drawbar (6). This made it easier to couple the train line to cars
on either end as well as avoided twisting the air hose around
the drawbar while being dumped.
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4. Ridley Island Terminal (Prince Rupert, B.C.).
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5. North American Railcar- CN Double-Rotary Marked
HO Scale # 11-31004002, N Scale # 11-11004002.
CN Coal and Sulphur Operations - 3
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6. Two sets of train line hoses on each end of a double
rotary. Norman Skretting photo.
The railroads serviced coal trains in the empty direction,
and the location of servicing changed with the different ser-
vice plans developed by CN for its terminals. Replacement of
brake shoes and inspections changed between Thornton Yard,
Kamloops and Jasper for west coast trains and Winnipeg and
Edmonton for the Ontario Hydro trains.
Spares filling out the trains to the correct number of cars
were also added at these terminals and could require turn-
ing cars to correctly orient the rotary drawbars. Bad orders
would be switched out at any location, depending on the
severity of the defect. The sulphur trains were also serviced
in the same manner.
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