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Great picture of a clean car. Surprised to see that it was back shopped in 1975 and kept its running boards. These were banned for new cars starting in 1966/67 and for interchange service after 1975(?). I would have thought that CN would have been removing them from every car being rebuilt at that time regardless of intended service. Interesting!!
Good observation Don. Here’s a car of similar vintage that had the roof running boards removed and the ladders chopped.
http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=58247
Oh wow! I am surprised CN kept some use for these 40s-50s stencils as far as the mid-70s.
Nice looking generator car, I recall two gen sets in the car and a separate area to hang our work clothes. We always kept the mainline side door closed so you couldn’t see the stacked beer empties.
Right you are Terry. Quite a few cars had two gen sets in one end with a dividing wall to the clothes drying area in the other end. There was an oil-fired stove in there to provide the heat for clothes drying.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/197431498@N07/52897090452/in/photolist-2ogQQSS-2oAkq5U
I like the doors on the end. How long would this have lasted in the MOW fleet or is it still hanging around up north???
The friction bearing trucks would have had to be replaced to be actively used, unless it’s stuffed and mounted off rails.
Those man-doors added the end of the cars when modified for OCS service provided easy access from the white fleet units into the clothes drying area of the generator car.
This negated the need to climb down from the boarding cars which was a nice feature.
CN 41960 was 32 years old when modified for OCS service in 1975, so my guess would be that it is long gone from active service 50 years later in 2026 as it would be 83 years old.
It may very well be sitting on the ground somewhere on the system sans trucks but that I do not know.