Photo © Al Gradwell
Some more pictures from the Al Gradwell collection, via Tim Swaddling. This is car #96, according to the stories Tim passes along, this is a former CN car, painted up in this shot in the VIA colours. This car was used by VIA to train new employees. Maybe one of our railfans out there can chime in with some details.
Photo © Al Gradwell
In the background of this one is a neat view of the Peabody Bridge along with a view of the old Walkerville Tower. Maybe the railfans out there can add something about the tower too?
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Here is a little background to CN 96 Business car.
http://cnlines.ca/CNcyclopedia/busi/
Louis Jolliet
Louis Jolliet is an "official car", assigned to the President and usually kept in Montreal. It was built by National Steel Car in 1959.
The car was formerly named "96". In 1999, it was repainted in the old CN green and gold scheme and renamed to Louis Jolliet.
While not a railfan (though I love traveling by train) I think this car is really nice looking. Thanks for sharing.
sweet ride
From time to time an old business/traing car shows up in CP's yard it's painted in the original tuscon red with the beaver symbol i believe it's the last car on the Christmas train that comes to windsor every December it's very simalar to CN's car
Do any of you railfan folks remember the Pullman coach that used to sit on the siding at the grain elevator in Essex? I don't remember how long ago it was but at least 20 years. It was quite a large car painted green. Sat there for at least a year that I remember. Maybe I was dreaming :-).
Ya i think it was an old MOW car
The car in Essex was a passenger car but I doubt it was a Pullman car, they where sleeping cars, invented by James Pullman. As time went on railroads owned their own sleeping cars instead of leaseing them.
i wonder if it was the same passenger car that sat on a siding behind the purity dairy on howard and sheperd st it was painted green also
There used to be an old passenger carparked on a section of track tucked in behind Purity dairies when they were at Howard and shepard st someone told me it was owned by the ETR awaiting restoration
Yes, that would have been ETR's industrial branch line but I don't know why ETR would own or restore a passenger car since I doubt they ever had any passenger services. The only plausible explanation for ETR to own and restore such a car would be to re-purpose the car for other uses. And if that is the case, why would they not do that at one of their own facilities? Gary, it sounds like you have a mystery to solve.