Chris Walker Wrote:
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> Brian Norden Wrote:
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> > Is this a purpose built 42" gauge car? Or is it
> a
> > standard gauge car set on 42" trucks?
> >
> > I seem to recall reading that CN was using
> > standard gauge car ferries and swapping trucks
> at
> > Port aux Basques during the last decade(s) of
> the
> > Newfoundland operation.
> >
> > BN
>
> Brian,
>
> that is a one-of-a-kind, purposefully built new in
> 1966 for Newfoundland operation as a 3'6" gauge
> car.
>
clarification : one-of-a-kind as in design, i.e. no use for any other service, I did not mean as only "one of". Subsequent digging shows 18000-18099 in the number series but not total shown that were actually in service.