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CNR Doodlebug

Railfan.net Web Forums    North American Railroads    CN Discussion (Moderators: , CN5710)    CNR Doodlebug « Previous topic | Next topic » Pages: 1  Reply     EMail Topic   Print    Author  Topic: CNR Doodlebug  (Read 637 times) blackdog1 Chaser Posts: 90 CNR Doodlebug   « on: Sep 2nd, 2008, 8:17am » Quick-Jump   Reply w/Quote   Modify I'm trying to find some info and pictures of a gas-electric (I guess) car operated by CN. Not the usual old-fashioned doodlebug - I have one photo of this car/loco - its a colour shot so the vehicle must have lasted into the 1950s. It looks like a smooth-sided baggage car with a shovel-front and an air-intake in the roof front dome. The car is in green and gold CNR paint and looks really nice. Ideal for a model.... Can anyone point me in the direction of more pictures or a drawing? Logged endivision Historian Posts: 303 Re: CNR Doodlebug   cn_15810_Kamloops_BC.jpg - 167363 Bytes « Reply #1 on: Dec 30th, 2009, 8:33am » Quick-Jump   Reply w/Quote   Modify Not sure if this is what your looking for but might help, taken in the 40's at Kamloops. Image exceeds display size of 900 pixels wide. (167363 bytes, 1107x654 pixels) Click Here to View Image cn_15810_Kamloops_BC.jpg - 167363 Bytes Logged Save E&N Railway History HwyHaulier Historian Posts: 3448 Re: CNR Doodlebug   « Reply #2 on: Dec 30th, 2009, 11:46am » Quick-Jump   Reply w/Quote   Modify CN 15810 reminds of a 1920s Brill product...   Seems to me I have seen a photo or two of at least one CN car, generally depicting what has been initially described. There were   some - more mid 1930s era - cars on the market, with enough power to pull an added trailer or two...   Recall the two specific EMD examples run on Seaboard. All baggage/ mail config., with enough power to pull a couple of lighter   weight coaches...   ..................Vern................. Logged Ticket Agent serving...Pacific Stage Lines...Washington State System...Mt. Hood Stages...Pickwick Stages...Transcontinental & Western Air Lines.... Admitted Gold Bug..... Observant Orthodox Mossback..... H.M.R.A.O. Curmudgeons...... Operations_Manager Railfan Posts: 171 Re: CNR Doodlebug   « Reply #3 on: Jan 1st, 2010, 3:51pm » Quick-Jump   Reply w/Quote   Modify The book which maybe helpful is "Self-Propelled Cars of the CNR "  by Anthony Clegg, recently  published by Railfare/DC Books The book has lots of drawings,photographs and information. Logged blackdog1 Chaser Posts: 90 Re: CNR Doodlebug   « Reply #4 on: Jul 19th, 2010, 12:27pm » Quick-Jump   Reply w/Quote   Modify Sounds like what you're after is the one 'doodlebug' gas-electric modernised by CN in the 1950s with a shovel-nose at one end. The front end was later modified with three windshields instead of two and a headlight - if I recall correctly. Can't get to my reference books at present. Only one car was modified because the Budds came along soon afterwards. Logged chal4oye TRAINing   Posts: 2 Re: CNR Doodlebug   « Reply #5 on: Dec 30th, 2013, 4:47am » Quick-Jump   Reply w/Quote   Modify Seems to me I have seen a photo or two of at least one CN car, generally depicting what has been initially described. There were   some - more mid 1930s era - cars on the market, with enough power to pull an added trailer or two... 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