Old Time Trains

CPR Banff

P1n class 5248 is relatively new (CPR May 1949) freight engine yet it was assigned to yard work in Banff in the summer
where a large number of passenger trains brought tourists from around the world to stay at the famous Banff Springs Hotel. Sleepers and other passenger cars were added and subtracted from these trains. July 1951 Ray Matthews

Note: There was an advantage to using a road engine for this temporary assignment rather than a yard switcher as it would
not require its rods to be removed for dead movement at 20 mph to a roundhouse for monthly washout or other work.
There being no enginehouse at Banff removing the rods would be a difficult task. Road engine could move at normal speed.

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CPR Banff

P1n class 5248 is relatively new (CPR May 1949) freight engine yet it was assigned to yard work in Banff in the summer
where a large number of passenger trains brought tourists from around the world to stay at the famous Banff Springs Hotel. Sleepers and other passenger cars were added and subtracted from these trains. July 1951 Ray Matthews

Note: There was an advantage to using a road engine for this temporary assignment rather than a yard switcher as it would
not require its rods to be removed for dead movement at 20 mph to a roundhouse for monthly washout or other work.
There being no enginehouse at Banff removing the rods would be a difficult task. Road engine could move at normal speed.