(erielack) LV

[Dale and Ev SBC <gobills_@_ncweb.com>]

>Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 20:31:13 EDT
>From: Jedalberg_@_aol.com
>Subject: (erielack) Re: EL Mail List Digest V3 #2500
>
>Re: LV
>If you look in a couple of the LV photo books (Morning Sun et al.) you will
>find several photos of the Maple Leaf, with its CN sleepers. LV sleepers
>weren't used on the train iat least in later years; although making 
>a statement like
>this can be problematic---quite often when such is done, someone will come
>with an arcane contradicting incident! The LV sleepers were all 
>older "standard"
>cars, like the Lackawanna's e.g. Bowman Lake. The CN cars were the modern
>streamlined cars. (We rode in a similar CN car a couple of weeks ago from
>Vancouver to Jasper--car was a 6-6-3---6 roomettes, 6DBr, 3 
>sections-which were in
>use (not by us). Great trip-dome, diner,etc)  The train (Maple Leaf)ran
>eastbound via the Mountain Cut-off. Picked up a diner 
>lounge/cafe-lounge (I think) at
>Lehighton eastbound. Does on my railroad as well--I make the crew ensure that
>the D/L-C/L (usually1000) is placed between the coaches and the
>sleepers.Sometimes I uses a DL&W car, for list content.
>Jim


Thanks Jim and the others.  I now have a good basis for what my Maple 
Leaf will look like on the future Lakeshore and Hudson Bay based on Buffalo.


Dale Madison  


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