Canada would celebrate its centennial in 1967 in commemoration of which Montreal would hold a world’s fair, Expo ’67. In anticipation of increased ridership, Canadian National leased some additional dome cars that had previously been used on Baltimore & Ohio’s Capital Limited. These were dome-sleepers that had five roomettes, three compartments, and a bedroom on the main level.
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Fortunately, with this edition CN returned to listing every car on each train in its equipment pages, so we can see that CN put the dome-sleepers on the Super Continental between Vancouver and Edmonton. This was effectively a downgrade in service as it reduced the number of dome seats available to sleeping car passengers from as many as 68 to 24.
Meanwhile, CN used the six full-length dome cars exclusively on the Panorama. With more cars for one train, they went all the way from Vancouver to Winnipeg instead of just to Edmonton. Panorama passengers didn’t really benefit from that as the eastbound train spent most of its journey from Edmonton through Saskatchewan at night while westbound passengers got to see the prairies from the dome but went through most of the Rocky Mountains in the dark.
The equipment list for the Super Continental shows two coaches (one a coach-lounge) and five sleepers (one a sleeper-cafe) between Vancouver and Toronto or Montreal, plus additional sleepers between Winnipeg and Saskatoon, Winnipeg and Edmonton, and of course the dome-sleeper between Edmonton and Vancouver. Food service cars included diner and lounge cars between Toronto and Vancouver plus cars between Montreal and Capreol, where the Montreal and Toronto sections met.
In addition, in what amounted to a completely separate train, the Super Continental included a parlor car, coaches, and food service cars between Montreal and Ottawa. While the coaches west of Ottawa all had reserved seats, the Montreal-Ottawa coaches had open seating. Despite losing these cars in Ottawa, the train reached its greatest length, 11 passenger cars plus baggage and express, between Edmonton and Vancouver.
The slower Panorama must have been less popular despite its larger dome car as it included just three sleepers plus two coaches between Vancouver and Toronto/Montreal. Additional sleepers went between Toronto and Winnipeg, Toronto and Capreol, Edmonton and Vancouver, and Saskatoon and Vancouver. With food service cars and the Sceneramic Lounge, the train west of Edmonton was 10 cars long plus whatever baggage and express it carried.