On Nov 23, 2020, at 6:10 PM, Gordon Webster <gordon67@...> wrote:

There is not a specific date for either CN or CP. ??Cabooseless operation in
Canada was covered in the rule book until the Canadian Rail Operating Rules
came out, effective December 9, 1990. ??There was authorization to run
trains without cabooses before that, however. ??CP was first running them
between Sudbury and Thunder Bay by late 1988. ?By the end of that year, they
had 315 End of Train units ordered. ?The next area they implemented
cabooseless service was between Sudbury and Toronto and Montréal. ?CN had 24
End of Train units by the end of 1988 and was implementing them on the
Thunder Bay-Winnipeg and Prince George-Prince Rupert areas first.



So it was spread out over months or even a couple of years. ??Cabooses were
still used on a lot of industrial jobs with long reverse moves, with the odd
one surviving today as shoving platforms.



Gordon Webster

Delaware, OH USeh

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From:?[email protected]?On Behalf Of William Kalbfleisch via?
Sent: Monday, November 23, 2020 10:28 AM
To:?[email protected]
Subject: [C-N-R] Ending of caboose service on the CNR



I was wondering which year (date) did the Canadian National end caboose
service??

I am modeling the CNR in ho scale and would like to stop my modeling era
when caboose service ended.

Thank you in advance,

Bill?








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