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 Dear Sirs, This has little to do with the Gyralites on the Roof of the CP 1400 Series A Units on Passenger, but, these Units generally had the Ice Breaker Irons to protect the Dome Car Windows from Icicles in Snow Sheds and Tunnels. CPR had Ice Breaker Cars for Freight Trains. At first these were made from Vintage Steel Box Cars about to be Retired. These Cars had Girders Mounted on their Roofs in the Profile of Tunnels and Snow Sheds and were Specifically designed to Protect Windshields on New Automobiles and Trucks travelling behind In-Train on Freights. This is before the Huge Mail Box all Enclosed Auto Racks of today. Unless these Icicle Box Cars had Steam Lines, it is unlikely they saw much Passenger Use, as they had to be on the Front of the Train to do their job. ( But behind the Steam Generators. ) In Summer, these Icicle Cars would sit in long lines in the Weeds with the Plows. The Four Ex-ATSF Alco-GE PAs on the D&H operated into Montreal over the CP on the New York Trains ( Just to Albany, then NYC Power took over South. ) and they had the Rotating Headlight in the usual Opening on the Top of the Nose Front, and a Fixed Bulb and Reflector Headlight in the Centre of the Nose Door. Later, but before the big PA4 Rebuild by M-K, they received Two Sealed Beam Lamps in the Lower Light. The PAs were Lovely!!!
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