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Ottawa Central Railway caboose AMXX 79717 ex CN 79717 cupola close up shot Ottawa, Ontario Canada ©Ian A. McCord

Photographed when I worked at Walkley Yard.

Type of freight car: Caboose / Van built from a CN 472000 series boxcar

Builder: Canadian National Railways Pointe St. Charles Shops in Montreal, Quebec

Date: September 1974

Owner 1: CNR / CN Rail 1974-1992

Owner 2: Smurfit-Stone Container in Portage du Fort, Quebec 1992-2006

Owner 3: OCR / OCRR 2006-2008

Owner 4: CN 2008-2010

Owner 5: Central Frontenac Heritage Railway Society in Sharbot Lake, Ontario 2010- Note this caboose is now repainted and lettered in the CP script scheme.

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Uploaded on August 14, 2013
Taken on August 14, 2013