Comments on: CN 8521 is shunting VIA cars. http://www.railpictures.ca The BEST Canadian photos on the Internet, eh? Sat, 09 May 2026 00:56:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: pierre fournier http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=2893#comment-380 pierre fournier Wed, 07 Mar 2012 10:56:22 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/19850420-t-c.jpg#comment-380 Interesting comment. Interesting comment.

]]> By: mrdanno4050 http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=2893#comment-379 mrdanno4050 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 07:03:25 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/19850420-t-c.jpg#comment-379 Those stainless steel ex-CP cars are a rare sight at Spadina coachyard, only showing up very late in the game before the move to VIA's Toronto Maintenance Centre in Mimico. The idea was, IIRC, the ex-CP cars would stay on the Montreal section of The Canadian when it was split to get serviced by CP, while the ex-CN cars would stay on the Toronto section to get serviced by CN at Spadina. Those stainless steel ex-CP cars are a rare sight at Spadina coachyard, only showing up very late in the game before the move to VIA’s Toronto Maintenance Centre in Mimico.

The idea was, IIRC, the ex-CP cars would stay on the Montreal section of The Canadian when it was split to get serviced by CP, while the ex-CN cars would stay on the Toronto section to get serviced by CN at Spadina.

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