The six wheel trucks the car had in later years are all-steel. My understanding
is that these distinctive CP trucks did not appear until the Twentieth Century,
but I do not know exactly when. Does anyone know more about this???
The same truck design appears under West Coast Heritage Park's car 16. I
recall that car was remanufactured from a 1890-built Barney and Smith sleeper
Circa 1915 suggesting the trucks could have been added at that time. From what
I've come across, even in 1900, passenger car trucks generally still had some
wooden structural components sandwiched between steel plates. I also undertand
that in rail car construction, the decision to use a 6 wheel truck was
generally related to the overall weight of the car and the size of the bearing.
So a heavy car - something approaching 120,000 lbs - such as the 25 would have
had six wheel trucks.
BTW, the car is depicted on the CP web site with Van Horne during the
dedication of Stoney Creek Bridge:
http://www8.cpr.ca/cms/English/General+Public/Heritage/Photo+Gallery/People/Profiles/A649.htm
Unfortunately, the trucks are not visible...
--Richard
--- In cpsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Jeff Pinchbeck" <jpinchbeck@...> wrote:
The history was provided by Omer in a private letter that I do not have a
copy of; I will see if I can get a copy.
That would be beneficial, thank you.
At some point - perhaps in 1917 - the car was fitted with a steel center sill
kit that retained the truss rods. It also received the distinctive CP-built 6
wheel trucks (Angus?), probably at the same time. Is there information
available about any type of program to upgrade wooden and/or official's cars
or was it more likely a case by case basis?
The original 1905 folio for EARNSCLIFFE shows the car having 6 wheel trucks
so it is possible the car always had them. That wouldnât be out of the
ordinary because Iâm pretty sure most private cars had 6 wheel trucks for
the better ride.
I have no information of the car ever being fitted with steel under frame.
Wood cars refitted with steel under frames started with head end cars in 1918
with the bulk of the revenue cars done during the 1920âs. For the few
private cars that I have data on when they were refitted during in the late
1930âs.
Jeff
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