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Post by Mike on Dec 21, 2016 21:59:59 GMT -8
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Post by Starsteward on Dec 22, 2016 7:54:54 GMT -8
The Canadian Pacific 'Beaver' Logo will stand as one of Canada's most historic symbols of 'Canadiana'. I'd love to see it adorn C.P.trains again.
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Post by WettCoast on Dec 22, 2016 14:27:14 GMT -8
The Canadian Pacific 'Beaver' Logo will stand as one of Canada's most historic symbols of 'Canadiana'. I'd love to see it adorn C.P.trains again. There were quite a few variations of the Canadian Pacific beaver crest/shield/logo over the decades. I assume you are meaning the version that is seen on the nose of locomotive 4069. CP revived the beaver in a new shield introduced soon after the year 2000. Most new locomotives introduced in the first decade of the 21st century were blessed with golden beavers. I think it looked good, but alas CP has gone away from it. Unfortunately the golden beaver did not look so good when seen from a distance on a locomotive with faded paint & in need of a good cleaning. Rather, the logo looked more like a golden blob. Up close, however, on a locomotive with fresh paint, it was sharp. The photo below is the non-golden version of that shield, seen on a grain hopper parked in the yard at North Bend, BC. Golden beavers ... CP east bound mixed train on CP's Thompson Sub along Thompson River between Spences Bridge & Lytton, BC - 31 March 2013 © WCK-JST by Jim Thorne, on Flickr
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Post by Starsteward on Dec 23, 2016 8:00:26 GMT -8
The Canadian Pacific 'Beaver' Logo will stand as one of Canada's most historic symbols of 'Canadiana'. I'd love to see it adorn C.P.trains again. There were quite a few variations of the Canadian Pacific beaver crest/shield/logo over the decades. I assume you are meaning the version that is seen on the nose of locomotive 4069. CP revived the beaver in a new shield introduced soon after the year 2000. Most new locomotives introduced in the first decade of the 21st century were blessed with golden beavers. I think it looked good, but alas CP has gone away from it. Unfortunately the golden beaver did not look so good when seen from a distance on a locomotive with faded paint & in need of a good cleaning. Rather, the logo looked more like a golden blob. Up close, however, on a locomotive with fresh paint, it was sharp. The photo below is the non-golden version of that shield, seen on a grain hopper parked in the yard at North Bend, BC. Golden beavers ... CP east bound mixed train on CP's Thompson Sub along Thompson River between Spences Bridge & Lytton, BC - 31 March 2013 © WCK-JST by Jim Thorne, on Flickr
The C.P. Beaver logo on the "Polar Express" is the CP logo I remember being on C.P. passenger trains from the 1950's and 1960's. Did the original one you posted ever appear on passenger trains? Can't say I like the looks of the Golden 'blob' Beaver logo. Thanks for posting the 'original' logo.
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Post by WettCoast on Dec 23, 2016 8:19:36 GMT -8
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Post by Starsteward on Dec 24, 2016 7:53:59 GMT -8
The former colours and logo on Canadian Pacific trains back in the day will forever be etched in my mind and takes me back to days of old when I was but a wee lad, my Mom and I would leave Dad at home working and take off on C.P. trains from Vancouver through Edmonton and on into Saskatchewan, getting off the venerable beast at Unity in the middle of the night, where we would be met my Uncle, and 'chauffeured' in his 1950's vintage Ford pick-up truck. Luggage tossed into the cargo box, we three would squeeze onto the hard bench seat, me in the middle, my knees frequently getting wacked by the stick-shift, often, I'm sure not by accident as my Uncle loved to keep this little city-slicker kid on his toes. Dirt and gravel roads, often covered with snow, hid lurking potholes that sent the old Ford bouncing merrily along the way. All the way to Grandma's big farm in a tiny city named after a man named Robert Luce. Ah, those were the days my friend....to Grannies and back on the Canadian Pacific.
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Post by Mike on Dec 16, 2018 10:07:41 GMT -8
This weekend is the last weekend for the 2018 WCRA Polar Express trains. Here, WCRA 6520 leads the Noon departure away from the Park. December 15, 2018. WCRA 6520 - Squamish by Michael, on Flickr
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Post by paulvanb on Dec 18, 2018 9:57:16 GMT -8
Found this on Youtube this morning!
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Post by Mike on Nov 17, 2019 23:39:20 GMT -8
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