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On the Niagara, St. Catherine and Toronto Railway, there were two cabuses (a term often used by CNR in Japan). I really wanted the model from CNR Mother or father Company, and it turns out that the numbers 33 and 34 are made up of the same letters. The wood van is common in that company.
I was fortunate to have two rare vans in my collection, as Ridge heel scale model CNR Wood had released a series of resin kits for them a few years ago. I had my friend Perry Oliver build three of these kits for me after I modeled CNR Simco for Port Rowan; they are fantastic. After I focused on setting them up, he figured out how to ship them through his store, so long as he knows the kits inside and out. Perry and I worked with Al Ferguson on the Black Cat publication to determine the least amount of NS&T.
The built-in and painted models came home a few weeks ago, and I had every intention of finishing them. The comb added a few details, I put a picket walk, and then I launched them. I saw that the NS & T33 had an oil stove smoke jack, so I removed the brass tubing as no one really uses it.
Even though there were only two vans, NS&T apparently didn’t feel the need to paint them. In my vibrant photographs, NS & T34 are depicted in the CNR standard Mornexy Paint Scheme, whereas NS & T33 appears to be using the same shade of purple on some road passengers.
Intriguingly, there are also reporting indicators on the left side of the body when looking at the NS and T34, as well as under the Kapola on either side of the NS and T33.
The Welland Sub Division, which ran along the Thorold, Fonthl, Welland, and Port Colborn, was assigned exclusively to vans by the Niagara St. Catherine and Toronto Railway, according to my research. St. Catherine assignments did not guarantee the van (although CNR added a van to the operation in the late 1980s due to a note from Louisa Road in Baghche city).
The NS & T did not park its van in the parking lot of the car dealership. Instead, he was vogueing for a store along Niagara Road Freight Shade. At least for the time being, though, the Velland Avenue Yard has converted two outside storage tracks into Van Central.
