Well that stands to reason with CPR creating Calgary and on the mainline and
now the headquarters of the CPR and I think that its what you grow up with
seeing. I have a love of TH&B I saw a lot of it as a kid. My dad would take me
to Leaside station so I was exposed to CPR . My mother was from Little Current
so I saw CPR when we went on vacation my first train ride was on the Blueberry
Express!! NOW MY DAD LIKED THE 4-8-4S OF cnr SO SUNDAY AFTERNOON WE WOULD HEAD
TO dANFORTH STATION, AND WAIT FOR THE 4PM TRAIN TO mONTREAL AND WATCH FOR GREEN
FLAGS. THEtrain usally had a northern up front and it would have worked
Danforth Hill then when it crested the hill picked up speed by the time last
coach went by it was really moving . We would look down thehill in about 2
minutes we wouldsee smoke blasting up in the air followed by a distant
headlight this might happen 3 or4 times what a show.One of my first brass
engineswas a U2G 6213 Yes know it.s CNR but I
remember sunday afternoon at Danforth station with my mom and dad and our
cocker spaniel in the familly Rambler remember those things lol. I think its
what we saw as a kid that determines what we model later in life. The way I see
it DAVID HILL ps Why do you think on of the first models built was the Turbo
.Its what Jason grew up with.
David E Hill
Sales Agent
E MAIL techill@xxxxxxxxxx
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From: Dave Audley <audleydave@xxxxxxxxx>
To: cpsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, October 15, 2012 7:35:43 AM
Subject: RE: [cpsig] Re:CNR vs CPR sales
There is also the notion that CN sells better in Edmonton and CPR sells better
in Calgary,
a regional differance!
Dave Audley
--- On Sun, 10/14/12, Doug Cummings <DougCummings@xxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Doug Cummings <DougCummings@xxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [cpsig] Re:CNR vs CPR sales
To: cpsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Received: Sunday, October 14, 2012, 6:32 PM
I think you will find they really meant they sold BETTER in these areas, not
just in these areas. After all CNR did run in the west, and CPR did run in
the east. And I know their models sold in these areas as well, although I
would agree with their figures that CN sold better in the east, and CP sold
better in the west.
Doug
funny that Van Hobbies did CNR western engines so often 2=8=2 S2 Mikado,s
4-6-0 western . 2-8-0 oilfired western at least they did the e10 coal
fired at least they did eastern 6060.s and Northerns, 6400,s 5700,s
etc regards David Hill
David E Hill
Sales Agent
E MAIL techill@xxxxxxxxxx
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