08-08-2011, 03:46 PM
CN actually had one train in northern Ontario that was officially a mixed train right into the 1980s, between Nakina and Hearst. The passenger accomodations consisted of a single heavyweight coach/baggage combine. (Stove heated). Power on this lightweight branchline consisted of SW1200RS road switchers. This secondary line was laid with very light rail, so a GP9 was pretty much the heaviest thing that could operate there.
Another mixed train operated from Hornepayne down a branch line to a small mining town called Manitowadge with similar passenger accomodations. This was still running in the early 1970s I believe.
Mixed trains in the 1950s would have been far more common, especially on branchlines (many of which are completely abandoned without a trace today).
Another mixed train operated from Hornepayne down a branch line to a small mining town called Manitowadge with similar passenger accomodations. This was still running in the early 1970s I believe.
Mixed trains in the 1950s would have been far more common, especially on branchlines (many of which are completely abandoned without a trace today).