Hi Ryan,
Thanks for that. Even if it was only one day that the two coexisted... :)
I'll look at the library and ask around at local train shops after that
book, but in the (likely?) event that I can't find it, any suggestions as
to where I might find it? Is it still in print? The book might well be
interesting to me in general as well, given the subject.
Cheers, Frank
Frank,
acording to the Diesel Bible (Dean & Hanna) The Winnipeg Beach Sub was
dieselised in 1960 with a SW1200RS (8161-8171 were assigned to
Winnipeg in '60) so if Passenger service co-existed with diesel
powered freight it would only be for a matter of weeks/months...
Lawrence Stucky's "Canadian Pacific in Manitoba Vol. 1" has a 1954
photo of train 111 taken a mile south of Gimli that gives a good idea
of a typical branchline passenger consist, unfortunetly he was murky
about when service ended
Cheers,
Ryan Laroche
Winnipeg, MB
You mention not having seen any pax trains with diesels on them; did
diesel-hauled freights operate there during the time steam-hauled pax
were running? Just curious, as to whether I could with reasonable
likelihood have both steam and diesel present on an eventual layout.
Cheers, Frank
