I posted this question on a couple of Canadian Pacific related Yahoo news groups with some limited success so I thought it might be good to ask here as well. I was interested specifically about mixed CP freights that one would see between Calgary and Vancouver, and wondered what the typical mix of road names that someone might see. I would expect to see primarily CP (home road) cars as well as other non CP cars such as private name cars common to the area make up the greater percentage of each train. Other foreign roads would be the balance. Does anyone have an idea what the percentage mix of foreign to home road cars might be? I thought that this question was addressed generally in one of the major MRR magazines at one time but have not been able to locate it. While specific information for a specific road in a specific location may be difficult to assess, I am wondering if there is some "rule of thumb" to be applied here so that our model trains don't look out of balance.
Lynn