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Manor series
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Budd Company· from 1954· class of 42 Canadian 5-double-bedroom, 1-compartment, 4-section, 4-roomette sleeping cars
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- 1. 20130701 47 VIA, Jasper, Alberta (11789031293): David Wilson from Oak Park, Illinois, USA· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The Manor series is a fleet of 42 lightweight streamlined sleeping cars built by the Budd Company for the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1954–1955. Each contained five bedrooms, one compartment, four sections and four roomettes. The cars were named for distinguished English Canadians.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 72 years ago, in 1954.
- Weighs about as much as 10 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 25.9 m long: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 71 years.
carriage / wagon: Unpowered passenger coaches or freight wagons, pulled by a locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1954
- in service from
- 1955
- status
- in service
- number built
- 42
- kind
- carriage / wagon
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Budd Company
- operators
- Via Rail, Canadian Pacific Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- length
- 25.9 m
- weight
- 60.8 t
- capacity
- 6 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q19876844, Wikipedia: Manor series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.