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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Dale Wilson
dale.wilson@...
May 1, 2004 2:52 pm
I think this is a valid opinion. I'd prefer the term 'higher speed' in terms of line improvement since there are significant differences between a passenger...
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Dale Wilson
dale.wilson@...
May 1, 2004 2:52 pm
... It would seem there several more schedule adjustments required. I agree with some comments that have been made that you do not require CN to change in...
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Christian Base
sd90mac6000
May 1, 2004 2:59 pm
Saturday, May 1, 2004 I was downtown this morning, so I watched the Canadian depart Toronto and then caught it again @ Doncaster on my way home. VIA #1 @...
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www.NiagaraRails.com
nrrswelland
May 1, 2004 3:31 pm
I also saw 97 today at Merriton in St. Catharines. After the 800's left the area we did get the 100's but I think this is the second below 100 unit I have...
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Lloyd Leonard
kitigan99
May 2, 2004 4:30 am
Christian, any idea why VIA#1 was half an hour late?????? Lloyd ... Toronto and then caught it again @ Doncaster on my way home....
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Richard Dilley
rdilley2000
May 2, 2004 5:08 am
New Canadian articles in magazines of interest RailPace May 2004 6 Pages lots of colour pictures Article title Goderich Exeter Railway Motive Power Review.by...
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Mark W. Walton
mark_waltonca
May 2, 2004 5:11 am
A new story in this month's Railfan and Railroad, about the Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range as a fallen flag, becoming part of CN (no mention of their stripping...
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Ron
onrfp7a
May 2, 2004 3:02 pm
OS Amtrak/VIA Maple Leaf Power for Saturday 01-May-2004. VIA 97 (AMTK 160)-5 Amflt cars past Canpa at 09:52EDT. VIA 98 (AMTK 152)-5 Amflt cars past Park Royal...
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headtailgrep
May 3, 2004 12:40 am
The way i see it GEXR doesn't care about improved freight movement as they are a shortline and are designed to operate on slower track. Their main goals are...
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moonliter55
May 3, 2004 5:48 am
Ian, I was able to ask a couple of Via employees what was being inspected on Tuesday past when Via ran their "pocket domeliner". The reason is the maintenance...
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Gary Hadfield
gary1953ca
May 3, 2004 1:02 pm
In the '60s CN realized they had some valuable downtown properties and no longer needed the large stations that occupied them. They set out to redevelop the...
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Gary Hadfield
gary1953ca
May 3, 2004 1:59 pm
... From: Gary Hadfield [mailto:ghadfield@...] Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 10:03 AM To: Canadian-Passenger-Rail@yahoogroups.com Subject: [CanPassRail]...
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David Jeanes
dljeanes
May 3, 2004 2:36 pm
... This redevelopment was not a CN initiative. In fact CN President Donald Gordon fought tooth and nail against the 1959 government decision to abandon the...
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Milne Hall
angus1992
May 3, 2004 2:36 pm
TORONTO, May 3 /CNW/ - VIA Rail Canada will unveil the new look of two of six locomotives that will be appearing from coast to coast throughout this summer as...
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David Jeanes
dljeanes
May 3, 2004 3:15 pm
... Gary: I'm curious as to what prompted this particular thread, and why particularly CN? CPR also redeveloped several of its station properties and...
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ac4400ca
May 3, 2004 3:27 pm
Milne, Just out of curiostiy will they be F40PH-2's??? Chris ... throughout ... colourful ... where ... train ... for ... national...
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Mark Perry
cn854
May 3, 2004 4:19 pm
... Train Journal August 1987 Vol. 18 No. 7? Well I got a photo-copy of the issue in the mail today from Gerald Gaugl, thanks very much Gerry. Lost your...
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Tom Box
boxthom
May 3, 2004 5:15 pm
... [snip] In Windsor and in Saskatoon, CN moved its passenger stations out of the downtown areas in the 1960s. I don't know how the former station sites were...
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Mark Perry
cn854
May 3, 2004 7:26 pm
Update by Transport Canada on the HBR/VIA mixed train service between The Pas and Pukatawagan, Manitoba. ...
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Milne Hall
angus1992
May 3, 2004 9:27 pm
SPEAKING NOTES FOR TRANSPORT MINISTER TONY VALERI AT THE CAN-AM BORDER TRADE ALLIANCE OTTAWA, ONTARIO MAY 3, 2004 ...
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Harold Nicholson
harnic2001
May 3, 2004 9:34 pm
Is Jim Gouk a good friend of Tony Valeri's? Harold Nicholson ... From: Milne Hall [mailto:milne@...] Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 6:28 PM To:...
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Lyman Holmes
llholmes1948
May 3, 2004 10:06 pm
... that ... Get your tickets now! Lyman Holmes...
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gone_wild@...
gone_wild
May 4, 2004 12:35 am
Any Idea what the numbers are. If its any of the F40s they really need to have a good looking paint for them to be on it, since lots of the F40s I have seen...
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r.l.kennedy@...
rlkennedy27
May 4, 2004 1:21 am
Please read the attached file. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Derek Boles
derekboles
May 4, 2004 5:06 am
... In 1911 in Toronto, the Canadian Northern Railway bought the entire block on the north side of King Street between Toronto and Church Streets and announced...
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Gord
bassmaster_6...
May 4, 2004 11:46 am
6412 broke down at the Brantford station yesterday afternoon, I was working at the time and I couldn't get home to take a picture of it, about 10:30 lastnight...
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Kevin
uacturbo
May 4, 2004 12:17 pm
Since it's being branded as a coast-to-coast promotion, I'm guessing that suggests they'll use F40s as they have for all other loco wraps. Kevin...
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Robert Lubinski
unknownfte
May 4, 2004 12:51 pm
VIA #1, as observed backing into Union Stn at 0745 EDT this morning. 6435 6449 4004 (DH) 4002 (DH) 8610 8124 8104 8122 Skyline 8504 Wolfe Manor Abbot Manor ...
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boxcarjim2002
May 4, 2004 4:54 pm
Hi Folks Saw a Via FP40 shunting a string of cars to be maintained at CAD in Lachine last weekend April 24, unfortainatly I did not get most of there #'s or...