CPR Rolling Stock

Service Equipment

410650 is an old wooden box car containing a steam generator. Likely used to thaw culverts.
Stencil above words STEAM GENERATOR reads Couple this end to diesel. Calgary.

400811 steam rotary snow plough. Note the properly dressed young boy posing for the camera.
Thursday, June 13, 1940 Revelstoke, BC Bud Laws Collection

400783, 400896 and 400792 plows lined up ready for work. Just need to get that wood covering off the windows.
11/26/1987 Kermit Geary Jr.

CP 400774 snow plow and spreader 402851 (below) 12/11/1991 Smiths Falls, ON Kermit Geary Jr.
DANGER! lock wings out or drain reservoirs before going behind wings

CP 402851 ancient wooden cab Jordan spreader with ice cutters sits near plow 400774 (above)
WINGS & PLOW MUST BE LOCKED IN SECURE POSITION BEFORE
SPREADER IS MOVED IN TRACK SERVICE
12/11/1991 Smiths Falls Kermit Geary Jr.

CP 402885 Jordan spreader used for ballast work, earth ditching as well as snow plowing and spreading.
St.Luc Yard, Montreal, QC 9/12/1997 Kermit Geary Jr.

400805 steam rotary snow plow.

422027 snow melter mounted on a flat car and used to clear snow from St.Luc Yard. Milton G. Watson

Spreader 402877 Bredenbury, SK 8/28/2011 Owen Parker

400000 steam pile driver. Toronto 1950's Jim Parker

Two snow plows sit waiting for the call to duty. Al Howlett

CP 420926 scale test car. 30-ton 15 feet 3 inches. Built Atlas Steel, Welland June 1916
These cars used to test accuracy of track scales. No air brake account wear of brake shoes would change correct weight. Must be moved on rear of train. Once handled next to van with air hose run around scale car.

CP 420927 scale test car converetd from covered hopper and used in conjunction with 420926.
Fort Edwards, NY 7/02/2000 two photos Kermit Geary Jr.

Auxiliary train. For hooks see Gallery of cranes.

403740 Cable car used on the Auxiliary. Ron Visockis

411519 Foreman's car on the No.1 Auxiliary ("Big Hook"). Two views; West Toronto c.1950's Jim Parker

This car, like many pieces of rolling stock especially passenger equipment, had a long and varied life.
Built in 1909 as Sleeper-Buffet-Parlor-Observation car Glenbow. 2/18 re-named Mount Bruce.
4/26 exterior steel plated. During this revenue passenger use it would have provided the best First Class
accommodations bringing up the rear of the most important passenger trains. When newer cars were
acquired older cars went into Company Service for use by Officials as Business Cars (never say, "private car")
travelling about their territory or to accommodate different employee groups working away from home.
In this case 11/49 it became Service car 411519 for use on the auxiliary, a special train including a
"hook" or wreck crane, sent out to "affairs" as the CPR referred to derailments, wrecks etc. Scrapped 1969.