Comments on: At 86 years young this former CN Scale Test car, built in 1929 at CN’s Moncton Shops doesn’t show its age. CANAC International acquired this car in 2010 from Canadian National. It is seen here, near Welland, awaiting the next call to duty. http://www.railpictures.ca The BEST Canadian photos on the Internet, eh? Thu, 07 May 2026 18:15:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: RonaldB http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=17953#comment-22920 RonaldB Tue, 15 Aug 2017 05:07:31 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/16390155651_fa990db690_o.jpg#comment-22920 CP had these cars too. They were a pain, had to be handled next to the van (caboose) or after cabooseless trains started, with one empty car behind them. This was because they had no air brakes, just a handbrake. On CP, they were restricted to 30 mph. That was a good thing, if there was one ahead of the van and you watched the scale test car at 30mph..it was 'shimmying' all over the place CP had these cars too. They were a pain, had to be handled next to the van (caboose) or after cabooseless trains started, with one empty car behind them. This was because they had no air brakes, just a handbrake.
On CP, they were restricted to 30 mph. That was a good thing, if there was one ahead of the van and you watched the scale test car at 30mph..it was ‘shimmying’ all over the place

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