Heavyweights to Churchill?

Triplex Jul 26, 2015

  1. Triplex

    Triplex TrainBoard Member

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    Not exactly "current railroads", but...

    The Hudson Bay Railway, in 1990s CN days, was rather famous as an anachronism. Grain moved exclusively in 40' boxcars, mixed trains with F-units and steam-heated cars... But I clearly recall something more, which I can't relocate evidence of.
    In some book on Canadian railways, I saw a photo of a heavyweight car on this line.
    http://www.trainweb.org/oldtimetrains/Hudson_Bay/winter.htm
    This page shows one in 1976, already very unusual. But I remember seeing a heavyweight in VIA colors, and almost surely dated in the 1990s. Did this actually happen?
     
  2. BoxcabE50

    BoxcabE50 HOn30 & N Scales Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    I remember seeing a passenger train video on this line. (A documentary?) It was all later era cars. A heavyweight in VIA colors sounds interesting.
     

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