Passenger Equipment
Car Number Car type Built Date Builder Notes
37 Combine 1913 A.C. & F Used on the Waterford-Hamilton run whenever Gas-electric #301 was in for maintenance. Converted from coach #26 in 1930. Sold to Brantford's Conklin Shows in 1953 (replaced by #303). Photos in Spring on pages 6 and 22.
50 Baggage Car 1924 C.C. & F Sold to the Cartier Railway in July 1960 as #911, is now Cartier RM-02.
51 Baggage Car 1924 C.C. & F Converted to MOW service and renumbered to X763. Retired from service in 1984.
52 Baggage Car 1924 C.C. & F Taken out of service in March, 1968 and converted into a combination office and lunchroom at Aberdeen Yard. Was demolished at the same time as the roundhouse in the early 1990s. Photo in Spring page 29.
53 Baggage Car 1924 C.C. & F Sold to Cartier Railway in July 1960 as #910, now Cartier RM-01.
54 Baggage Car 1924 C.C. & F Sold to the Essex Terminal Railway in 1970. Now functions as a storage building at the ETR facilities in Windsor.
55 Baggage Car 1924 C.C. & F Scrapped following extensive damage in the March 1942 blaze at the Car Shops.
70 Second-Class Coach 1924 C.C. & F. Destroyed in car shop blaze, March 1942.
71 Second-Class Coach 1924 C.C. & F. Upgraded with air-conditioning in 1950, returned to service as a First-Class coach.
72 Second-Class Coach 1924 C.C. & F. Upgraded with air-conditioning in 1950, returned to service as a First-Class coach. This coach was set aside for conversion to MOW service, but the work was not done. Retired by CP Rail in March, 1984. Photo in Shadow p.126.
73 Second-Class Coach 1924 C.C. & F. Upgraded with air-conditioning in 1950, returned to service as a First-Class coach. Scrapped in 1976
74 Second-Class Coach 1924 C.C. & F. Upgraded with air-conditioning in 1950, returned to service as a First-Class coach. Sold to scrapper in 1976, but traded to the Ontario Rail Association and renovated and put back into service on the South Simcoe Railway in Tottenham, Ontario.
75 Second-Class Coach 1924 C.C. & F. Upgraded with air-conditioning in 1950, returned to service as a First-Class coach. Scrapped in 1976.
76 First-Class Coach 1924 C.C. & F. Originally first-class coach #84. Upgraded with air-conditioning in 1950, returned to service as a First-Class coach.
77 First-Class Coach 1924 C.C. & F. Originally first-class coach #85. Upgraded with air-conditioning in 1950, returned to service as a First-Class coach.
78 First-Class Coach 1924 C.C. & F. Originally first-class coach #89. Upgraded with air-conditioning in 1950, returned to service as a First-Class coach.
80 First-Class Coach 1924 C.C. & F. Sold to NdeM (Mexican National Railways) in 1960. Now NdeM 4531.
81 First-Class Coach 1924 C.C. & F. Sold to NdeM (Mexican National Railways) in 1960. Now NdeM 4530.
82 First-Class Coach 1924 C.C. & F. Sold to NdeM (Mexican National Railways) in 1960. Now NdeM 4526.
83 First-Class Coach 1924 C.C. & F. Sold to NdeM (Mexican National Railways) in 1960. Now NdeM 4525.
84 First-Class Coach 1924 C.C. & F. Upgraded with air-conditioning in 1950 and renumbered to 76.
85 First-Class Coach 1924 C.C. & F. Upgraded with air-conditioning in 1950 and renumbered to 77. Photo in Spring page 30.
86 First-Class Coach 1924 C.C. & F. Sold to NdeM (Mexican National Railways) in 1960. Now NdeM 2538.
87 First-Class Coach 1924 C.C. & F. Sold to NdeM (Mexican National Railways) in 1960. Now NdeM 4529.
88 First-Class Coach 1924 C.C. & F. Sold to NdeM (Mexican National Railways) in 1960. Now NdeM 4527.
89 First-Class Coach 1924 C.C. & F. Upgraded with air-conditioning in 1950 and renumbered to 78.
151 Wooden Coach -- -- Replaced in 1924.
161 Wooden Business Car -- -- Replaced by "Hamilton" in 1927.
302 Trailer Car -- -- Rebuilt from a wooden combine with steel sheathed sides, #302 was used as a trailer car for EMC gas-electric "Doodlebug" #301. After #301 was retired, this trailer car was sold to the Newfoundland Railway.
303 Combine -- -- Acquired 1952 from the New York Central.
Un-numbered Business Car 1927 C.P.R. Angus Shops, Montreal Hamilton was identical to the recently constructed Mount Royal III and painted in Pullman Green (unlike normal TH&B passenger equipment). Hamilton until 1950, then sold to the CPR and renamed Kingsmere, now CP Rail Strathcona, last known to be assigned to the Prairie region and based in Winnipeg. Photo in Helm page 126 and Spring page 22 and 32.

Source: The Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway (Volume 1), John Spring.


Last Modified: April 5, 2011