Canadian Railroads > Tempo “In Tune with the Times”

Date: 09/19/18 01:29
Tempo “In Tune with the Times”
Author: ghCBNS

It’s 50 years ago this summer that CN acquired a 25 car fleet of Tempo equipment from Hawker-Siddeley. MLW RS-18 locomotives were rebuilt with elongated short-hoods to house HEP equipment to power the cars. The trains ran in Southwestern Ontario between Toronto-London-Sarnia-Windsor.

Photos and Brochure over on the Nostalgia board:

https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?11,4635189

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Date: 09/19/18 09:36
Re: Tempo “In Tune with the Times”
Author: joemvcnj

How was their ride quality ?

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Date: 09/24/18 08:30
Re: Tempo “In Tune with the Times”
Author: DrawingroomA

joemvcnj Wrote:
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> How was their ride quality ?
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Terrible. Another problem was the lack of insulation. Air conditioning and heating faliures were common on this junk. A CN employee friend, despite having a free pass, used to pay to ride the CPR RDC on the Toronto-London-Windsor route.

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