Hi David,
My specific interest in the overnight pool trains is simple: I want to model
those trains. In particular, I want to model the Ottawa-Toronto overnight
trains that carried a Glen car between 1954 and 1958.
Thanks to the consist lists that Fred Shannon recorded for trains arriving at
Vancouver in the spring and summer of 1955, I know what Glen sleepers appeared
on the Dominion and the Mountaineer during that period. In fact, 20 of 23 Glen
sleepers on the roster made it to Vancouver between April and August, 1955.
Only three Glens (Glenboro, Glen Gordon and Glen Bow) were not recorded by Fred
Shannon as appearing on either the Dominion or the Mountaineer.
The Glens were not shown in the April 24, 1955 Assignment of Space Circular as
a regular assignment on the Dominion, only on the Mountaineer between St. Paul,
MN and Vancouver, and on pool trains 24 and 33 between Toronto and Ottawa.
Glens did still show up on the Dominion After April 5, 1955, but only very
occasionally.
So I'm less interested in photos of the cars for the cars themselves than I am
for the information they contain about where and when they were photographed,
because it helps fill out the picture about how the cars were assigned.
Regards,
Andrew
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Hi Andrew,
I am just curious as to 'why' the specifics of the photos, and not just photos
of the cars.
Are you expecting to see something different, or special, about the cars when
on the trains listed.
As I said, I am just curious!
All the best,
David Leech, Delta, Canada
On 2014-05-17, at 9:43 AM, yahoo@... mailto:yahoo@... [cpsig] wrote:
Hi all,
Does anybody know where I could find photos of Glen-series 10-compartment
sleeping cars in service in the 1950s?
Ideally, I'd like to find photos of these cars on the Ottawa-Toronto or
Montreal-Toronto overnight pool trains, which probably means early morning
shots of the trains arriving at one of those terminals, or laying over at
the Glen, John Street or Ottawa during the daytime. Even photos of Glen
sleepers on the Dominion or the Mountaineer are of interest to me, though.
Regards,
Andrew
