Would the Silk trains the CPR carried be considered a Unit train since the
cargo, origin and destination points were the same? These were extremely fast
freights without switching en route, and IIRC, always destined for New York via
Prescott, Ontario...
Cheers,
Jon
On Nov 5, 2013, at 11:30 AM, <cv_acr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I don't believe the concept of a unit train at all existed back then.
A unit train technically isn't simply a train of all one commodity; the
entire train has a common origin and destination.
Those reefer trains aren't technically unit trains all for a single
destination, they're just a solid block of priority perishable traffic, for
multiple points east.
Chris vanderHeide
Sarnia, ON
