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Mixed Trains from the 1950's
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Mike Salfi
Was wondering if anyone could help me out with a question regarding "mixed"
trains, as they would have operated in the 1950's on the CPR. It was always my understanding that mixed trains carried the markers on the coach or combination car at the end of the train, however I am now wondering if, in fact, there was a caboose on mixed trains, in which case the markers would have been carried on the caboose. Was there a standard operating practise, or was it at the discretion of the crew of the mixed train? If both cases were true, which would have been the more common practise? Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Michael Salfi Kitchener, Ontario email: msalfi@... We are the navvies who work upon the railway, Swinging our hammers in the bright glazing sun, Laying down track and building the bridges, Bending our backs till the railroad is done. From "The Canadian Railroad Trilogy", by Gordon Lightfoot |
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Mike Salfi
Great information received on this topic. In talking with a friend in
Waterloo, it was also suggested that a caboose would be used if there were an overnight lay over whereas if it were a return trip on the same day a caboose would most likely not be used. The caboose, in the case of an over night lay over would provide accomodation for the crew. Michael Salfi Kitchener, Ontario email: msalfi@... We are the navvies who work upon the railway, Swinging our hammers in the bright glazing sun, Laying down track and building the bridges, Bending our backs till the railroad is done. From "The Canadian Railroad Trilogy", by Gordon Lightfoot |
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Hi Mike:
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I think both systems applied depending on the locale and frequency of the runs. On the CP between Fort William (Thunder Bay) and Winnipeg, then known as the Kenora Division, during the final years of mixed train operation (~late 50's to mid 60's) when the service was reduced to one train each way per week, these trains were crewed from the freight pool. Thus, the van assigned to pertinent crew was carried behind the combine. FWIW one combine was assigned to this operation, starting out in Kenora it travelled west to Winnpeg on Monday (train no. 505), east back to Kenora on Tuesdays (train no. 506), east to Ignace on Wednesday (train no 508), east to Fort William on Thursday (train no. 510), then west again on Friday back to Ignace (train no 509) and finally back west to Kenora on Saturday (train no. 507). Bill Bishop Thunder Bay, On Mike Salfi wrote:
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