The International Limited merits a chapter of its own in Arthur Dubin's Some Classic Trains. He writes, "After the end of the war CN was desperately in need of new passenger equipment, but an industrial boom of unprecedented proportions demanded that available funds and materials be used for freight equipment and locomotives. At last it became possible to obtain firm prices for the enormous quantity of car equipment which the railroad required, and in 1953 the Canadian National contracted for one of the largest passenger-car orders ever placed by a railroad on the North American continent. A total of 359 cars costing 59 million dollars included 218 coaches from the Dominion (Montreal) plant of Canadian Car & Foundry, and 141 sleeping, parlor, and dining cars from Pullman-Standard in Chicago. By the end of 1954 all CN mainline passenger trains were operating with the handsome new streamlined rolling stock."[*] The cars were painted in black and olive green, featuring CN's red and gold "Maple Leaf" herald at each end.


From the pages of the Official Guide, February 1955

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The International Limited

Canadian National Railways
Grand Trunk Railway System
December 13, 1954

15 Train Number 14
Daily Miles (Canadian National) Services Daily
0.0 Montreal, QB (Central Sta.) (ET) C R M Ar 5 45P
9.4 Lachine, QB C D 5 15P
22.3 Ste. Anne de Bellevue, QB C D 4 59P
39.4 Coteau, QB C 4 38P
3 30P Dp 0.0 Montreal, QB (Windsor Sta.) (ET) C M
R 3 36P 2.0 Westmount, QB
F 3 42P 4.7 Montreal West, QB C
4 47P 69.2 Cornwall, ON C 4 06P
94.1 Morrisburg, ON C 3 33P
115.4 Prescott, ON C 3 07P
5 45P Ar 127.1 Brockville, ON (Union Sta.) C R Dp 2 50P
559 Connecting Train Number (Canadian National) 562
3 30P Dp 0.0 Ottawa, ON (Union Station) (ET) C R M Ar 5 35P
5 30P Ar 76.2 Brockville, ON C R Dp 2 55P
5 55P Dp 127.1 Brockville, ON (Union Sta.) C R Ar 2 40P
139.8 Mallorytown, ON (See Note) 2 18P
148.1 Landsdowne, ON (See Note) C 2 08P
155.4 Gananoque Junction, ON C 1 57P
6 47P 174.5 Kingston, ON C R 1 32P
200.4 Napanee, ON C 12 56P
7 45P Ar 222.2 Belleville, ON C RDp 12 20P
7 48P Dp Ar 12 15P
234.3 Trenton Junction, ON C 11 58A
243.5 Brighton, ON C 11 44A
251.1 Colborne, ON C 11 31A
265.5 Cobourg, ON C R 11 11A
F 8 33P 272.3 Port Hope, ON C R 11 00A
287.9 Newcastle, ON C 10 38A
292.3 Bowmanville, ON C 10 29A
9 05P 302.0 Oshawa, ON C R 10 13A
306.5 Whitby, ON C 9 57A
9 34P 330.1 Danforth, ON (See Note) C 9 30A
9 45P Ar 335.4 Toronto, ON C R M Dp 9 15A
10 00P Dp Ar 8 55A
10 11P 338.8 Sunnyside, ON 8 44A
10 30P 356.7 Oakville, ON C D 8 18A
10 55P Ar 374.7 Hamilton, ON C R Dp 7 55A
10 58P Dp Ar 7 48A
11 43P 400.1 Brantford, ON C R 7 09A
407.3 Paris, ON C 6 54A
12 17A 426.6 Woodstock, ON C R 6 31A
436.1 Ingersoll, ON 6 14A
12 47A Ar 455.3 London, ON C R M Dp 5 52A
12 52A Dp Ar 5 36A
1 54A Ar 514.2 Sarnia, ON C R Dp 4 40A
2 04A Dp Ar 4 32A
(Grand Trunk Railway)
2 16A Ar 517.3 Port Huron, MI C Dp 4 20A
2 30A Dp Ar 4 05A
3 37A 580.6 Flint, MI C R 2 53A
597.4 Durand, MI CDp 2 28A
Ar 2 18A
4 32A Ar 629.8 Lansing, MI C R 1 40A
4 40A Dp
648.3 Charlotte, MI C 1 13A
5 30A Ar 674.1 Battle Creek, MI (ET) C R Dp 12 45A
4 40A Dp Battle Creek, MI (CT) Ar 11 35P
698.5 Vicksburg, MI C D11 08P
727.8 Cassopolis, MI C D10 37P
5 55A 750.8 South Bend, IN C 10 11P
6 48A 795.2 Valparaiso, IN C 9 19P
7 36A 840.7 Chicago Lawn, IL . C 8 31P
8 00A Ar 851.0 Chicago, IL (Dearborn Sta.) (CT) C R Dp 8 10P

Train 15: 24 stops, 17:30, 48.6 MPHTrain 14: 43 stops, 20:35, 41.3 MPH


Note
for No. 15 at Danforth: "Stops Friday only to discharge passengers."

Note:
No. 14 stops at Landsdowne Monday, Wednesday and Friday only and stops at Mallorytown Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday only.

THROUGH CAR SERVICE
Coaches are Operated on All Trains, except "The Ocean Limited."
Regularly assigned cars on all trains are Air-Conditioned unless indicated N A C (Non Air-Conditioned).

No. 14 - "THE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED"—Chicago to Montreal.
No. 14 is a Pool Train between Toronto and Montreal only.

Sleeping Cars...Chicago to Toronto—[No. 1400] Buffet Lounge, 2 Compartment, 2 Double Bedrooms. [No. 1402] 24 Duplex Roomettes. [No. 1401] 6-Section, 6 Roomettes, 4 Double Bedrooms.

Parlor Cars...Toronto to Montreal—[Nos. 140 and 141]. (Drawing-room in Car 140.)

Dining Car...London to Toronto.

Dinette...Toronto to Montreal (26 Seat Dinette).


No. 15 - "THE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED"—Montreal to Chicago.
No. 15 is a Pool Train between Montreal and Toronto only.

Sleeping Cars...Toronto to Chicago—[No. 1502] 24 Duplex Roomettes [No. 1500] Buffet Lounge, 2 Compartments, 2 Double Bedrooms. [No. 1501] 6-Section, 6 Roomettes, 4 Double Bedrooms. (Sleepers open 9:30 p.m.).

Parlor Cars...Montreal to Toronto—[No. 156] (Thursday, Friday and Sunday).

   Montreal to Toronto—[Nos. 154, 153, and 152]. Three Cars - Drawing-room in Car 152.

   Montreal to Toronto—[No. 155] (Except Saturday).

   Ottawa to Toronto—[Nos. 5590 and 5591] (2 Cars) Drawing-room in Cars 5590 and 5591 (in Pool 559 to Brockville).

Dining Cars...Montreal to Toronto. Battle Creek to Chicago.