April 24 in CNR History

Mark Tomlonson All Messages By This Member #1183 April 24, 1902 Per Diem freight car rates are formally set for the first time. Experiments date back to 1888, and general use started in the 1890's. These rates allow car owners to be paid rent while their cars are on foreign roads. ? April 24, 1932 The Detroit, Toledo & Ironton ends passenger service between Detroit and Springfield OH. ? April 24, 1955 Canadian Pacific debuts its new train "The Canadian" and Canadian National debuts its new "Super Continental", claimed as the first streamliners in Canada. Both trains carry some heavyweight equipment. ? April 24, 1962 Grand Trunk Western paints its first locomotive in the "wet noodle" scheme recently adopted by parent Canadian National. ? Mark Tomlonson A note about "Wet Noodle": this was the nickname given at the time to the then-new CN logo by writers in both "Railway Age" and "Trains" magazines.
Eric Floden All Messages By This Member #1184 I just did a search on the CN wet noodle, and wow there is a lot of good reading out there... EricF toggle quoted message Show quoted text On Wed, 24 Apr 2024 at 05:23, Mark Tomlonson via <tomlonson=[email protected]> wrote: April 24, 1962 Grand Trunk Western paints its first locomotive in the "wet noodle" scheme recently adopted by parent Canadian National. ? Mark Tomlonson A note about "Wet Noodle": this was the nickname given at the time to the then-new CN logo by writers in both "Railway Age" and "Trains" magazines.
Eric Floden All Messages By This Member #1185 Here is one of them: .
Mark Tomlonson All Messages By This Member #1186 Thanks for sending this along. Mark Tomlonson Do more things that make you forget to check your phone. On Wednesday, April 24, 2024, 9:30:18 AM EDT, Eric Floden <eric.f99999@...> wrote: Here is one of them: .

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April 24 in CNR History