via rail passenger car names/numbers.............help needed

Trains Magazine General Discussion
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i’m currently in the process of custom painting some n scale passenger cars in via rails colors. now i urgently need to know what car had what roadnumber or what name.

is there anyone who could provide me with a list , a link or even some pictures ?

thanks for your help.

have fun
sandro

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The entire roster, and everything else up here, is in the Canadian Trackside Guide
http://www.bytownrailwaysociety.ca/sales.htm

I have last year’s edition and can post some of the numbers if you like, but not all of them.
Are you interested in just some of the cars ?

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dale

thanks for your help. of course it would be helpful if you could post some names/numbers.

have fun
sandro

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sandro: what type of cars are you talking about? Is it the Canadian stainless steel or the CN blue cars? most of the blue cars are now gone and out of the TG.

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There is some good information here…

http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?page=47&TOPIC_ID=48375

M636C

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i’m talking about the stainless ones with the blue stripe along the roof line

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Thats better.
You mean the former Canadian Pacific Budd built cars used in long distance service.
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=268505
These were converted to HEP in the early 1990s and included some American cars as well.
40 Coach 8100-8144 62 seats
3 Coach 8145-8147 60 seats, snack bar
29 Chateau sleeper 8201-8229
40 Manor sleeper 8301-8342
13 Diner 8401-8418
16 Skyline dome 8500-8517
19 Baggage 8600-8623
14 Park sleeper, dome, observation 8702-8718

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dale

thanks again for these helpful informations. now i know what i have to browse google for.

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There are also some second-hand (or more) coaches in the 4000 and 4100 series. These are short distance coaches and have a blue and yellow stripe along the letterboard.
The named cars (Park, Chateau, Manor and diners) have never carried the car number on the side. The dome cars used to (may still) carry the word “Skyline” a on the number board above the number.