The Manor series is a fleet of 42 lightweight

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s built by the Budd Company for the

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in 1954–1955. Each contained five bedrooms, one compartment, four sections and four roomettes. The cars were named for distinguished

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acquired the fleet from the Canadian Pacific in 1978 and the cars remain in active service.

Design

The cars were constructed of stainless steel; save for a

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letterboard bearing the name "Canadian Pacific" they were unpainted. Each car was named for a distinguished

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. 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."

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 ''

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'' and re-equipped the ''

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''.

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. Another, ''Dufferin Manor'', was wrecked in the September 3, 1997, derailment near

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. the remaining 40 are on the roster and assigned to the ''Canadian''.

References

External links

Manor car floor plan

Complete list of Manor rolling stock
{{Budd Company Budd Company Canadian Pacific Railway Railway coaches of Canada Train-related introductions in 1954 Via Rail rolling stock

Design

Operation

See also

References

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