The attached article from the January, 1947 Spanner mentions radio in use in
the CPR Toronto Terminals.
http://www.trainweb.org/oldtimetrains/CPR_Toronto/yard_eng_radio.jpg
But it's obvious from reading the article that the use of radio was still very
experimental.
The use of radio elsewhere was subject to a lot more expense than than that of
merely placing an antenna on the roof of the nearest CPR building!
So, I'd be surprised to see radio in use on the CPR outside of major yards in
1953.
Steve Lucas.
--- In cpsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "John" <sutherail@...> wrote:
Radios were still not used in the Cranbrook area in the late 1960s. In 1953
I would question whether any CPR locomotives had radio.
As far as I could tell, the H-16-44s never received visible antennae,
although maybe I should check the two that were used with the rail grinding
train before saying that. In contrast the H-24-66 fleet did receive radios,
perhaps because they were mostly assigned elsewhere. I am away from my
photographs for the moment so can't confirm if the C-liners eventually
received radio antennae, but it would have been later in their career if so.
Just to throw another curve your way, in 1953 the 4064, 4065, 4052-4057 (and
matching B-units) may still using the FM-style truck sideframes. The Dofasco
ribbed drop equalizers were probably retrofitted a year or so later. While I
applaud the provision of the variations in the body shell, it is unfortunate
that Proto/TLT never saw fit to make both versions of the truck to similarly
match the prototype.
John
--- In cpsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "bmf407" <bfreemantle@> wrote:
Can anyone tell me when CPR diesels were equipped with radios, more
specifically the Sinclair antennas? I want to add some detail to my
C-Liners as of 1953 so I need to know if I should include the Sinclair
antennas.
Thanks,
Brian Freemantle
