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NAR Boxcars

CNIS 413028

CNIS 413028 is one of only four freight cars known to carry the CNNA noodle and map paint scheme. The others are hoppers CN 371897, CN 383381 and boxcar CN 557115.

CNIS 413028 is a 50 foot boxcar manufactured by NSC in January 1980. It has a capcity of 5277 cubic feet.

This photo was taken in Edmonton in October 1997.

CWR Boxcar 73814

This photo was taken in Portage la Prairie MB in late May 2000. It was found at the end of a continuous welded rail train, preceeded by a bulkhead flat.

This car was taken out of revenue service and put into company service (note five-digit number , obviously repainted). Note the unique doors on the side, replacing the conventional sliding door. The large door is an articulated one that slides up. The car is possibly and equipment car for the CWR train.

Expo 86 Boxcars

CNIS 417225 and CN 557417 were two of several CN cars painted especially for Expo 86.

Locomotive SD40 CN 5334 was also painted for the occasion, but painted back to normal CN colours afterwards. Pggy-back trailer CNPZ 205625 was painted, the same as this locomotive. CN 557420 was painted with four diagonal stripes reading from right to left: deep mauve, mauve,mauve-pink, and light mauve. CN 547083 received forest green, dark green, medium green, and medium yellow stripes.

CNIS 417225 was built in 1973 by NSC. It has inside length of 52.8 feet. This photo was taken 28 March 1999 at Ile Perrot QC by Brian Ellis. By this time, the paint is getting quite faded.

CN 557417 was built by NSC in late 1972 or early 1973. This photo was taken by Bob Boudreau.

CN 480765 Dangerous Cargo (?)

This box car, no longer in commercial service, is possibly for the transport of dangerous cargo. It is marked "DO NOT LEAVE MTN REGION TEST EQUIP". Built in February 1943, it carries the notations "CN 10.81" and "LT WT 40800".

This photo was taken in Edmonton, March 1998.

Buffalo Boxcars

The "Buffalo Boxcars" were 40 foot steel boxcars used to haul grain to Churchill and Thunder Bay. They were originally built in 1956 as newsprint cars. In 1987-88 they were converted to carry grain under a program financed by the Canadian and Manitoba governments. They carry a Government of Canada flag "trade mark" as well as a Manitoba buffalo (ergo the name Buffalo Boxcar). They carry numbers in the series 445000-446615. Another series, rebuilt in 1987 and already scrapped, carried numbers in the 429000 series.

The final Buffalo Boxcars are being scrapped in late 1996 and 1997. This is 445647 which has been sitting in Edmonton as an equipment storage car since 1995. It was built in May 1956 and rebuilt into a Buffalo Boxcar in Sep 1987. It is marked "THIS CAR NOT TO BE INTERCHANGED — FOR CHURCHILL AND THUNDER BAY GRAIN SERVICE ONLY"

CN 557115

CN 557115 is one of only four freight cars known to carry the CNNA noodle and map paint scheme. The others are hoppers CN 371897, CN 383381 and boxcar CNIS 413028.

CN 557115 is a 53 foot boxcar built by NSC in 1973. It has a capacity of 5304 cubic feet.

This photo was taken by Darrell Sawyer in January 1994 near Seattle, WA.

CN 73716 Fuel Car

This fuel car is a box car that has been converted to non-revenue service. It spent the winter of 1996/97 parked near a snow dump in the Walker Yards in Edmonton, probably holding fuel for the bulldozer that pushed the snow up onto the pile as it was delivered by dump trucks from remote parts of the yard. 73716 was built in Dec 1967.

This photo was taken in June 1997 in Edmonton.

CNA 794363

This steel CN boxcar is painted a distinct blue colour as are most of (all?) the others in the series CNA 794xxx series. It was built in 1970 by Pullman Standard and was originally numbered in the GTW 309000-309299 series and used in automotive service.

This photo was taken in Edmonton, September 1999.