After 1916 these short cars belonged to division superintendents. Before 1916
CP had eight operating divisions with general superintendents, each of whom had
the superintendents of several districts reporting to him. In 1916 divisions
and districts were exchanged, and until 1959 there were eight districts with
general superintendents who each had several division superintendents reporting
to them.
Don Thomas
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From: "Jeff Pinchbeck" <jpinchbeck@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, November 7, 2013 7:16:51 AM
Subject: RE: [cpsig] 35' business cars
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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Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2013 12:49 AM
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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.
