THROUGH
CAR SERVICE
Coaches
are Operated on All Trains, except "Ocean Limited."
Regularly
assigned cars on all trains are Air-Conditioned unless indicated
N A C (Non Air-Conditioned).
No. 1—"OCEAN
LIMITED."—Halifax to Montreal.
All Sleeping Car Train.
Diner...Halifax-Mont
Joli.
Sleepers—
Car 100 Mont Joli-Montreal
(6 Section, 1 Single Bedroom, 3 Compartment, 1 Drawing-room.) (June 13
to September 28, inclusive.) (Open 9:00
p.m.)
Car
101 Campbellton-Montreal (24 Duplex Roomette).
Car 102
Campbellton-Montreal (10 Roomette, 5 Single Bedroom). (June 15 to
September 16, inclusive.)
Car 110 Campbellton-Montreal (12-Section, 1 Drawing-room).
(July 16 to September 16, inclusive.)
Car 104 Moncton-Montreal (8-Section, 2 Compartment, 1
Drawing-room.) (June 16 to September 5, inclusive.)
Car 106 Halifax-Montreal
(2 Double Bedroom, 2 Compartment, Buffet Lounge).
Car 107 Halifax-Montreal
(5 Compartment, 3 Drawing-room).
Car 108 Halifax-Montreal (12-Section, 1 Drawing-room).
Car 109 Halifax-Montreal
(24 Duplex Roomette).
Car 805 Sydney to Montreal (6-Section, 6 Roomette, 4 Double
Bedroom). (In Train 8 to Truro.) (Except Saturday.)
Car 1005 Sydney to
Montreal (6-Section, 6 Roomette, 4 Double Bedroom). (In Train 10 to
Truro Saturday.) (Open at 9:00 p.m.)
Car 7107 Gaspe-Montreal
(12-Section, 1-Drawing-room). (In Train 71 to Matapedia Sunday only,
June 23 to August 11, inclusive.)
Car 3903 Charlottetown-Montreal (8-Section, 4 Double
Bedroom). (In Train 39 to Moncton.) (Except Sunday.)
No Coaches.
No. 2—"OCEAN
LIMITED"—Montreal to Halifax.
All Sleeping Car Train.
Diner...Mont
Joli-Halifax.
Sleepers—
Car 200 Montreal-Mont Joli (6 Section, 1 Single Bedroom, 3
Compartment, 1 Drawing-room.) (June 14 to September 27, inclusive.)
(Parked until 7:00 a.m.)
Car 201 Montreal-Campbellton (24 Duplex Roomette).
Car 202
Montreal-Campbellton (10 Roomette, 5 Double Bedroom). (June 14 to
September 15, inclusive.)
Car 210 Montreal-Campbellton (12-Section, 1 Double Bedroom).
(July 15 to September 15, inclusive.)
Car 203 Montreal to Charlottetown (8-Section, 4 Double
Bedroom). (In Train 40 from Moncton.) (Except Saturday.)
Car 204 Montreal-Moncton
(8-Section, 2 Compartment, 1 Drawing-room.) (June 14 to September 3,
inclusive.)
Car 205 Montreal-Sydney (6-Section, 6 Roomette, 4 Double
Bedroom). (In Train 9 from Truro. Parked until 7:00 a.m.)
Car 206 Montreal-Halifax
(2 Double Bedroom, 2 Compartment, Buffet Lounge).
Car 207 Montreal-Halifax
(5 Compartment, 3 Drawing-room).
Car 208 Montreal-Halifax (12-Section, 1 Drawing-room).
Car 209 Montreal-Halifax
(24 Duplex Roomette).
No
Coaches.
The Ocean Limited had been Canadian National's crack service between Montreal and Halifax since near the turn of the 20th century. Although it did carry coaches during the WWII years, throughout most of the late 1940s and 1950s it reigned supreme as Canada's only all-sleeping car train. Its peak years were probably those between the introduction of the new streamlined equipment from Pullman-Standard in 1954-1955 and the timetable shown here, which is the last one in my collection showing the Ocean Limited as an all-sleeping car train. However, it continued to operate as a premier service into the VIA days and in fact still continues to operate today as the Ocean—the oldest continuously operated named passenger train in North America.