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Manor series
Jasper in 2013
In service1954–present
ManufacturerBudd
Constructed1954–55
Number built42
Number in service40
Capacity
  • 6 double bedrooms
  • 3 sections
  • 4 roomettes
Operators
Specifications
Car body constructionStainless steel
Car length85 feet (26 m)
Width10 feet 3⁄8 inch (3.058 m)
Height13 feet 6+3⁄4 inches (4.134 m)
Weight134,100 pounds (60,800 kg)
Notes/references
[1]

The Manor series is a fleet of 42 lightweight

English Canadians. Via Rail
acquired the fleet from the Canadian Pacific in 1978 and the cars remain in active service.

Design

The cars were constructed of

English Canadian but did not carry numbers. As built each contained five bedrooms, one compartment, four sections and four roomettes for a maximum capacity of 24 passengers. The four open sections were located at the front of the car, followed by the five bedrooms and one compartment, and then the four roomettes. Each of the rooms contained a private toilet.[1]

Under Via Rail the cars were rebuilt to include a communal shower at the cost of one section. Via sells the compartment and the five bedrooms as "double bedrooms."[2]

Operation

Budd delivered 42 Manor cars for the Canadian Pacific in 1954–55 as part of a massive 173-car order which equipped the new transcontinental

Canadian and re-equipped the Dominion.[1][3] Via Rail acquired the entire fleet from Canadian Pacific in 1978. One, Aylmer Manor, caught fire on January 18, 1987, and was used as a testbed for Via's HEP conversion programme.[4] Another, Dufferin Manor, was wrecked in the September 3, 1997, derailment near Biggar, Saskatchewan.[5] As of 2015 the remaining 40 are on the roster and assigned to the Canadian.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "The 50th Anniversary of the CPR Stainless Steel Passenger Fleet" (PDF). Canadian Rail (503): 211–223. November–December 2004.
  2. ^ a b "Sleeping cars - Manor sleeping car". Via Rail. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
  3. ISBN 978-0-7603-4008-0
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  4. ^ Rushon, John (March 1988). "VIA Rail Canada". Pacific RailNews (292): 36. Archived from the original on 2015-02-07.
  5. ^ "Railway Investigation Report R97H0009". Transportation Safety Board of Canada. 5 August 1998. Retrieved February 7, 2015.

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