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Canadian Railroads > Cabooses.....Cabeeses.....Vans......Date: 11/07/13 15:03 Cabooses.....Cabeeses.....Vans...... Author: ghCBNS march_hare Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > 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, > > 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: Date: 11/07/13 15:04 Re: Cabooses.....Cabeeses.....Vans...... Author: ghCBNS Date: 11/07/13 15:05 Re: Cabooses.....Cabeeses.....Vans...... Author: ghCBNS Date: 11/07/13 16:50 Re: Cabooses.....Cabeeses.....Vans...... Author: defect_detector Wild, never seen anything like 76621 before.
Date: 11/07/13 16:58 Re: Cabooses.....Cabeeses.....Vans...... Author: Ray_Murphy defect_detector Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Wild, never seen anything like 76621 before. Transfer caboose. They were common around Montreal at the time. Ray Date: 11/08/13 01:51 Re: Cabooses.....Cabeeses.....Vans...... Author: rschonfelder Photo #3 ... OMG ... those side windows are rectangular ... did you notice that Tru-line Trains???
Rick Date: 11/08/13 05:58 Re: Cabooses.....Cabeeses.....Vans...... Author: Ray_Murphy ghCBNS - In picture #4, what are those unusual tankcars on the flatcars behind the caboose?
Ray Date: 11/08/13 07:45 Re: Cabooses.....Cabeeses.....Vans...... Author: moonliter Ray_Murphy Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > 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 Date: 11/08/13 09:28 Re: Cabooses.....Cabeeses.....Vans...... Author: ghCBNS moonliter Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Ray_Murphy Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > 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. A lot of this equipment was built by Hawker Siddeley at Trenton, Nova Scotia for export. |