,  looking rearward, down
the track. Passengers enjoy some free amenities, while
relaxing in comfort.
In former days, this parlour car was the smoking area.
Today the entire train, including the Park Car is totally
non-smoking. VIA has scheduled strategic stops every
4 hours or so, enabling passengers to detrain and 
smoke if they wish.
This picture was taken and submitted by Massey F. Jones
If they so desire, passengers traveling in sleeper 
accomodation can proceed inside the rear dome, anytime,
day or night. Many take advantage of the amenity after
dark, because it is an extremely peaceful place to gather
one's thoughts. This view shows the lit-up stairs leading
to the dome.
This picture was taken and submitted by Massey F. Jones
Our train had 4 dome cars. The midddle dome cars are 
called Skyline. The lower portion of the car is a snack bar.
Users are mostly day coach passengers and access to 
the dome is unrestricted day or night
http://www.viarail.ca/en/about-via-rail/
This picture was taken and submitted by Massey F. Jones  
Old railcars never die. The railcar car on the left is 
VIA 2448, photographed on June 19th, 2008 from a street
vantage point near Waterfront Station in Vancouver.
It is  one of five "Northern Spirit" cars used on the
VIA Rail "Hudson Bay" train between Winnipeg and Churchill
from 2000 to about 2006. Ridership wasn't as expected and the
train didn't survive the VIA Rail cutbacks. View excellent details 
about all 5 "Northern Spirit" cars, including the exterior  livery 
for each  car, all different. at http://blog.traingeek.ca/2011/10/via-rails-winnipeg-maintenance
-centre_23.htm
The 2448 had a large polar bear graphic applied to the sides.

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 

 This picture was taken and submitted by Massey F. Jones  
1955 Budd Car at Vanderhoof, BC still in regular use by 
VIA Rail on the Skeena Line between Jasper and 
Prince Rupert. 
This picture was taken on June 26, 2008
 This picture was taken and submitted by Corey Walker, Prince George, BC  
1955 Budd Car at New Hazelton BC and isstill in regular
use by VIA Rail on the Skeena Line between Jasper and 
Prince Rupert BC. 
This picture was taken on January 4, 2013
 This picture was taken and submitted by Corey Walker, Prince George, BC  
 1955 Budd Car  at New Hazelton BC, January 4, 2013
 This picture was taken and submitted by Corey Walker, Prince George, BC  
 1955 Budd Car  at New Hazelton BC, January 4, 2013
 This picture was taken and submitted by Corey Walker, Prince George, BC  
 1955 Budd Car  at New Hazelton BC, January 4, 2013
 This picture was taken and submitted by Corey Walker, Prince George, BC  
 1955 Budd Car  at New Hazelton BC, January 4, 2013
This is a view we don't see too often.
 This picture was taken and submitted by Corey Walker, Prince George, BC  
 The CPR Canadian arriving in Totonto Ont.
 This picture was submitted by Jim Parker and is part of the "Jim Parker Collection"  
One of the“PARK” dome cars still painted in the CPR scheme,
near Stephen, Mileage  123.1 Laggan Sub; eastbound after clearing
the Upper Spiral Tunnel,  in March 1976. The water in the 
background is Sink Lake, still frozen till about mid-May.
 This picture was taken and submitted by Massey F. Jones  
CNR Class L15 Sceneramic Dome car. Fraser #2403 at
Vanvouver B.C. June 1967
This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
CNR Coach Pass, at Toronto Ont. Jan 1968
This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
 CNR Class CH3 Club Car Pass at Toronto Ont. Jan 1966
This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
 CNR Class CH5 Coach (Snack bar) Pass #304 
at Toronto Ont. May 1975
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
CNR Obser Pass at Toronto Ont, Jan 1968
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
  CNR Class T1 Tempo Club Pass #321 
at Toronto Ont. June 1973
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
 CNR Class T1 Tempo Club Pass #324 
at Toronto Ont. June 1973
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
 CNR Class T2 Tempo Cafe Coach Pass 
at Toronto Ont. Sept 1971
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
 CNR Class T2 Tempo Cafe Coach Pass #340
at Toronto Ont. June 1973
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
 CNR Class T3 Tempo Coach Pass #362 
at Toronto Ont. May 1969
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
 CNR Class T3 Tempo Coach #372 Pass. 
at Toronto Ont. June 1973
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
 CNR Class T3 Tempo Coach #375 at Toronto Ont. 
Sept 1971
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
CNR Baggage Car #9646 at Toronto Ont. May 1975
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
 CNR Baggage Car #10302 at Toronto Ont. June 1973
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
 CNR Class M10 Dinning Car Pass #1241 at Toronto
May 1966
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
 CNR Class CC15 Commuter Coach #5014 at Toronto Ont. 
May 1966
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
 CNR Coach Pass. #4205 at Toronto Ont. Aug 1956
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
 CNR Class CC13 Commuter Coach #4968 at Toronto Ont.

 Aug 1956

 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
 CNR Class CO17 Coach (Class C) Pass #5139 at 
West Toronto Ont. Sept 1967
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
 CNR Coach Pass. #2737 at Toronto Ont. Oct 1966
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
 CNR Class CO17 Coach (Class C) Pass #5176 at Toronto Ont.
May 1966
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
CNR Class H1 Combo Pass and Baggage #7167 at Toronto Ont.
May 1966
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
 CNR Class CL3 Club Car "Oromocto Lake" #555
at Toronto May 1966
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
CNR Class H4 Combo Pass and Baggage #7774 at Allandale Ont.
June 1973
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
CNR Baggage Car #11576 at Toronto Ont. May 1966
This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
CNR Combo RPO and Baggage Pass #7795 at Allandale Ont.
June 1973
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
CNR Combo Baggage and RPO Pass #7807 at Allandale Ont.
June 1973
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
CNR Class H4 Baggage Car #8657 \t Toronto Ont. Oct 1966
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
 CNR Class CL1 Club Car "Charleston Lake" #552 at 
West Toronto Sept 1967
This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
 CNR Class CL1 Club Car "Charleston Lake" #552 at Toronto
Oct 1966
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
CNR Toronto Yard Instruction Unit #15039 at Bellville Ont June 1964
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
CNR Class M11 Dinning Car Pass #1263 at Acton Ont.
June 1965
This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
CNR Class M3 Dinette Pass #431 at Toronto
May 1966
This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
 CNR Pass Coach #9401bLettered for Adirondack Scenic
Railway Aug 2007
This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
 CNR Coach Pass. #2207 at Newtonville Ont. July 1966
This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
CNR Class C09 Coach (Class B) Pass #5188 at Toronto Ont
May 1975
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
CNR Class C09 Coach (Class B) Pass #5201 at Toronto Ont
May 1966
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
CNR Class C09 Coach (Class B) Pass #5225 at Toronto Ont
May 1975
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
CNR Class C09 Coach (Class B) Pass #5227 at Chicago Ill.
May 1965
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
CNR Class C09 Coach (Class B) Pass #5229 at Toronto Ont
May 1966
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
CNR Class C018 Coach (Class B) Pass #5238 at Toronto Ont
May 1975
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
CNR Class C10 Coach (Class B) Pass #5270 at Toronto Ont
May 1975
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
CNR Baggage-RPO #7854 at Ft. Erie Ont. April 1972 
This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
 CNR Baggage-Express #9037 at Toronto Ont. Oct 1966
This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
 CNR Class H27 Baggage Pass #9180 at Allandale Ont.

 June 1973

This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
 CNR Class H6 Baggage-Express #9269 at Toronto Ont. 

Sept 1960

This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
 CNR Class H27 Baggage Car #59115 at Fort Erie Ont.
May 1975 (Originial #9115)
This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
CNR Class L3 Pullman Cape Breton #1087 at Toronto 
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
 CNR Class S2 Sleeper Exeter #1160 at Toronto April 1956
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
 CNR ClassCL4 Club Car Windermer #561 at Oshawa Ont. Sept 1968
This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
 CNR Baggage-Express #9115 at Toronto Ont. Sept 1967
This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
  CNR Baggage-Express C050 at Allandale Ont. June 1975
This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
CNR Class Baggage  #9012 at Toronto Ont. May 1969
This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
 CNR Class H Baggage #9633 at Toronto Ont. May 1975
This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
CNR Class C12 Coach (Class B) Pass #5403 at Toronto Ont
May 1975
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
CNR Class C08 Coach (Class A) Pass #5449 at Toronto Ont
June 1967
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
CNR Class M4 Cafeteria Pass #487 at Toronto Ont.
Oct 1974
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
 CNR Class M29 Cafe KIYBGE Pass #752 at Toronto Ont.
Oct 1974
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
 CNR Class M25 Dinning Car Pass #1368 at Toronto Ont.
April 1967
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
CNR Class CO7 Coach (Class A) Pass #5454 at Toronto Ont.
June 1967
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
 CNR Class CL7 Club Car Lake Kathlyn #585 at Toronto Ont.
June 1967
  This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
  CNR Class L3 Pullman Cape Rosier #1082 at Careol Ont. 
Sept 1976
  This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
CNR Class CO* (Class A) Coach Pass #5482 at Capreol Ont.
Sept 1976
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
CNR Class CO7 (Class A) Pass #5460 at Toronto Ont.
Sept 1967
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
CNR Coach Pass. at Toronto Ont.
This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
 CNR CND Government Private Car at Toronto Ont. 
June 1968
This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
 One of the cars in passenger train consists until the advent of 
"all-electric" heating was the steam generator, used to provide 
"on board" comfort during cold nights and all winter. For most 
of the 20th Century, passenger cars were heated by steam but
it became a problem, once diesel units took over and there was
no longer a guaranteed supply of steam at the head end from the locomotive.

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.

 Massey F. Jones collection  
STCUM ((English: Montreal Transit Corporation) Gallery
Car with cab 901 in "hockey mask", at Montreal West in the
mid-70s. This is one of a series of cars built in 1969 by
Canadian Vickers for commuter transport between downtown 
Montreal and the West Island (Vaudreuil - Dorion).
The orange booths are for passenger fare control at the 
crossing. The operation was run by the CPR from 
Windsor Station in downtown Montreal. 

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
 

 

This picture was taken and submitted by Massey F. Jones  
A close-up of each platform-level entrance to the bi-level
cars on the STCUM/AMT commuter train
This picture was taken and submitted by Massey F. Jones
CPR Bi-Level Passanger car #920 Montreal West PQ 
July 1970
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
CN Superdome "Columbia" at Jasper
This picture was taken by Phil Mason and submitted by J Guy Hamel, Quebec, Canada
This 1912 CN excursion car was also found at
the Fort Edmonton Park
This picture was taken Sept 2011
This picture was taken and submitted by Bruce Raynor  
 CNR Class B27 BUS. Pass #85 at TorontonOnt. Jan 1968
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
The rear car of the Royal Canadian Pacific westbound, at
the MP 1.2 CP Laggan Sub ( 11 St SW Calgary)
Passage on the luxury train is around $8000 and limited to 
about 30 guests + crew.
http://www.royalcanadianpacific.com/heritage.html
 This picture was taken and submitted by Massey F. Jones  
CNR OBSER Govenor General Private Car at Toronto Ont. 
This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
 CNR OBSER pass Govenor General Car at Toronto Ont.
Jan 1968
This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  

 
Here is a photo of "Le Railcar" in Vancouver's Gastown, taken in June 1988, during its life as a restaurant. 
The ex-CPR railway car was moved to Squamish BC;
restored to its original splendor inside
and it is now preserved as an operating showpiece at the 
West Coast Railway Heritage Park.

A word-for-word copy from http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.
php?15,2358842
describes it all.

The Alberta was built in 1929 as one of a fleet of ten 
'superintendent' cars and was used across the country by 
Canadian Pacific until the late 1960's before being retired
from active service. It became the centrepiece of a small Gastown restaurant in the 1970's but after going out of business, reverted to CP Rail's Marathon Realty 
subsidiary and was eventually donated to the WCRA. 
It was shipped to our Heritage Park and after a number of years, a generous donor allowed us to completely 
rebuild the car. The original bedrooms were removed
when it became a restaurant, so the configuration
is now lounge, dining/board room and galley. 
The Alberta has been rebuilt to Transport Canada 
operating standards and will be available for future
charters etc.

View the WCRA website at http://www.wcra.org/

While it is not displayed in the Panorama Roundhouse in
this 360 degree video, it's almost safe to assume that it 
will be, because the it is now a showpiece. At the time the panoramic view was taken, restoration might have not 
have yet been completed "Alberta
.http://www.double-shutter.com/roundhouse/roundhouse
2-360.htm

 

 This picture was taken and submitted by Massey F. Jones  
BCR work car #990243 at North vancouver, BC Aug 1981
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Booth, Willingdon AB  
WP Passanger Car 214 at Carcross YT Aug 1982
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Booth, Willingdon AB  
WP Passanger Car 220 at Carcross YT Aug 1982
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Booth, Willingdon AB  
CPR Coach #110 at Toronto Ont. Sept 1964
This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
 CPR Coach #111 at Canoe B.C. June 1967
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
CPR Dome Car #545 at Revelstoke B.C. June 1967
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
CPR Domed  Observation Car (Assinboine Park) at
Revelstok B.C. June 1967
This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
 CPR  Observation Car #891 at Toronto Ont. June 1964 
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
One of the cars in the CPR "VIEW" series, at 
United Railway Supply, situated in north-end Montreal, 
August 1970. The company, a used locomotive
remanufacturer and reseller, no longer exists. It was 
located on the Cartierville (electrified) spur, off the Montréal-Deux-Montagnes (electrified) commuter line. 
A bit of the spur line track can be seen in the bottom right c
orner of the other picture.

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.

 This picture was taken and submitted by Massey F. Jones  
Following the end of Pool Car service on Montreal-Toronto
and Ottawa-Toronto in 1969, CPR sold all 4 cars. Sea View 
and River View went to the Quebec Cartier Mining Company
in Northern Quebec where they were used as business cars
by company executives. Sea View lost its name and became
renumbered Cartier #847 and River View became Cartier #846.

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/

 This picture was taken and submitted by Massey F. Jones  
 CPR "Grove" Class Coach #2247 at Sudbury Ont. 
Sept 1976
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
 CPR Baggage #3047 at Toronto Ont. May 1967 
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
CPR "Grove" Class Baggage Car #4702 at Toronto Ont.
May 1967
This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
 CPR Sleeper Car (Chateau Rruce) at Toronto Ont. 
March 1972
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
CPR Diner Car (Champlain) at Sudbury Ont. Sept 1976
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
 CPR Coach (Cornwell Manor) at Toronto Ont. March 1972
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
 CPR Roomete Elgin Manor
 This picture was submitted by Jim Parker and is part of the Truscott - Bruce Horin Coll.  
CP Car #24 at Port Stanley Ont, Aug 2004
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Booth, Willingdon AB  
 CPR passanger car (Venosta) located outside the 
Port Moody Station Museum in Port Moody, BC, which 
was the original western terminus of the CPR before 
being extended to Vancouver
 This picture was taken and submitted by Corey Walker, Prince George, BC  
CPR Bus. Observation Car #4 at Smiths Falls Ont. 
May 1956
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
 CPR Bus. Observation Car #23 at Smiths Falls Ont. 
July 1965
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
CPR Bus. Observation Car #23 at Smiths Falls Ont. 
July 1965
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
 CPR Bus. Observation Car #7 
This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
CPR BUSINESS CAR # 71 KILLARNEY was built in
1916 by Pullman and acquired by CPR from The Florida 
East Coast Railway in Feb 1918, being the second CPR 
car to carry that name. 

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

 This picture was taken and submitted by Massey F. Jones  
Canadian Pacific Railway Business Car SASKATCHEWAN
photographed at an unknown location.
The car was then intended to be preserved by a private 
individual on his land at Champion Park, near Okotoks AB.

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/ 

 This picture is part of the Massey F. Jones Collection  
Canadian Pacific Business Car 12, at Champion Park, near
Okotoks AB from an old photo.
It was eventually lettered to SASKATCHEWAN, the name that
it originally bore. 
See a side view of it in the same setting by Cor van Steenis,
after the business car was re-lettered at: http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1818479
   
CPR INST Car #60 at Toronto Ont. Sept 1960
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
 CPR Combo #3262 at Toronto Ont. Sept 1960
  This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
CPR Coach #1350 at Toronto Ont. Seot 1960
  This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
CPR Coach (Glen Major) at Toronto Ont. Sept 1960
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
 CPR Coach (Shaughnessy) at revelstoke B.C. 
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
 CPR  Observation Car (Cape Bauld) at Toronto Ont. 
May 1967
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
 CPR "Grove" Class Coach #2103 at Toronto Ont. 
Sept 1960
  This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
Railway Post Office Car 401807 at the Calgary Industria
Yard (opposite Fort Calgary) on 9 Dec 2012;  awaiting
transport to its new home at the Galt Historic Railway 
Park, in Stirling, Alberta. http://galtrailway.com/home/

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 picture was taken and submitted by Massey F. Jones  
CPR Baggage Car #411704 at Agincourt Ont. June 1968
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
CPR Baggage Car #21053 at Toronto Ont. March 1972
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
CPR Baggage Car #404157 (Now a service car) July 1988
 This picture was taken by Allan Campbell and submitted by Jim Parker  
CPR Baggage Car #411696  (Now a service car) July 1988
 This picture was taken by Allan Campbell and submitted by Jim Parker  
 CPR Work Car (Dinner) #411327 at Midhurst Ont. June 1998
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
 CPR ES Baggage #4459 at Toronto Ont.
  This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
 CPR Tourist Observation Car #597 at York PA May 1967
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
 CPR Tourist Observation Car #598 at Vancouver B.C. 
June 1967
  This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
Sometime in the 1920s, open platform cars lost favour 
with the travelling public because they didn't provide 
protection from rain and snow. The Pullman Car Company's
answer was to build an enclosed solarium car which could
be air conditioned in the summer (with ceiling fans) and 
heated in the winter. The car features a few bedrooms
and was the height of luxury, much like the PARK  dome 
cars  are the tail end of VIA trains today.

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

 

 This picture was taken by Lorne Unwin and submitted by Massey F. Jones  
 CNR Station located between Palmerston and Fergus Ont.
June 1956
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
Grand Trunk Pacific passenger coach. (Year unknown).
It's since been restored and is now the home to the
Skeena Valley Model Railway Association in Terrace, BC. 
The coach is located beside the CN 
mainline tracks to Prince Rupert and also beside the 
Grand Trunk Pathway, a walkway named after the 
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway.
 This picture was taken and submitted by Corey Walker, Prince George, BC  
ACR (Algoma Central Railway) Passenger Coach #424 
at Sault Ste Marie Ont. Oct 1974
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
 ACR (Algoma Central Railway) Diner car at
Sault Ste Marie Oct 1974
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
 ACR (Algoma Central Railway) (Ex ICR) Passenger
Coach #511 at Sault Ste Marie Ont. Oct 1974
This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
ONR (Ontario Northern Railway) Passenger Coach #812 
at North Bay Ont. Jan 1975
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
 ONR (Ontario Northern Railway) Passenger Coach #812 
at North Bay Ont Jan 1975
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
ONR (Ontario Northern Railway) Passenger Coach #830
at Sault Ste Marie Ont. Oct 1974
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
ONR (Ontario Northern Railway) Passenger Coach #831
at Sault Ste Marie Ont. Oct 1974
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
ONR (Ontario Northern Railway) Passenger Coach #835
at Sault Ste Marie Ont. Oct 1974
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
ONR (Ontario Northern Railway) Passenger Coach #836
at Sault Ste Marie Ont. Oct 1974
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
CNR Tourist Observation Car #15097 at Toronto Ont
 July 1967
This car was bui;t in 1892 and is now at Calgary's Heritage 
Park and in daily operation during their open season, May to
September. 

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

 

 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
 CNR Tourist Observation Car #15097 at Toronto Ont. 
July 1967
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
CP Rail Observation Car at Vancouver BC, May 1986
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Booth, Willingdon AB  
 WHRC Open Air Car #101 Gabriel waits at WolfvilleNS
June 2000 These cars were made from flatcars by Building 
frames with seats inside this. 
They were part of the Evangeline Express
This picture was posted as "Public domain" on Photobucket by Brian Hiscock  
 Ex-Via Coach 5747 Named Father Pelican at Wolfville NS, June 2000 This was part of The Evangeline Express
 This picture was posted as "Public domain" on Photobucket by Brian Hiscock  
Three ex-CPR cars sit on display in the village of Bristol NB
 This picture was posted as "Public domain" on Photobucket by Brian Hiscock  
CNR Combo Pass. Smiths Falls Ont. July 1999
This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
 CNR Coach Pass. Smiths Falls Ont. July 1999
This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
 CNR Combo Pass. Smiths Falls Ont. July 1999
This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
Prairie Dog Central 103 at Vancouver BC, May 1986
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Booth, Willingdon AB  
CP Rail Car "British Columbia" at Vancouver BC. 
May 1986
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Booth, Willingdon AB  
CNR Passenger Class B8 Buss #24 at Vancouver BC
June 1967
 This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
The Salem and Hillsborough Railroad, 2003
 The picture was taken by myself in 1994  
CN Auxiliary Car #10 at London ON, July1984
This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Booth, Willingdon AB  
Car 141, brought out of its indoor storage for Railway Days.
It was first built in July 1907, at the CPR Angus Shops in 
Montreal as a CPR as an obscure passenger coach in the fleet,
before being reborn as CPR 141 July 1952, and then
converted to Work Car 411585 in 1973, before being 
donated in 1980 to Calgary's Heritage Park, who restored it. 

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 and submitted by Massey F. Jones  
 S&LRy (Sydney & Louisburg Railway)
Rod told me the following about this picture.
"I recently came into possession of my maternal
grandfather's obituary, Roderick Livingstone. Rod
spent most of his career working forDOSCO and spent his 
last years as Car Shop Foreman/Supervisor in Glace Bay,
Nova Scotia, where I was born. In the obit, it was mentioned 
that one of the projects he supervised was the building of
a baggage - express car for the Sydney & Louisburg 
Railway (1928/29 ) and with the help of two books I have, and
pictures and input from Jim Simmons, it looks like the
car was #9, she looks functional  but not pretty! 
Never the less, it is so great to have a picture and some
documentation of a railway project than involved my maternal 
Grandfather who I never knew - helps to explain that 
Railroading may indeed be in the genes  - I have long known
that my paternal grandfather was involved In Railroading since
he was the General Foreman, Mechanical Dept. for the
Panama Railway when they were constructing the Panama Canal."
 This picture was submitted by Rod Desborough, Halifax, NS and the picture is the property of Jim Simmons  
ACR (Algoma Central Railway) Business Car AGAWA
at Sault Marie Ont.Feb 1990
This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
ACR (Algoma Central Railway) Baggage/Passanger Car
at Sault Marie Ont. Oct 1974
This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
ACR (Algoma Central Railway) Passanger Coach #402 
at Sault Ste Marie Ont. Oct 1974
This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
TM (Therrien McNamara Const. Co. Sleeper #208 
at Toronto Ont. 1950's
This picture was taken and submitted by Jim Parker  
CPR Bunk Car #404691
This picture was taken by Bill Grandin and submitted by Jim Parker   
 BC Provincial_Museum "ADVENTURE" at Vancouver, 
BC Sept 1981

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 and submitted by Jim Booth, Willingdon AB  
 BC Provincial Museum "SKEENA_RIVER" at 
Vancouver BC Sept 1981

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 and submitted by Jim Booth, Willingdon AB  
 BC Provincial_Museum "KOOTENAY RIVER" at Vancouver
BC Sept 1981

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 and submitted by Jim Booth, Willingdon AB  
The Royal Train leaving Shilo Man. 1970
 This picture was submitted by Jim Booth, Willingdon AB  
RBBX Coach #41402
Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus
This picture was taken by Bill Grandin and submitted by Jim Parker


Old Canadian Rolling Stock
 Freight Cars


 The Steam Engines of the CNR
 Old Canadian Diesels
The Steam Engines of the CPR
   

 
 
Canadian Train Stations
The Grain Elevators
of Western Canada
Canadian Railway Tunnels
with a detailed look at the
CPR Spiral Tunnels
     
Cabooses 
Canadian Railway Artifacts
Train Bridges and Trestles
The Scrap Yard
 Old Canadian Rolling Stock
 Freight Cars
Canadian Old Logging Equipment
and Steam and Diesel Locomotives
 
Electric Locomotives and Street Cars
 Robot Cars
Industrial and on Site Diesel 
Locomotives
The Newfoundland Railway

Two site worth looking at.

The Memory Lane Railway Museum in Middleton, Nova Scotia.
The only exclusive Dominion Atlantic Railway museum in the world

Welcome to the DAR DPI
A web community initiative intent on digitally preserving
the history of the Dominion Atlantic Railway


Links
Visit our Home in Summerville Nova Scotia. This house was built in 1873.
Where we live and what we do
A Nova Scotia Snow Storm Hits Summerville
A Nova Scotia Snow Storm Hits Summerville
The Steam Locomotives of the CPR
The Steam Engines of the CNR
Train Bridges and Trestles
Canadian Railway Tunnels with a detailed look 
at the CPR Spiral Tunnels
Old Canadian Diesels
The Grain Elevators of Western Canada
Canadian National Railways Motive Power Statistics Index
Jerry Barnes' Garden Railway, The SCRR
The Nova Scotia Railway Heritage Society
The Nova Scotia Railway Heritage Society
Historic Aircraft Pictures
Visit John's Old Car and Truck Pictures
The Yard Limit's page on the 
Windsor & Hantsport Railway (WHRC)
CN Pensioners' Association
The Stanley Steamer

For all you steam fans, this page is a must

Visit Lonnie Hedgepeth's 
of Rocky Mount, North Carolina site.
He has used the plans provided on Covered Bridge Plans  webpage and is 
building a Covered Bridge for his Live Steam train.
Many new pictures have been added including pictures of his Live Steam Engine
The building trades class at Darlington HS in Darlington, Wisconsin built this covered bridge for a local business man
 Tour the 64 remaining Covered Bridges
 of New Brunswick
The Covered Bridges that once
dotted Nova Scotia.
Lilies From the Valley
A Vast selection of Oriental and Asiatic previously cut commercially grown bulbs ready for shipment anywhere in Canada
Visit my Jeep page
A Picture Review of the Jeeps
from 1940 to the present
A Picture Review of the 
Nash, Hudson
and the cars of American Motors
A Picture Review of the Hudsons and Terraplanes
that were found in Australia
A Picture Review Studebaker
A Picture review of the Packard
A Picture Review of the
Pickup Truck from 1940 to 1969
A Picture review of the Volkswagen
A Picture Tour of the Kaiser Frazer
A Picture Tour of the
A Picture Tour of the Henry J
A Picture Tour of the Crosley
A Picture Review of the Chevrolet
from 1916 tto 1970
A Picture Review of the Ford
from 1908 to 1969
The Chrysler Airflow
View some of John Evan's  Artwork
View some of
John' Evan's Artwork
This site has quite a collections
of John's artwork.
View these old cars as you haven't before.
Eric Gordon's Kaiser Rebuild
There are many pictures showing the
details of this Rebuild

 
 
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