Toronto 1963 assigned cars and date in service were:
RDC-3 9021 (3/22/55)
RDC-1 9049 (5/4/58)-9050 (10/19/53)-9051 (10/19/53)-9052 (10/27/53)
RDC-1 9063 (2/15/57)
RDC-2 9110 (10/10/56), 9112(2/18/57)
RDC-4 9250 (7/18/56)
Cars handled Havelock/Peterborough, Owen Sound and Windsor/Detroit services.
9250 and 9021 appeared often on the Havelock/Peterborough trains.
37/38 and 360/359 are the noted Windsor/Detroit services and were the first
RDC run in Ontario using the three RDC 1s. CP did not handle mail on any
of its RDC runs.
pb
At 06:31 PM 12/9/00 -0500, you wrote:
Peter Bowers To Reply: click onAndrew Jeanes wrote:
That brings up another question: is there reasonably accessible
published information about RDC assignments from the time they were
delivered till the early 60s? Going through public timetables from
the period, one can see which trains had Dayliners assigned to them,
but I have nothing other than a (very) few photos to confirm specific
unit assignments.
Regards,
Andrew
I am also looking for information on the type, not necessarily the unit
number, of RDC's assigned to the Toronto/Detroit run in 1956/57.
I understand from others that 3 coaches (RDC1's) ran together for at
least part of the time, but I believe that I saw a picture of an RDC-1,
an RDC-2 and an RDC-3 running together on this route. Would CPR run
its mail contract during this period on any of the other regular
scheduled Toronto/Chicago trains rather than the Dayliner? Any help?
John Mitchell
Modeling the NYC, CPR and C&O in the Windsor/Detroit area.
