CPR Horse Car

Here is some prototype information pertaining to CPR 272007, which is the car the George Taylor Horse Car kit is based on.

Build Date: October 1913

Colour: Freight Car Brown

This small group of horse cars first appeared on the roster in 1924 as Through Express cars #5900 – 5917, and were equipped with stalls. They were subsequently renumbered, during 1934, into 257983 – 257999 and ran that way until 1947, then renumbered again to the final number series. The 14 cars were obsolete by January 1070, and were removed from the roster with only 272007 remaining past 1966.

Horses, and specifically race horses, were a more valuable commodity than common livestock, so they rode all kinds of creature comforts, such as individual stalls, heat and food, from the time the racing circuits started until the season was over.

External features include an inside length of 46’ 1” and height of 8’ 1”. The left side door measured 5 feet while the right door measured 6 feet wide.

From the Mike Barone Collection, Winnipeg Manitoba.

Photo of the car in its early days