Comments on: Hot box! An unknown road’s box car is secured to the deck of CN 665422 and sits in CN’s Hornepayne, ON yard after being moved from Cree Pit just south of town with a string of other wreck damaged equipment.

By: MrDan

MrDan — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 04:23:12 +0000

That end handrail is typical of the style CP added to the ends of their cars when they were “modernized” (roofwalk removed/A-end ladders cut down). There’s also lots of red bits unburnt, but the one “tell” that makes it is the bit of white and black multimark paint at the top left corner not burnt off.

This should be a CP 141700-142199 series 40′ boxcar (built CC&F 1955) with Superior 5-panel 6′ doors and diagonal panel roof. I’ve built a few in HO scale out of Intermountain cars and scratchbuilt doors to get the exact prototype.

By: Jakob Mueller

Jakob Mueller — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 03:18:12 +0000

Emphasis on the “Action” in Action Red.

Not multimark. Spicy Pac-Man.

I’ll see myself out.

By: Parks

Parks — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 00:07:32 +0000

I wonder if the fire was mostly inside the box? Anything standing away from it, handrails, brake wheel and platform/ components, end ladder, angle cock, etc. still have red paint.

By: Paul O'Shell

Paul O'Shell — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 17:58:05 +0000

Thanks MrDan. I was hoping someone would chime in with some i.d. info.
The little bits of CP red/orange paint?

By: MrDan

MrDan — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 17:53:49 +0000

Here’s the interesting part about this neat photo: it’s actually a CP car. There’s a lot of hints, but one big giveaway (can anyone spot it?)