Re: CP Dental Car
- From: Derek Boles <derekboles@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: cpsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 09:57:46 -0400
3b. Re: CP Dental Car
Posted by: "Fred Shannon" Fred_Shannon@xxxxxxxxx coachyard
Date: Tue Oct 31, 2006 7:52 am (PST)
Hi Derek,
I believe it was still in active service till the mid 1970's when
the railway converted it to a Vision Test Car and re-numbered her to
67. She operated out of Winnipeg till being with drawn from service
about 1982, and was scrapped in the spring of 1984 I believe.
AND
3c. Re: CP Dental Car
Posted by: "Dale Wilson" dale.wilson@xxxxxxxxxxxx haverailwilltravel2
Date: Tue Oct 31, 2006 1:43 pm (PST)
>Does anyone know what happened to CP Dental Car #69? Back in 1965, I
was staying at the Royal York with my family and I wandered across
the street to Union Station and into the John Street yards. No. 69
was the first train photo I ever took in Toronto.
Derek Boles
The Dental Car, #69, had been 8-4 sleeping car VAUDREUIL, having been
converted in October, 1960; in January, 1974 it was further
converted to #67 as a Vision Test car. Scrapped September, 1978.
Interesting. According to my information, the Canadian Pacific
Railway displayed a Dental Car at North Toronto Station on September
29, 1931 following a brief ceremony. The rolling dentist's office was
donated to the Ontario government by CP and completely outfitted with
the latest dental facilities by the Rosedale Chapter of the Imperial
Order of the Daughters of the Empire. After the display, the car was
dispatched to its base in North Bay to provide dental care to remote
communities in northern Ontario.
I'd always assumed it was the same car. Obviously it was different.
Derek Boles
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