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CP 6022, QNS&L 206, CP 5612, and QNS&L 214 plus a van sit in Agincourt Yard in Scarborough on August 8, 1985.
Bob



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/19/17 07:16 by refarkas.

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Van,I don't see no van.
Oh,you mean crummie,caboose
cabin,or ??

Uncle Joe
Seffner,Fl.

Did CP end up buying those QNSL's? If so, did they keep the snow shields after painting in Action Red?

CP bought them and the shields remained as per attached photo.

Mike Bannon
St Catharines, ON

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Wow, so did the big fuel tank. So where did the air tanks go?

retcsxcfm Wrote:
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> Van,I don't see no van.
> Oh,you mean crummie,caboose
> cabin,or ??
>
> Uncle Joe
> Seffner,Fl.


Up here in the great white north we call them Van's, especially them CP boys! :)

Except for CP 5400-5401 (QNSL 204-205) which had neither snow shields or large fuel tanks.

Bill Miller
Galt, ON

BCR_766 Wrote:
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> retcsxcfm Wrote:
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> > Van,I don't see no van.
> > Oh,you mean crummie,caboose
> > cabin,or ??
> >
> > Uncle Joe
> > Seffner,Fl.
>
>
> Up here in the great white north we call them
> Van's, especially them CP boys! :)

It's funny, in all my years, the only place I have ever heard them called a van was on a message board. Must be an eastern thing.

Brian

The tanks were at the rear of the unit in the hood behind those small door vents. Follow the roof piping.

Mike Bannon
St Catharines, ON

retcsxcfm Wrote:
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> Van,I don't see no van.
> Oh,you mean crummie,caboose
> cabin,or ??
>
> Uncle Joe
> Seffner,Fl.


Bob's perfectly correct in calling the caboose a van. Van is what they were called in eastern Canada. And not just by fans and message boards. The railways themselves called them vans.

That said, in B.C. we called them "cabs".

KG



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/19/17 14:04 by kgmontreal.

greasemonkey Wrote:
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> BCR_766 Wrote:
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> > retcsxcfm Wrote:
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> > -----
> > > Van,I don't see no van.
> > > Oh,you mean crummie,caboose
> > > cabin,or ??
> > >
> > > Uncle Joe
> > > Seffner,Fl.
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> >
> > Up here in the great white north we call them
> > Van's, especially them CP boys! :)
>
> It's funny, in all my years, the only place I have
> ever heard them called a van was on a message
> board. Must be an eastern thing.
>
> Brian

Here in Ottawa (CP Walkley Yard) we called them "vans" but I think you are correct by saying "must be an eastern thing." I remember going west for the first time back in 1974 they were called cabooses.

Gerry Gaugl
Ottawa ON