Mike's right - there is no way to identify if the trains in the DVD are indeed,
as the narration says, "The Dominion"..... I was also struck by the number of
Pullman's, The WP's and PRR specifically, as they were west of Banff. I
remember photo's of Pullmans and other sleepers on the garden tracks at Banff
in 1950's and 60's shots but was taken aback when I saw a solid block of
Pullman's in the video.... I love it - as I like to add foreight road sleepers
to my trains.... Good Video.
Mike
--- In cpsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Michael Salfi <mikesue.salfi@...> wrote:
The train is simply identified as the "Dominion" on the DVD. It has CP
power on the head end. Honestly, I can't tell the difference between the
Dominion and the Mountaineer Soo Dominion, I'm just stating what was said on
the DVD. Does the fact there is an open observation on the rear of the
train give any clues? Were the open observations used on both, the
"Dominion" only or the Mountaineer Soo Dominion only?
Mike
On 6/21/09, Rob Kirkham <rdkirkham@...> wrote:
Are you sure it was the Dominion you were looking at and not the
Soo-Dominion/Mountaineer? I have the same video but have not had time to
think through the Pullman presence yet. I really like what is shown in the
video. In my view these trains reflect what we find in most photos of the
Mountaineer/Soo-Dominion in the Rockies and west. I kind of doubt they
show the Dominion as it would appear east of Moose Jaw.
Rob Kirkham
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From: "Michael Salfi" <mikesue.salfi@... <mikesue.salfi%40gmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2009 3:12 PM
To: <cpsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <cpsig%40yahoogroups.com>>
Subject: [cpsig] Pullmans on CP Passenger Trains
Hi all,trains
I just purchased a new DVD entitled "Canadian Rails Vintage Scrapbook",
released by Charles Smiley. It is 1 1/2 hours in length and covers the
years 1952 through 1973. There is also one sequence filmed in 1939. The
entire DVD is in color, cost was $29.95.
There are many sequences taken from Banff to Field of CPR passenger
and what struck me was the number of Pullman coaches on trains such asthe
"Dominion" in the years prior to the introduction of the "Canadian". OneAnd
sequence included two Pullmans on a triple headed steam powered passenger
train, another included two Pullmans on a double headed passenger train
and
yet another sequence included one Pullman. Another sequence was of a 12
car
passenger train with an unidentified head end car, 5 Pullmans, one
Pennsylvania one Western Pacific and the remainder being CPR passenger
cars
including a Grove sleeper. All of the above trains had the CPR open air
observation car at the rear and were powered by CPR steam locomotives.
Another train had what I believe to be 3 Pullmans, although I could not
read
Pullman in the letterboard, but those three passenger cars were green.
finally, another CPR passenger train with an unidentified passenger car
that
was red and grey, the grey being above and below the windows.
This DVD was released this year, I got mine at Credit Valley Railway. It
includes CPR, Soo Line, CNR, GTR, Deux Montagnes electrics, QRL&P, QC,
Esquimalt & Nanaimo, PGE and logging lines on Vancouver Island. I was
very
impressed with the quality of this DVD and would recommend it to anyone
with
an interest in this time period.
Mike
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