http://www.railpictures.ca The BEST Canadian photos on the Internet, eh? Thu, 07 May 2026 18:00:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=21737#comment-11880 Stuart Streit Tue, 24 Nov 2015 04:19:53 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/1981-04-00-2-CP-4040-WB-Rear-Dorval-QC.jpg#comment-11880 A total of nine 'Gallery' coaches (2 cab cars, 7 trailers) were constructed by Canadian Vickers Ltd. at their Montreal facility for Canadian Pacific in 1969. GO Transit borrowed several of the tall double deck cars for a number of weeks in 1974 to study in the development of their own bi-level coach which debuted in 1977. Compared to the Gallery layout, the full upper deck provided much greater capacity. Doubling the number of side doors addressed perceived slow loading/unloading of passengers during the study. For more information go to: http://www.exporail.org/can_rail/Canadian%20Rail_no222_1970.pdf A total of nine ‘Gallery’ coaches (2 cab cars, 7 trailers) were constructed by Canadian Vickers Ltd. at their Montreal facility for Canadian Pacific in 1969. GO Transit borrowed several of the tall double deck cars for a number of weeks in 1974 to study in the development of their own bi-level coach which debuted in 1977. Compared to the Gallery layout, the full upper deck provided much greater capacity. Doubling the number of side doors addressed perceived slow loading/unloading of passengers during the study. For more information go to: http://www.exporail.org/can_rail/Canadian%20Rail_no222_1970.pdf

]]> http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=21737#comment-11795 mberry Thu, 19 Nov 2015 23:44:33 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/1981-04-00-2-CP-4040-WB-Rear-Dorval-QC.jpg#comment-11795 They were still in use in Montreal by the AMT till about 5 years ago..... they are currently stored. They were still in use in Montreal by the AMT till about 5 years ago….. they are currently stored.

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