About WCRX 15000
Model: PO open-platform lounge, former track geometry car (built as 12-1 heavyweight sleeper)
Builder: Canadian Car & Foundry
Date Built: 1923
Lineage:CN 1570 “Jellicoe” (12-1 sleeper) / CN 1819 “Jellicoe” (8-1-2 sleeper) / CN 15000 track geometry car / WSJR 15000 / St. Thomas Central 15000 / WCRX 15000
Notes:
- Built as 12-1 sleeping car 1570 “Jellicoe”
- Rebuilt to 8-1-2 configuration in November 1948 renumbered 1819, but retained name “Jellicoe”
- Rebuilt as track geometry car 15000 July 1973
- To Waterloo-St. Jacobs Railway in 1995, SOLRS/St. Thomas Central July 2002
- Moved to Waterloo Central in 2007
- Restoration planned for 2021
