The photo used on the cover of this timetable is even worse than the one on the April 1966 edition. Is there supposed to be a train in the picture? It could just as easily be an airport runway or a major highway. Unlike the scenic covers used on most CN timetables, it doesn’t inspire me to want to ride a train anyway.

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Although Wikipedia says the CN Turbo trains began operating on December 12, 1969, more technical problems led to their suspension in January, which may be why this timetable was released outside of the usual April-October pattern. Nor is the Panorama, which CN dropped at the end of 1969 (or possibly January 6, the day before this timetable went into effect).

For the Super Continental, CN has included a complicated table that attempts to show what cars will be on the train from January 7 to March 23, March 24 to June 17, June 18 to September 9, September 10 to October 24, and after October 24. This is partly because CN again split the train in two, Montreal-Vancouver and Toronto-Vancouver, from June 17 to September 9 westbound and June 19 to September 11 eastbound.

If I’m reading it right, the train included a Sceneramic Lounge car between Edmonton and Vancouver during the off season, but it went all the way between Toronto and Vancouver during the peak season. That suggests that passengers on the Montreal train missed out on a dome car during the peak season. Meanwhile, CN appears to have permanently retired its Skyview observation cars as they don’t appear on either the Ocean or Scotian.