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Passenger car equipment

It's August 1954 and Canadian Pacific has put a pair of its new Budd stainless steel passenger cars (Park car and Chateau sleeper) on public display in downtown Vancouver part of a cross-Canada preview of its coming new flagship passenger train The Canadian. Today, the yard still exists and is vital to the railway's Vancouver waterfront operations. The area where the coaches are on display has been redeveloped with new platforms to handle West Coast Express commuter trains. Behind it, the transit authorities Skytrain tracks are located as is the systems boarding platform. Also surviving are the station and adjacent building with the parking lot on top. The buildings behind remain but now house offices or condos. The tank car in the foreground with the warning was used to haul tallow, which the railway continues to do to this day from a nearby refractory. Sadly, the CP box car in front of the tank car with the wording "Spans the World" told of an international conglomerate that no longer exists. CPR/Steve Morris Collection

2103 part of the first of a fleet of lightweight streamlined coaches built to go with the new Jubilee 4-4-4 engines.
One of only 8 short coaches seating 36 & 15. 65' 55 tons ice air conditioning. Built 1936

2239 M.A.C. (mechanical air conditioned) lightweight coach. 2235-2298 (64) 60-ton 84 feet 1949-50
Canadian Pacific Railway/Kevin Day collection, four photographs.

Interior view inside smoking room (16 reclining seats) looking into main room 52 reclining seats.

"Passenger" (note boots) entering main room 52 seats.
This young lady and the others are most likely employees in CPR Windor Station offices.

Two "passengers" and scenic picture.

Willow Grove one of 19 10 roomette-5 double bedroom sleeping cars. 68 ton 77' 11 1/2" MAC
National Steel Car/CPR Angus 1949-50

Diagram of floor plan Grove sleepers.
CPR Circular 62-10 Assignment of Space. Old Time Trains Archives

4076 and another fruit express car are getting a wash in the Drake Street coach yard in preparation for the upcoming fruit season. The last one for this car as it was scrapped in January of 1960. Built at Angus in 1911 these 60 foot wooden cars had steel center sills and steel end reinforcements. Note the roof mounted ventilators that scooped in fresh air. By its fresh appearance this car likely had a paint job over the winter befitting its location on the headend of passenger trains.

C.P. 5510 one of 100 (5500-5599) 40' 45 ton wood S.U.F. 2406 cu.ft. express reefers built 1917-18 c.1953
Old Time Trains Archives

280537 wood S.U.F. express reefer renumbered into freight series.
Stencil at far right reads: EQUIPPED FOR PASSENGER TRAIN SERVICE
c.1966 Old Time Trains Archives

280731 40 foot 30 ton (tare 40 tons) express reefer with overhead ice bunker and underslung charcoal heaters.
Note: Renumbered into new freight car series 280700-280795 from passenger car series 5800-5904.
30 cars built 1950, 25 each 1952, 1953 and 1954. 5855 and up equipped with roller bearings.

River and Cape observation cars

Cape Churchill on The Red Wing at B&M North Station, Boston. June 6, 1954
Lawson Hill/John Hutchins Collection

Diagram of floor plan Cape cars.
CPR Circular 62-10 Assignment of Space. Old Time Trains Archives