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WCRX 81 |
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Display Car |
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Kitchener Via Rail Station, Kitchener Ontario, November 11th,
2013, Photo by Carson Wiebe |
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CP Ogden Yard, Calgary, Alberta, August 26th,
2013, Photo by Carson Wiebe |
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CP 81 Esquimalt,
BC, 8/9/2001 |
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CP 80 & 81,
Esquimalt, BC, 8/9/2001 |
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Number |
Type |
Description |
Built |
Previous Road |
Previous Car Num |
Date Acquired |
Acquired From |
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WCR 81 |
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November 2013 |
Donated by Canadian
Pacific Railroad, Calgary, Alberta |
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Display Car |
1974 |
Canadian Pacific Railway |
CP 81 |
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Baggage Car |
Renumbered June 1975 |
Canadian Pacific Railway |
CP 2601 |
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Palletized-freight
Car |
Renumbered 1964 |
Canadian Pacific Railway |
CP 4601 |
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Horse Express Car |
Canadian Car &
Foundry
February 1949 |
Canadian Pacific Railway |
CP 4565 |
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Initial |
CP |
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Draft Gear |
88 |
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Number |
81 |
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Inside Length |
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Type |
Maintenance of Way, Scale, Passenger, Caboose and
End-of-Train |
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Inside Width |
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AAR
Car Type Code |
M510 |
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Inside Height |
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Load Limit |
0 lbs. |
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Outside Length |
83 ft 11 in |
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Max Weight on Rail |
0 lbs. |
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Extreme width
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10' 7" |
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LT. WT |
122,900 lbs |
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Extreme Height |
13 ft 9 in |
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Cu Ft Capacity |
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Height of extreme width |
7' 5" |
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Plate Clearance |
C |
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Platform Length |
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Mechanical
Designation |
PB |
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Restricted
Car |
This
railcar is restricted in interchange. Loading is
prohibited without prior approval. |
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Built By |
Canadian Car &
Foundry |
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Built |
February 1949 |
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Number Built |
2 |
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Re-Built |
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EQUIPMENT |
EVENT |
L/E |
TRAIN |
EVENT |
REPORTING |
SIGHT |
ETA |
PTD |
HTA |
RESTRICTED |
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INIT |
NUMBER |
DESCRIPTION |
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CITY |
ST |
DATE |
TIME |
ROAD |
CODE |
DATE |
TIME |
(DAYS) |
(DAYS) |
CAR |
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CP |
80 |
RECEIVED IN INTERCHANGE ACTUAL TIME |
EMPTY |
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OGDEN |
AB |
10/17 |
0900 |
CPRS |
R |
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RESTRICTED |
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CP |
81 |
RECEIVED IN INTERCHANGE ACTUAL TIME |
EMPTY |
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OGDEN |
AB |
10/17 |
0900 |
CPRS |
R |
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EQUIPMENT |
EVENT |
L/E |
TRAIN |
EVENT |
REPORTING |
SIGHT |
ETA |
PTD |
HTA |
RESTRICTED |
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INIT |
NUMBER |
DESCRIPTION |
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CITY |
ST |
DATE |
TIME |
ROAD |
CODE |
DATE |
TIME |
(DAYS) |
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CAR |
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CP |
81 |
DELIVERED IN INTERCHANGE ACTUAL TIME |
EMPTY |
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KITCHENER |
ON |
11/13 |
1500 |
CPRS |
J |
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RESTRICTED |
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Vital
Statistics |
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Car
Numbers: |
CP 4560
/ 4600 / 2600 / 80
CP 4565 / 4601 / 2601 / 81 |
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No. in
Class: |
2 |
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AAR
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M510 |
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Builder:
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Canadian
Car and Foundry |
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Enter
Service: |
February
1949 |
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No. of
Trucks: |
2 |
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No. of
Axles: |
4 |
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Light
Weight: |
122,900
Lbs.
55,747 Kg. |
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Extreme
Length: |
83 ft.
11 in.
25.58 meters |
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Extreme
Height: |
13 ft. 9
in.
4.19 meters |
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Extreme
Width: |
10 ft. 7
in.
3.23 meters |
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Original
Cost per Car: |
$64,658. |
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The history of the
display cars follow, courtesy of the CPR: |
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Display Cars 80 and 81 |
Two cars in Canadian Pacific Railway's fleet stand apart
from the rest. CPR's display cars - CP 80 and CP 81.
Delivered as horse express cars
These smooth-sided steel cars, measuring nearly 84 feet
( 25.6 meters ), look very much like baggage cars. But
Canadian Car and Foundry of Montreal originally built
these two cars for CPR as horse express cars. Designed
in 1947 but not delivered until early 1949, CPR first
put them into service on the Company's western lines in
February 1949. The two horse express cars differ from
most baggage cars with three sets of side-doors
instead of two. These cars also have a large
end-door for loading and unloading
circus-ramp-style.
The two cars, delivered as CP 4560 and CP 4565, were
each equipped to accommodate 18 horses and six
attendants. Touted by enthusiastic horsemen as riding
"as smoothly as a passenger car", they originally
carried valuable race horses and thoroughbred saddle
horses.
Palletized-freight cars
In 1964 the cars were refitted to carry palletized cargo
and small containers, and used between Montreal and
Saint John, New Brunswick. As a result they were
renumbered CP 4600 and CP 4601.
Baggage cars
A few years later the cars were converted for
through-baggage-car service and eventually
renumbered CP 2600 and CP 2601.
Display cars
In 1974 the cars were taken out of regular service and
assigned to the CPR's Public Relations and Advertising
department ( currently Government and Public Affairs )
as display cars. They were renumbered CP 80 and CP 81.
As display cars, CP 80 and CP 81 have shown off
everything from a 32-foot ( 9.75 meter )
N-scale model railway layout, to a
17-foot ( 1.85 meter ), 2,000 Lb. ( 907 Kg. ),
One-sixth actual size, CPR Royal Hudson
locomotive. They also once housed a comprehensive
display on CPR's $500 million Rogers Pass Project.
The cars are now each equipped with a diesel generator
that powers their video monitors, play-back
units, fans, track lighting, and illuminates their
onboard back-lit transparencies.
CPR's logos
The cars were revamped for the historic Fall 1997 "Logotrain"
tour launching CPR's new beaver logo.
As visitors board CP 80 they are first given a taste of
CPR's history, with a railway artifacts display, an
historic photo-wall, and enlarged
bygone-era posters. The back end of the car
features CPR's logos through the years, complemented by
the video "Beaver Tracks" tracing logo changes
throughout the Company's history. CP 81 shows us
commodities important to the country and CPR, as well as
pictures of CPR's Calgary head-office and
the Network Management Center. Visitors then pass
through a safety display including Operation Lifesaver
video commercials. The "piece de resistance" as visitors
exit the car is an actual General Electric AC4400CW
console from CPR's new 4,400 horsepower,
AC-traction locomotives.
These two cars were recently the second and third cars
in the consist pulled by Hudson locomotive 2816, the
Empress, from Vancouver to Calgary during the steam
engines inaugural run after rebuilding. |
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