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.
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.