Canadian Railroads > Cabooses.....Cabeeses.....Vans......

march_hare Wrote:
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> I own a CN caboose (sorry, Yank talk there, a CN
> van) which resides in my backyard in upstate NY.
> It's a Hawker Siddley car, 79270,built in 1967,
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> I'd really like to find some photos of it when it
> was in service--best of all, some photos of it
> actually in service out on the road on the rear
> end of a train. But I'll take what I can get.


Sorry can’t help with that particular one.....but here’s a few shots of CN Vans:

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......and narrow-gauge ones at St. John’s, Newfoundland.

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Wild, never seen anything like 76621 before.

defect_detector Wrote:
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> Wild, never seen anything like 76621 before.

Transfer caboose. They were common around Montreal at the time.

Ray

Photo #3 ... OMG ... those side windows are rectangular ... did you notice that Tru-line Trains???

Rick

ghCBNS - In picture #4, what are those unusual tankcars on the flatcars behind the caboose?

Ray

Ray_Murphy Wrote:
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> ghCBNS - In picture #4, what are those unusual
> tankcars on the flatcars behind the caboose?
>
> Ray


I believe they were narrow gauge cars for the Zambian Railways being exported through the Port of Halifax. I remember seeing them on the dock and remarking at the unusual (for North Americans) the vacuum brake system the cars had.

Gerry Gaugl
Ottawa ON

moonliter Wrote:
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> Ray_Murphy Wrote:
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> > ghCBNS - In picture #4, what are those unusual
> > tankcars on the flatcars behind the caboose?
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> > Ray
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> I believe they were narrow gauge cars for the
> Zambian Railways being exported through the Port
> of Halifax.

A lot of this equipment was built by Hawker Siddeley at Trenton, Nova Scotia for export.

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