3 Comments

1. Stephen C. Host

   February 29, 2016 at 8:34 pm

   Wow. This is cool. I understand that CN’s self propelled cars in this era were all 150XX series cars.. and to think that CN created a new self propelled car in 2009 with a similar numbering scheme, 15106:

   http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=12219

   http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1473218

   Sadly it was re-numbered a couple months after entering service to 1501 and never made it to Canada with the original number.

   I wonder if 15016 of the mid 20th century existed and what it looked like.

   Thanks for sharing Julian! Very nice.
2. Paul O'Shell

   March 3, 2017 at 7:35 pm

   Yes. There was a CN 15016 back in 1963 (retired in 1971) used by CN’s Research & Development Department as a Track Recorder Car. You can read more about its origins at
   http://www.albertarailwaymuseum.com/rule-instruction-cars.html
   My Grandfathers car was CN 15019 Rule Instruction Car (ex-CN 1497 ‘Stradacona’) built May 1912 by Pullman Standard (now on display in Capreol, ON as a school car. Which it was not). It roamed the ‘West End’ of CN’s Great Lakes Region (Ruel & Caramat Subs) for decades. Would sure like to see any photos of the CN 15019 if anyone has something.
3. Paul O'Shell

   March 5, 2017 at 11:59 am

   And there is a view of a more modern version of CN 15006 at, http://cnrphotos.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=25644