Re: Ending of caboose service on the CNR
Gordon,
Thank for for your response. I read that US caboose service ended in the mid 1980¡¯s and in Canada in the early 1990¡¯s
which aligns with your response.
I looks like Cn and CP dropped
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William Kalbfleisch
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Re: Ending of caboose service on the CNR
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
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Gordon Webster
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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
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William Kalbfleisch
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This Weekend in CNR History
November 21, 1859 First Detroit-Fort Gratiot (Port Huron) train on the Chicago, Detroit & Canada Grand Trunk Junction Railroad (later GT, GTW). Thomas Edison will later work on this line as a candy
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Mark Tomlonson
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November 19 in CNR History
November 19, 1847 The second rail line in Canada, the 12 km Montreal & Lachine Railway (later M&NY, M&C, GT), opens.
November 19, 1906 Passenger service begins on the Canadian Northern between
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Mark Tomlonson
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November 18 in CNR History
November 18, 1883 The railroads in the United States and Canada agree to a system of standard time, replacing the confusing and unsafe practice of each locality setting its own "sun" time. The system
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Mark Tomlonson
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November 17 in CNR History
November 17, 1855 The first section of the Grand Trunk Railway opens, 125.4 miles between Montreal (Point St. Charles) and Brockville.
November 17, 1856 The Grand Trunk Railroad is completed between
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Mark Tomlonson
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November 16 in CNR History
November 16, 1898 The Vermont Central Railroad is purchased by the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada and renamed the Vermont Central Railway.
Mark Tomlonson
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Mark Tomlonson
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This Weekend in CNR History
November 15, 1866 The Blue Line, a second cooperative fast freight line, is organized at Albany. (The Red Line had been organized in the spring, running over the NYC and Wabash) The line will operate
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Mark Tomlonson
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Former CN Steam Engine 6167
Is former CN 6167, on display at Guelph, still scheduled to be relocated
this weekend, Nov. 14 and 15?
Doug Renshaw
Burlington, ON.
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Doug Renshaw
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November 12 in CNR History
November 12, 1907 Formal dedication and opening ceremonies are held for the electrification of Grand Trunk's St. Clair Tunnel. The first tests were made the previous February, and full electric
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Mark Tomlonson
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November 10 in CNR History
November 10, 1853 The Great Western Railway Line (later CN) opens, running 69 kilometers from the Niagara Suspension Bridge to Hamilton ONT.
November 10, 1905 The Grand Trunk Milwaukee Ferry Company
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Mark Tomlonson
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November 9 in CNR History
November 9, 1878 The Detroit & Milwaukee Railway is reorganized as the Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee (later GT).
November 9, 1953 Canadian National opens its 144-mile branch to the mines at Lynn
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Mark Tomlonson
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November 6 in CNR History
November 6, 2017 Fort Erie ONT council votes $100,000 per year out of the city budget to restore CNR 6218 and its accompanying caboose. The 4-8-4 was donated to the city by Canadian National in
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Mark Tomlonson
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November 4 in CNR History
November 4, 1925 Canadian National Railcar 15820 finishes a transcontinental trip it started three days earlier, averaging 44 mph and topping out at 60 mph.
Mark Tomlonson
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Mark Tomlonson
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November 3 in CNR History
November 3, 2008 CN announces it is buying some of the rail and ferry operations of Quebec Railway Corporation. Included in the buy: Chemin de fer de la Matapedia et du Golfe, New Brunswick East Coast
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Mark Tomlonson
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422, Monday Nov.2/20
Left Aldershot Yard, Mlge 34.6 on the Oakville Sub, at approximately 9:55A proceeded onto the
Halton Sub. Saw it had multiple units including Norfolk Southern so tried to catch it at
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Doug Renshaw
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This Weekend in CNR History
October 30, 1972 In the worst railway accident in Chicago history, two commuter trains collide in early morning dense fog, killing 45 and injuring 332. The engineer of an Illinois Central Gulf train
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Mark Tomlonson
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October 29 in CNR History
October 29, 1889 Illinois Central completes the 4-mile river bridge at Cairo IL.
Mark Tomlonson
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Mark Tomlonson
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October 28 in CNR History
October 28, 1931 The Pennsylvania and Grand Trunk railroads agree to share their Milwaukee and Muskegon terminals. This is to serve the Great Lakes carferries run by the Grand Trunk-Pennsylvania
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Mark Tomlonson
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