The cars were district superintendent cars and were assigned to those
officials as their mobile offices to perform their duties.
Here is a list of the reference material for those cars.
RMC September 1999 has an article by John Riddell on the cars. John
included the car assignments.
CRHA Bulletin #19 has the business car roster by Omer Lavallee.
CPHA CP Tracks issue 10-4 has a reprint of the Bulletin article plus
photographs
To more specifically answer your question, most of the cars were scrapped or
sold off in the late 1930s and mid 40s. There were 4 cars left in service
in the 1950s.
#19 assigned to Kootenay district and wrecked 1956 by a slide
#21 assigned to Winnipeg district and scrapped 1958
#22 assigned to Neilson district and scrapped 1962
#26 assigned to Vancouver district and scrapped in 1962
Jeff
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Subject: [cpsig] 35' business cars
I've not been able to find very much information on these cars, they are not
mentioned in Abbey to Zorra or my other reference books on the CPR.
Did any of them survive into the 1950's? Specifically, would any have been
used on the Laggan sub around 1950? Or at least Alberta? Any idea's of what
their numbers would have been?
I'm modeling the area around Field in 1950 and wondered if I could
realistically have one of these cars. I suppose it could always be in
transit to or from Ogden if they would have still been around in 1950.
