Gents;
Not to nick pick however cabooses continued to run unmanned for a while
after FRED's were the norm. The last day for manned cabooses in the
Montreal area at least was the same day that the last Canadian left
Montreal.
Ian
Dorval,QC
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From: cpsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:cpsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] ;
Sent: February 3, 2018 20:43
To: cpsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [cpsig] Cabooses and ditch lights - the end / start ? Refresher
please
Peter,
The official CP Motive Power Modification for ditch lights on CP locomotives
started in 1977.
Cabooses last ran on regular freight trains in 1990.
Paul Smith
Winnipeg
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From: "'Peter C.J. Ely' cprail1@xxxxxxxxx [cpsig]" <cpsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: cpsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, February 3, 2018 7:15:20 PM
Subject: [cpsig] Cabooses and ditch lights - the end / start ? Refresher
please
Hi guys,
I'm travelling and do not have access to my reference books.
May I ask a reminder for two things?
1) when did ditch lights become mandatory on leaders on CP in Canada?
2) when did cabeeses disappear as a standard tail end on main line trains on
CP ?
Cheers, Peter
( Temporarily at Jamestown Railway museum, Petticoat Junction fame)
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