Nostalgia & History > Heres an order from Canada on the CP

Isn't Windsor in Ontario?

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xtra1188w Wrote:
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> Isn't Windsor in Ontario?
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> Con


Yes....across the river from Detroit, MI

"No. 70 engine unknown"?

"Unknown" was commonly used right up until the end of train orders in 1986 (on the CP London Div) when the DS was working ahead and didn't know what engine would be on a particular train.
In fact even lineups would show things like "Extra West Eng unknown dp XXXX at _____".

Interesting about the "unknown". It seems there was reason to post the engine number on a train order in addition to extras--another validation that you were seeing the right train in a meet or second section etc.

One time as a very young railfan I informed a tower operator that the engine number the dispatcher had reported him for the trainorder was wrong. (Someone had taken a "7" as "1".) I knew the loco types and instantly knew they had the wrong number. After the train had passed the operator reported it to the dispatcher for some brownie points. LOL