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Train No. 20, the "Canadian", runs past Islington on April 9, 1955, about two weeks before both this train and the return Detroit to Toronto service, Train No. 19, lost the titles which they had held for 41 years.

When the CPR decided to institute a new stainless steel dome train to run from the east to Vancouver, the intention was to name it the "Royal Canadian". However, the decision to use this title was made close to the train's inception and time would not permit the usual formalities connected with obtaining the necessary assent to use the prefix "Royal". Therefore, it was decided to call the new train "The Canadian", thus dropping the name from the Detroit run. The Canadian pictured above is a similar consist to that mentioned on page 9. Once again it is a Saturday morning and No. 2856 is deadheading home after a trip on Train No. 629 the previous afternoon.

Trains No. 19 and 20 continued unnamed until April 28, 1957 when No. 21, the "Chicago Express", lost its title to No. 19. Train No. 20 remained nameless, and on October 29, 1961, both trains were dropped from the timetable.

No. 2401 was a John Street engine for many years, seeing service on various runs out of Toronto, such as the Havelock Subdivision night Ottawa Trains, Nos. 33 and 34 and the Trenton Subdivision night Ottawa Trains Nos. 23 and 24. On the Toronto to Hamilton run in the mid-1950's, she had been downgraded to freight service by the fall of 1956 and was assigned to
Lambton roundhouse, Toronto. Hauling Lambton to Cartier freight until March 1957, when she was removed from service, No. 2401 was listed on company form 1316 as being scrapped May 17, 1957.

No. 2401 was painted in Tuscan Red passenger livery. I mention this as it is rather interesting to note that both passenger and black paint schemes were applied to the modernized G3 "Pacifics". Several blocks of locomotives with either livery existed but there were also seemingly random applications of either Tuscan Red or black paint schemes. The last batch of these engines, the G3j's. Nos. 2463 to 2472, built in 1948, were all finished in passenger livery. Modellers painting a particular locomotive are recommended to check photographic evidence before choosing the appropriate livery. No. 2856 was assigned to John Street from her delivery in 1938 until about the fall of 1956. When the H1d's were constructed, Nos. 2855 to 2857 were allocated to the Toronto to Windsor service and while they did haul northbound and east end trains out of Toronto, approximately 90% of their service was on the Windsor run. No. 2856 operated on the Windsor run until the fall of 1957, although sometime in late 1955 or early 1956, she was assigned to the London Division and stationed there. By early 1958, she was back in Toronto, on freight service out of Lambton to Cartier, continuing in this service, with occasional assist service, until early 1960. Withdrawn in that year, she was scrapped in 1961. W.H.N.Rossiter

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Train No. 20, the "Canadian", runs past Islington on April 9, 1955, about two weeks before both this train and the return Detroit to Toronto service, Train No. 19, lost the titles which they had held for 41 years.

When the CPR decided to institute a new stainless steel dome train to run from the east to Vancouver, the intention was to name it the "Royal Canadian". However, the decision to use this title was made close to the train's inception and time would not permit the usual formalities connected with obtaining the necessary assent to use the prefix "Royal". Therefore, it was decided to call the new train "The Canadian", thus dropping the name from the Detroit run. The Canadian pictured above is a similar consist to that mentioned on page 9. Once again it is a Saturday morning and No. 2856 is deadheading home after a trip on Train No. 629 the previous afternoon.

Trains No. 19 and 20 continued unnamed until April 28, 1957 when No. 21, the "Chicago Express", lost its title to No. 19. Train No. 20 remained nameless, and on October 29, 1961, both trains were dropped from the timetable.

No. 2401 was a John Street engine for many years, seeing service on various runs out of Toronto, such as the Havelock Subdivision night Ottawa Trains, Nos. 33 and 34 and the Trenton Subdivision night Ottawa Trains Nos. 23 and 24. On the Toronto to Hamilton run in the mid-1950's, she had been downgraded to freight service by the fall of 1956 and was assigned to
Lambton roundhouse, Toronto. Hauling Lambton to Cartier freight until March 1957, when she was removed from service, No. 2401 was listed on company form 1316 as being scrapped May 17, 1957.

No. 2401 was painted in Tuscan Red passenger livery. I mention this as it is rather interesting to note that both passenger and black paint schemes were applied to the modernized G3 "Pacifics". Several blocks of locomotives with either livery existed but there were also seemingly random applications of either Tuscan Red or black paint schemes. The last batch of these engines, the G3j's. Nos. 2463 to 2472, built in 1948, were all finished in passenger livery. Modellers painting a particular locomotive are recommended to check photographic evidence before choosing the appropriate livery. No. 2856 was assigned to John Street from her delivery in 1938 until about the fall of 1956. When the H1d's were constructed, Nos. 2855 to 2857 were allocated to the Toronto to Windsor service and while they did haul northbound and east end trains out of Toronto, approximately 90% of their service was on the Windsor run. No. 2856 operated on the Windsor run until the fall of 1957, although sometime in late 1955 or early 1956, she was assigned to the London Division and stationed there. By early 1958, she was back in Toronto, on freight service out of Lambton to Cartier, continuing in this service, with occasional assist service, until early 1960. Withdrawn in that year, she was scrapped in 1961. W.H.N.Rossiter