CPR Wood Boxcar 188625 - Roundhouse Park - Toronto, ON
Posted by: jiggs11
N 43° 38.448 W 079° 23.176
17T E 630158 N 4833243
Old CPR wooden boxcar on display at Roundhouse Park in downtown Toronto.
Waymark Code: WMMX0T
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 11/17/2014
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CPR Boxcar 188625 is part of the Toronto Railway museum collection. It was built around 1915 by the Canada Car and Foundry Ltd of Montreal.
The boxcar type is known as a Fowler car. It has a distinctive external steel frame and wooden main box construction.
It is on display awaiting restoration outside the old CPR John St Roundhouse.
A great description about Fowler cars can be found here: (
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