No, 21-22 were not the first train with diesels. CP had been operating
diesels in road service for more than five years when this train was
dieselized. Murray Dean and David Hanna's book on Canadian Pacific Diesel
Locomotives states that the Dominion and trains 21-22 were to be dieselized
with a newly-established pool of F units built or modified with 89 mph
gearing for passenger service exclusively. Possibly 21-22 were the first to
be powered from this high speed pool. I don't know when the Dominion first
got these diesels. (It was already dieselized west of Calgary using dual
service units.) This pool was subsequently expanded for other trains,
particularly The Canadian. I don't know if 65 mph dual-service F units would
have been able to keep the schedule of trains 21-22.
Don Thomas
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From what i have read the first train toadopt Diesels was 21and 22 IBelieve March 1954. then the 2 3100,,s were on the AtlanticLimited Montreal
Salfi <mikesue.salfi@> wrote:
3/11/1954
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trains 21 and 22?
Can anyone tell me the date diesels replaced these steam locomotives on
