The Railways of Canada Archives -- Trip Report: CPR Facilities, Sudbury, Ont, May 23, 1956

Trip Report:
CPR Facilities, Sudbury, Ont,
May 23, 1956

By Don Scott, Coquitlam, BC

[ An * Denotes CPR steam in tuscan red-grey-gold-black paint scheme. ]

MLW/Alco S-2 yard engine #7091; MLW/Alco RS-10s #8463 and #8462 passenger service; 2-8-2 #5362; MLW/Alco S-2 yard engine #7090, #7090, #7092 and #7093; MLW/Alco RS-3 #8427 outbound westbound freight.

Canadian from Vancouver; train split-one half to Montreal, other half to Toronto; stainless-steel cars added to Sudbury; Toronto section of train including Park Scenic-dome car (end car). Montreal section of Canadian-F7-A #1415 and F7-A #1431; Toronto section of Canadian F7-A #1404 and F7-B #1908.

MLW/Alco F2-A #4025 and F2-B #4413 on eastbound freight; 2-8-0 #3956 westbound freight, locomotive like all 3900s equipped with feedwater heater; MLW/Alcos FA-2 #4012 and FB-2 #4410 on eastbound freight; MLW/Alco RS-10 #8562 arriving on passenger #18 from Fort William (Thunder Bay); 2-8-2 #5364 on eastbound freight; MLW/Alcos FA-2 #4020 and FB-2 #4412 on westbound freight; heavy 4-6-2 *#2306 on eastbound freight; heavy semi-streamlined 4-6-2 #2427 arriving on freight either from east or south; MLW/Alcos FA-2 #4023 and FB-2 #4419 on westbound freight; heavy semi-streamlined 4-6-2 #2425; modern light 4-6-2 #1227 passenger arriving from Toronto; 4-6-4 Hudson *#2807 freight to Toronto; 2-8-2 #5361; light 4-6-2 #2550 freight arriving from east; 2-8-2 #5133 freight departing for Sault Ste. Marie with 55 cars; 2-8-2 #5401 arriving on freight; MLW/Alco #8475 arriving on mixed passenger from Manitolin Island with 20 cars plus passenger consist. In the passenger consist; 1 passenger refer, postal and express car, 1 baggage, 1 coach, plus freight.

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