Our Collection
CNR #5161 COACH
No. 5161 was built as Colonist Car No. 7261 as part of lot 437, an order of 54 Colonist cars built for Canadian Northern Rolling Stock Ltd. but lettered for Canadian National.

The car was re-numbered into CNR Colonist series as No. 2811. Later it was rebuilt to a coach but the date for this conversion is unknown.

In the early 1960's it was taken out of service and converted to work car CNR 60603 and purchased in 1991 for preservation by the West Coast Railway Association.

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It is currently being used to exhibit an extensive collection of railway memorabilia which belongs to a WCRA member.

CNR No. 5161 will eventually become part of the future operating passenger train on this site and along with Combination CNR No. 7186 will re-create a typical branch line passenger train.

Passenger Roster