hainault wrote:Looking for any information on a CPR dining car believed to have been called "Aberdeen".
Any information would be appreciated.
hainault
This diner is one of approximately fifteen A-series dining cars built for the Canadian Pacific by National Steel Car and the CP in 1929. One car of this type, the Argyle, survives and has been restored at the Canadian Museum of Rail Travel in Cranbrook, BC Canada.
Your best source for information on the A-series dining cars would be the Dale Wilson book, "From Abby to Zorra via Bagdad". Although out of print, you may be able to find a copy on
http://www.abebooks.com and from time to time, one shows up at the Lark Spur Line hobbyshop in Merrickville, ON.
http://www.larkspurline-trains.com/
The CP Sig has a floor plan folio, 23-C-1048, in their library at
http://www.cpsig.ca.
Finally, some information is available on the Canadian Museum of Rail Travel website at
http://www.trainsdeluxe.com although, because they've been in the process of moving locations and setting up shop at a new site over the past year and a bit, the site hasn't been updated as much as they'd probably like - so you'll have to dig through it a little.