CN Heavyweight passenger cars in Black and White scheme

[cv_acr]

http://canadianfreightcargallery.ca/cgi-bin/image.pl?i=cn7210&o=cn

http://canadianfreightcargallery.ca/cgi-bin/image.pl?i=cn73915&o=cn

http://www.cnrphotos.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=53735

http://www.cnrphotos.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=54847

http://www.cnrphotos.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=38007

[sandusky]

No, no particular type of car, just the notion that repainting Rivarossi or Bachman (HO) heavyweights like this wouldn't be a total fabrication, not that I'm against that sort of thing.

I rode the CN excursions behind 6167 and 6218 in the mid 1960s; I thought these were part of the consist but the photos are buried or gone and I wouldn't expect to remember that sort of detail over 45 years later.

Thanks-

Mike

[zstripe]

Good Job,Bear,,,,

I believe,,He now has his,evidence...

Cheers,

Frank

["JaBear"]

Gidday Mike, May not be the best but check out the bottom photo here............

http://streamlinermemories.info/?p=1869

Cheers, the Bear.

[doctorwayne]

The Companion to Canadian National Railways Passenger Equipment has photos of two business cars, two cafeteria cars, one bedroom/buffet/lounge, one 16 section sleeper, three 12 section, 1 drawing room sleepers, one 14 section tourist car, one club lounge, one first class coach, one combine, one mail express (RPO), and two baggage cars in the black and light grey paint scheme.  One of the business cars, both cafeteria cars, the combine and one baggage car had clerestory roofs, while the others had modernised roofs to better blend with the lightweight cars.  A couple of the cars listed were lettered for CV or GTW, but bore the same paint scheme.

Wayne

[U-3-b]

Actually many HW cars were painted in the wet noodle scheme.  I have several books with shots of HW painted that way.  Is there any particular type of car are your looking for?

Steve

[zstripe]

Mike,

Try this,,, Canadian Railway History,,, www.railways.in canada,net/candate/candate.htm    

It's quite possible,that they will have a pic. worth a try anyway..

Cheers,

Frank

[zstripe]

Mike,

What I found, was,May 02,1960,Canadian National Railroad,in the new,black and white,color scheme,with orange-red,Loco fronts.. So they did exist,,, unfortunately,, no pics... sorry..

Cheers,

Frank

[g&gfan]

Morning Sun Books' Canadian National Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment Volume I has several pictures of CN's non-lightweight cars in the wet noodle paint scheme. Most of them are the "City" series named after towns and cities served by CN. Sioux Lookout and Listowel are two that come to mind.

Steve (from near Listowel, ON)

[sandusky]

I wish for evidence that there were some (one?) non-streamlined CN passenger cars in the post-about-1960 black and white color scheme often seen on the streamlined cars. Some initial research shows nothing of the sort.

Thx-

Mike