The Toronto Star had an article (August 31, page R6) about school cars in northern Ontario. There is a post in the Ontario archives on the same subject at
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School cars were used in the isolated communities along the railways; they would be dropped on a siding and left for a week. when the cars left, students would be given 6 weeks of assignments to keep them until the car returned. They also served as a community center in the evening.
A school car could be modelled with an old wooden coach lettered (just given a label or name) and put on a siding.
There is a school coach museum in Clinton, Ont, in the last surviving car.
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http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/exhibits/education/railway.htmSchool cars were used in the isolated communities along the railways; they would be dropped on a siding and left for a week. when the cars left, students would be given 6 weeks of assignments to keep them until the car returned. They also served as a community center in the evening.
A school car could be modelled with an old wooden coach lettered (just given a label or name) and put on a siding.
There is a school coach museum in Clinton, Ont, in the last surviving car.
