CANADIAN-PASSENGER-RAIL GROUP INFORMATION: Scope and Mandate: Canadian-Passenger-Rail (a.k.a. CanPassRail) is a place to discuss all aspects of past, present,...
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raymorrissette@...
morrissettertc
Aug 1, 2003 9:15 am
M 30831-31 Ste-Perpetue A 40021-01 St-germain U 78221 Daveluyville ===================================== No 15 et No 20 regular route régulière.... No 21...
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Lyman Holmes
llholmes1948
Aug 1, 2003 12:56 pm
... 15 ... Michel, Thanks for your information. I wonder where the equipment from 15 was parked after its arrival at Charny. My recollection is that there is...
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Alex Roberts
alexrobaczewski
Aug 1, 2003 1:10 pm
A 14-car Eurostar train, testing near Kent, set a British speed record yesterday of 208 mph. (The old record was 162 mph set in 1979) Does anyone have any idea...
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Tom Box
boxthom
Aug 1, 2003 1:37 pm
... The CN web site, <http://www.cn.ca/companyinfo/history/en_AboutMilestones.shtml>, says the Turbo did 139.4 mph on April 23, 1976. The Steamtown site,...
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Alex Roberts
alexrobaczewski
Aug 1, 2003 4:10 pm
Thanks for the references and feedback. Its interesting to note that two record speeds are noted for the Turbo. 139.4 mph on the CN Website and 140.6 mph on...
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Tom Box
boxthom
Aug 1, 2003 5:18 pm
... One could combat this bewilderment by providing an explanation. E.g., a page that says something like, "We're sorry, the space you were trying to book is...
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Alan
as265
Aug 1, 2003 6:47 pm
... ...and then SARS hit Canada and suddenly, people no longer wanted to travel to Canada. Don't you think that may have had something to do with going from ...
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Dan Smith
abcde3592
Aug 1, 2003 7:48 pm
Just on the news that CN mainline north of Kamloops has been closed due to the forest fire in the area. Apparently the Yellowhead Hwy has also been shut down....
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Michel Robichaud
mike_1103
Aug 1, 2003 8:15 pm
... Lyman, Your recollection is correct, there is only one track at Charny. It has been reported on another list that number 15 was seen traveling from Ste-Foy...
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John Garner
cp9700ac4400
Aug 1, 2003 8:29 pm
I was watching the movie, The Recruit, and saw in 1 of the scenes they had about 7 exVIA RDC's in the movie and they looked to be in good condition. Anyone...
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Brian Stokes
di4nocht
Aug 1, 2003 8:55 pm
Hi all, new to the list. I hope this falls within the scope of the list. I am looking for information on CPR Express fruit refrigerator cars. These were...
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Christian Base
sd90mac6000
Aug 1, 2003 9:07 pm
Well, we all missed it... It seems VIA ran a regular 5 LRC car shuttle train between the TMC and a level crossing near Downsview Park every 90 minutes to 2...
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John
run8systems
Aug 1, 2003 10:23 pm
Train #48 has the Telus unit (6429) on the head-end and the CBC unit (6403) on the tail-end. ..John Reay, Bowmanville, ON...
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Alan
as265
Aug 1, 2003 10:28 pm
Yes. From http://www.newswire.ca/releases/August2003/01/c7588.html Forest Fire in British Columbia Affects VIA Rail's Passenger Train Service VANCOUVER, Aug....
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Tyler W
enrailway
Aug 1, 2003 10:41 pm
VIA 6130 was in the movie as some scenes were filmed at Pacific Central Station in Vancouver. John Garner <cp9700ac4400@...> wrote:I was watching the...
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Tom Box
boxthom
Aug 1, 2003 11:34 pm
... But the train wasn't empty, only the sleeper was empty (except for me). There were plenty of people in coach, several of whom had wanted sleeping car...
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John
run8systems
Aug 1, 2003 11:38 pm
... Central Station in Vancouver. ... Some of this movie was also filmed in the Toronto area. I recognized Plughat Road, north east of the Toronto Zoo, in the...
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Mark W. Walton
mark_waltonca
Aug 1, 2003 11:44 pm
Airlines, especially in the US, had a bad problem with overbooking in the 1960s. People would book space on several different flights of different airlines,...
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cp1400
Aug 2, 2003 10:00 am
I called the Via operations center and they told me Via #1 that was due in Vancouver Aug 1 was cancelled at Jasper. I saw #2 departing Vancouver on Friday...
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davidmississauga
davidmississ...
Aug 2, 2003 12:03 pm
This interesting link was found on Flyertalk, an air travel bulletin board, of all places. http://www.whistlerquestion.com/madison% ...
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davidmississauga
davidmississ...
Aug 2, 2003 12:10 pm
I see that the link isn't working properly. I haven't got time right now to try to sort it out, so if interested might I suggest you go to Flyertalk at: ...
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Tom Box
boxthom
Aug 2, 2003 1:23 pm
... <http://tinyurl.com/itr6>. The page doesn't format very well on Netscape 4.7, but it is legible. It works better with IE5.5. Tom Box <tbox@...>...
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Mark McVittie
mymcvittie
Aug 2, 2003 3:23 pm
While passing through Barriere around 0700 yesterday (Aug 1), there was a VIA train with 2 locos pointing South and sitting on the track in Barriere. At that...
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Tom Box
boxthom
Aug 2, 2003 3:34 pm
I haven't gotten around to writing a complete report on my trip to Churchill. Instead, I'm going to write some shorter messages, each dealing with one aspect...
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onr1511
Aug 2, 2003 6:26 pm
Status: 1420hrs. Due to today's "Carabana"; festivities in downtown Toronto, GO is operating it's regular 900 series trains in a 2L10 configuration. GO...
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Tom Box
boxthom
Aug 2, 2003 7:00 pm
I was playing around with ReserVIA, and I discovered that it shows nos. 291 and 290 running between The Pas and Lynn Lake as usual this week (northward...
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Marty
thetarget35
Aug 2, 2003 7:47 pm
As of Thurs. nothing in our daily bulletin regarding xxx of this service.... Marty...
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gburridge@...
gerryburridge
Aug 3, 2003 3:14 am
... Time to try Netscape 7.0 , Tom! (Just one of the nifty new features I've found very useful in the version is tabbing: having multiple sites open all at...
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cp1400
Aug 3, 2003 6:47 am
For those that have not heard... Via #2 of Aug 1 detoured on CP from Kamloops to Calgary account serious fire hazard that has closed the CN line east of...
