Collection Development (with Provenance) to February of 1998

Present Name

Builder

Year Built

Present Use
History
1)Tender CC&F;/CP 1929 Original 15,000 Gallon Tender  
2) #4489 CC&F;/CP 1929 Combination Car Baggage/ Sleeper Club (Restored) #4489
  • Ex Dofasco Employees' Model Railway
  • Nee CP Combination Baggage/Sleeper #4489
3) "Argyle" NSC/CP 1929 Diner (Restored)
  • Ex CP Work Car #411257
  • Nee CP Dining Car "Argyle"
4) "River Rouge" NSC/CP 1929 Solarium Lounge (Restored)
  • Ex CP Work Car #411294
  • Exx CP Cafe Parlour #6591
  • Nee CP Buffet-Solarium-Lounge River Rouge
5) "Rutherglen" CC&F;/CP 1929 Sleeper (Restored)
  • Ex CP Hotels' property "Rutherglen"
  • Nee CP (8-2-1) Sleeper "Rutherglen"
6) "Glen Cassie" CC&F;/CP 1928 Sleeper (Restored)
  • Ex CP Work Car #411660
  • Nee CP 10-Compartment Sleeper "Glen Cassie"
7) "Somerset" CC&F;/CP 1930 Sleeper (Restored/Interpreted) "Travers"
  • Ex Ontario Rail Association Sleeper
  • Exx CP Sleeper "Travers"
  • Nee CP (12-1) Sleeper "Somerset"
8) #6751 CC&F;/CP 1930 Day Parlour (Restored)
  • Ex Ontario Rail Association Coach #561 ("Terra Cotta")
  • Exx CP Coach #1360
  • Nee CP Parlour Car #6751

(Note: The above set of eight cars was originally built in Canada for the 1929 "Trans-Canada Limited" - First Class sleeping car service only - and represents the entire consist and only surviving set. This set won the Canadian Railway Association's "Preservation Award" for 1988, and in 1993 won the coveted National "Achievement Award" of Heritage Canada and the BC Dogwood Heritage Society)

9) #52(X) H & H 1882 Coach (Holding for Restoration)
  • Ex Mine Assay Office (Blairmore, Alberta)
  • Exx Province of Alberta Mine Rescue Car #1
  • Exxx CP #1816
  • Nee CP #52 *(Oldest known car built for CP)
10) #736 Harris/ICR 1877 Baggage (Original Condition)
  • Ex 8029 - Alberta Pioneer Railway Association
  • Exx CN - 8029
  • Exxx CGR #2736
  • Exxxx ICR Baggage #736 (1890)

Note: The above two cars represents cars of the Museum's planned representative collection of the 1887 "Pacific Express".

11) #4144 CP 1913 Baggage (Holding for Restoration)
  • Ex Prairie Dog Central #100
  • Exx CP Work Car #404904
  • Exxx CP Baggage #4164
  • Nee CP Baggage #4144
12) #621(X) B & S 1901 Coach (Original and Holding for Restoration)
  • Ex Summer Cottage at Bragg Creek, Alberta
  • Exx CP 2nd Class Coach #1221
  • Nee CP 1st Class Coach & Smoking #621
13) "Omemee" B & S 1906 'Palace' 12-1 Sleeping Car
  • Ex Omemee - Summer Cottage in Wisconsin
  • Nee Sleeper/Library/Buffet International Service) "Omemee" (Soo Line-CPR Joint
14) "Curzon" B & S 1907 Compartment/Library/Buffet Observation (Original Condition)
  • Ex Curzon- Summer Cottage in Wisconsin
  • Nee Sleeper/Library/Buffet International Service) "Curzon" (Soo Line-CPR Joint

(NOTE: The above three cars represent two of the future six cars of the Museum's planned collection of the "Soo-Spokane Train De Luxe" set of equipment).

15) #3612 CP 1940 Mail Express (Holding for restoration)
  • Ex CP work car #404936
  • Exx Mail express #3813
  • Nee #3512 Mail express
16) #3051 CP 1936 Combination Baggage - Buffet - Coach (Original Condition)
  • Ex National Museum of Science and Technology #3051
  • Ex CPR #3051
17) #2104 CP 1936 Coach (Original condition)
  • Ex High River Railway Museum #353
  • Exx Greater Winnipeg Water District #353
  • Nee CP First Class Coach #2104
18) #1700 CP 1938 Coach (Original Condition)
  • Ex Montreal Urban Transit Comuter Coach #840
  • Nee CP First Class Smoking Car #1700

(NOTE: The above cars represent three of the future four cars of the Museum's planned collection of the lightweight 1936-40 "Chinook" set of equipment).

19) #1409 GMD 1954 FP9A (original condition)
  • Ex VIA #6557
  • Exx VIA #1409
  • Nee CP #1409 Diesel Locomotive
20) #1901 GMD 1954 F9B (original condition)
  • Ex VIA #6651
  • Exx VIA #1962
  • Exxx VIA #4474
  • Exxxx CP #4474
  • Nee CP #1901

(NOTE: The above two Diesel locomotives have been collected for the Museum's planned set of 1955 stainless steel cars of the "Canadian")

21) "British Columbia" CP 1928 Business (Original Condition)
  • Ex CP Business #19
  • Exx CP Business "British Columbia"
  • Exxx CP Business "Champlain"
  • Exxxx CP Business "Rupertsland"
  • Nee CP Business "British Columbia"
22) "Strathcona" CP 1927 Business (Original Condition)
  • Ex #75 Conklin & Garret Shows Inc.
  • Exx #75 Business Car CP Rail
  • Nee 5 deluxe bedroom car "Strathcona". One of a set of two Executive ("Party") Cars built for Canadian Pacific's Board of Directors.
23) "Grand Pré" CC&F;/CP 1930 Sleeper (Holding For Restoration)
  • Ex CP Work Car #411288
  • Nee CP (14 Single Bedroom)Sleeper "Grand Pré‚". Used on 1939 Royal Train.
24) "Newcastle" CC&F;/CP 1921 Sleeper(Holding for Interpretation)
  • Ex CP Work Car #411262
  • Nee CP 12-1 Sleeper "Newcastle"
25) "Redvers" CC&F;/CP 1929 Sleeper (Modernized & Intact)
  • Ex Sleeper Redvers - Alberta Pioneer Railway Association
  • NEE Sleeper Redvers (modernized in early 1950's, and is a direct comparison to restored sister car "Rutherglen", also at Cranbrook.
26) "Naughton" CC & F/CP 1921 12 -1 Sleeper (Holding for Interpretation)
  • Ex. CP work car #3 #411351
  • Nee - CP 12-1 sleeper "Naughton"

(Note: The above five cars represent the Museum's collection of "Business, Cars, Royal Cars, Interpretive Cars, and Cars of State", for exhibit in addition to the train "sets".

27) #4090 MLW 1953 FA-2 (Original)
  • Ex CP Historic Collection (ALCO5.
  • Nee CP #4090 Diesel Locomotive
28) #4469 MLW 1953 FB-2 (Original) (Now displayed at Old Museum Site by the Elko Station)
  • Ex CP Historic Collection(ALCO)
  • Nee CP #4469 Locomotive
29) #436965 CP 1928 Caboose (Restored)
  • Ex CP #436965

(Note: The above cars and locomotives represent other interpretive aspects of the museum besides the core collection, including future outdoor display once the core collection is moved indoors)

30) The "Elko CP Station"   1901 Museum Station Use
  • In 1987 moved 43 miles from Elko, BC to the Cranbrook Railway Museum.
  • Restored to 1900 appearance & opened to the public in 1988.
31) The "CPR Water Tower" CP 1946 (Original) (used for display only).
  • This intact 40,000 gallon Water Tower was moved in 1994 to the present Museum site as the first structure in the plan of the "Canadian Museum of Rail Travel" linking present and new sites in the Museum zone with the downtown area.
32) The CPR Freight Shed   1898-1911 (Original)
  • This intact 4500 Sq.Ft. Freight Shed had some exterior and interior restoration work done in the summer of 1995. It will be restored and renovated and become the north wing of the new building for the Canadian Museum of Rail Travel
33) The Café from the Royal Alexandra Hotel (CPR - Winnipeg) 2,800 sq. ft.) CPR 1906 Original Oak Panel Room - Hundreds of pieces saved and stored - reconstructed and restored at this Museum 1999-2001.
  • Contents saved when hotel demolished in 1971 (stored in a semi-trailer 1971-1996)
  • Purchased by Streat Brothers Antiques - Whipple-Tree Junction, Duncan, BC.
  • Purchased by Museum 1999
34) The carved oak fireplace from the formal Dining Room of the Royal Alexandra Hotel (CPR - Winnipeg) CPR 1906 2 storeys high; solid carved oak with decorative over-panel
  • (as in café above).

(Note: The above noted buildings represent a preserved and restored railway wooden building infrastructure for the museum development context).

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