09-09-2019, 10:24 AM
Wow, that's some train! The CNR bought some of those full length domes and the ex-Hiawatha tail-end cars, too, but Transport Canada later outlawed the latter cars due to the lack of a suitable emergency exit.
CN also introduced cars like this...
![[Image: recentphotos029.jpg]](https://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/Freight%20Cars%20%20%20Part%20I/recentphotos029.jpg)
....in the late '50s to support their Car-Go-Rail plan, which allowed passengers on long-distance trains to take their automobiles with them. They came in both the 75' version shown (a modified Bachmann car) or as 57'-ers. Many of these cars were later sold to Auto-Train.
Oddly, when creating this post, I could find no direct on-line reference to CN's Car-Go-Rail programme, although I did get a hit for "Did you mean Cargo-Rail?", with absolutely no information.
Wayne
CN also introduced cars like this...
....in the late '50s to support their Car-Go-Rail plan, which allowed passengers on long-distance trains to take their automobiles with them. They came in both the 75' version shown (a modified Bachmann car) or as 57'-ers. Many of these cars were later sold to Auto-Train.
Oddly, when creating this post, I could find no direct on-line reference to CN's Car-Go-Rail programme, although I did get a hit for "Did you mean Cargo-Rail?", with absolutely no information.
Wayne