In the 1960s there were dedicated cars painted "Coleman-Port Moody" run as unit
trains or at least as big blocks. They were pictured in the annual report about
1967.
Don Thomas
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From: "Vic" <vic@xxxxxx>
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Sent: Wednesday, November 6, 2013 6:11:02 PM
Subject: [cpsig] Re: Unit Trains
Posted by:sutherail@xxxxxxxx sutherail
Date: Tue Nov 5, 2013 10:28 pm ((PST))
I always thought the "Unit Train" concept required the train to stay together
throughout one or more cycles. On CPR they started with the Fording coal
trains in 1969 or 1970. No switching was involved at either end; the train
set returned empty to the mine unchanged for another load. Other roads may
have had earlier examples. <snip>