11-01-2016, 09:18 PM
I just dug out BRMNA's photo book on The Canadian.
First picture shows icicle breakers in 2 sections. A set at the side of the roof, positioned above the second set of vents in the side (aft of the first porthole). There is another set, covering the middle part of the roof and looks located behind the winterization hatch. This is on 1421 and 1409 on the first day.
A B-unit has no such fixtures.
A picture in 1980 sows 1413 and 1409 without breakers. in 1970 1400 has breakers. 1978 1403/4 have breakers.
A note near the back of the book says that the breakers were removed in the VIA era because they were too tall for CN's Montreal and Winnipeg stations. CP had equipped boxcars with breakers to protect triple-deck autoracks.
1433/4 never had them as they worked Edmonton-Calgary.
So, if you have the original CP paint, you need breakers. In CP red they disappear and in VIA blue, none.
First picture shows icicle breakers in 2 sections. A set at the side of the roof, positioned above the second set of vents in the side (aft of the first porthole). There is another set, covering the middle part of the roof and looks located behind the winterization hatch. This is on 1421 and 1409 on the first day.
A B-unit has no such fixtures.
A picture in 1980 sows 1413 and 1409 without breakers. in 1970 1400 has breakers. 1978 1403/4 have breakers.
A note near the back of the book says that the breakers were removed in the VIA era because they were too tall for CN's Montreal and Winnipeg stations. CP had equipped boxcars with breakers to protect triple-deck autoracks.
1433/4 never had them as they worked Edmonton-Calgary.
So, if you have the original CP paint, you need breakers. In CP red they disappear and in VIA blue, none.
David
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.