General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Wood platform, ties and passenger car body; steel (possible) rails; synthetic (possible) windows

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

47.1 cm

Width

7.0 cm

Height

11.3 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

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Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Railway Transportation

Category

Models

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

The models were commissioned by Andrew Merrilees in the 1960s from his own reproductions of locomotive manufacturers’ drawings in his collection – many of which are now in the archives at the CSTM. The four passenger cars were built by James (Jim) Shields, formerly the CPR’s Corporate Historian from drawings provided by Andrew Merrilees. The four passenger cars were recognized for their accuracy by the model railway community when Jim Shields won the 1962 Craftsman Trophy. Railway modelers pride themselves on the accuracy of their product and when these models were built in the mid-1960s the models were considered the height of their craft. The models were so accurate that they could not be run on most o-scale track layouts because the layouts were usually built with unrealistically tight curves. (From "Canadian Context/Historical Significance" section in Acquisition Proposal, p.12)

Function

A scale model of a locomotive to act as both a research and interpretation tool. (From Acquisition Proposal, p.11, see references)

Technical

Models provide an astonishingly accurate history of the development of steam locomotive technology. (From "Technical Significance" section of Acquisition Proposal, p.12)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Across the top of both the proper left and proper right sides: "TORONTO, HAMILTON & BUFFALO LINE"/ Toward the proper front and back on both sides: "4958"/ In the middle on the proper left and right sides: "CANADIAN PACIFIC/ TORONTO, HAMILTON & BUFFALO/ MICHIGAN CENTRAL"

Missing

Appears complete

Finish

Brown wood passenger car sides and doors with a red roof and black doorway openings at the proper front and proper back. Light brown sandy coating on wooden platform.

Decoration

N/A