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These little superintendent cars always made me go into a wishful dream. How cool it would be to own one and travel the rails in these converted cabs. From what I was able to find out about them, there was only 3 made. Two stationed in B.C. and one in Alberta (in their initial years). They seem to be of a little higher grade of construction than the converted boxcars made into a similar type car with platform and brake wheel only at one end. Today, 61202 is headed for Fort McMurray, where it will stay for some several days before returning.
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Caption: These little superintendent cars always made me go into a wishful dream. How cool it would be to own one and travel the rails in these converted cabs. From what I was able to find out about them, there was only 3 made. Two stationed in B.C. and one in Alberta (in their initial years). They seem to be of a little higher grade of construction than the converted boxcars made into a similar type car with platform and brake wheel only at one end. Today, 61202 is headed for Fort McMurray, where it will stay for some several days before returning.

Photographer:
Seth B. [336] (more) (contact)
Date: 10/12/1988 (search)
Railway: Canadian National (search)
Reporting Marks: CN 61202 (search)
Train Symbol: Cab hop (search)
Subdivision/SNS: Coronado Sub. (search)
City/Town: Egremont (search)
Province: Alberta (search)
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6 Comments
  1. awmooney
    May 21, 2021 at 2:04 pm

    What a great way to see the west that would be…………

  2. Brundle
    May 21, 2021 at 6:05 pm

    Whether along the shores of the Great Lakes or beside the mighty Fraser River, I’m pretty sure friends would be asking “Can I come for a ride too”. :-)

  3. TMike
    July 21, 2022 at 6:53 pm

    They certainly resemble a Pt St Charles van without the cupola. Big fuel tank for a generator..Space for a theatre room?

  4. Paul O'Shell
    August 20, 2026 at 3:40 pm

    CN 61200 HS built 1976 assigned Kamloops, BC
    CN 61201 HS built 1976 assigned Prince George, BC
    CN 61202 HS built 1977 assigned Edmonton, AB
    CN 61200-CN 61202 classed as light mainline cabooses used as (mini) Superintendent’s cars.

  5. TMike
    August 25, 2026 at 12:40 pm

    So — what ever happened to these cars? Scrapped? (probably considering their age) Built into something else?- camp cars perhaps? I would like to to model one of these-but where to start?

  6. Paul O'Shell
    August 25, 2026 at 1:40 pm

    I believe CN 61200 and CN 61201 may have been scrapped, but CN 61202 ended up in New Hampshire at the Claremont and Concord Railroad as CNRX 61202 seen here in 2001 …
    http://www.newenglandcustomrail.com/Rail%20Photos/ClaremontConcord/Normal20021010/Caboose.jpg
    http://www.newenglandcustomrail.com/Rail%20Photos/ClaremontConcord/Normal20021010/Caboose2.jpg
    The Claremont and Concord Railroad also became home to ex-CN 50560 Snow Fighter (nee-CN 8032 MLW S4) …
    http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=5590

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