Comments on: Former Canadian Pacific Sleeper/Solarium car Cape Race on display at the Toronto Railway Museum. http://www.railpictures.ca The BEST Canadian photos on the Internet, eh? Thu, 07 May 2026 15:18:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: sdfourty http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=41051#comment-39434 sdfourty Fri, 01 May 2020 01:22:49 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Cape-Race.jpg#comment-39434 UCRS car 13 ( Cape Race ) looks splendid ! Job well done. Rode many 6218 steam excursions with car 13 carrying the markers. UCRS car 13 ( Cape Race ) looks splendid ! Job well done. Rode many 6218 steam excursions with car 13 carrying the markers.

]]> By: Matthew Whiteley http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=41051#comment-39128 Matthew Whiteley Wed, 22 Apr 2020 00:33:21 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Cape-Race.jpg#comment-39128 Wow! That's a lot of members! Which steam locomotives were used for the UCRS excursions? Wow! That’s a lot of members!

Which steam locomotives were used for the UCRS excursions?

]]> By: R.L.Kennedy http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=41051#comment-39127 R.L.Kennedy Wed, 22 Apr 2020 00:29:05 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Cape-Race.jpg#comment-39127 Yes, Mel Marchbank was the UCRS's private car attendant/porter/chef/waiter. I was the treasurer. At one time we had 900 members! Yes, Mel Marchbank was the UCRS’s private car attendant/porter/chef/waiter. I was the treasurer. At one time we had 900 members!

]]> By: Matthew Whiteley http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=41051#comment-39125 Matthew Whiteley Wed, 22 Apr 2020 00:15:51 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Cape-Race.jpg#comment-39125 Were the VIA charters operated by the Upper Canada Railway Society as well? Were the VIA charters operated by the Upper Canada Railway Society as well?

]]> By: R.L.Kennedy http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=41051#comment-39122 R.L.Kennedy Tue, 21 Apr 2020 23:25:12 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Cape-Race.jpg#comment-39122 Upper Canada Railway Society owned this car for many years as did they the wooden one inside ex DAR. These cars operated on many steam and diesel excursions over many years and this one also on VIA trains making several charter trips all across Canada to the East and west coasts. Upper Canada Railway Society owned this car for many years as did they the wooden one inside ex DAR.

These cars operated on many steam and diesel excursions over many years and this one also on VIA trains making several charter trips all across Canada to the East and west coasts.

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