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Sep 1, 2004 10:07 am
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... I'd agree there - Elsie Wayne being a fiesty mayor from Saint John probably helped too. I think she is credited with some of the success for the 85...
... It is well to remember that the Atlantic was not off the table in the 1990 cuts. It was one of the trains on the chopping block and it appears that it was...
... The version of the National Transportation Act in effect in 1994 declared any railway on which VIA ran to be a "work for the general advantage of Canada",...
Below is a response that VIA had sent to me over a year ago. Ron VIA Rail Train Status: 30-August-2003 "They are still working on it, we haven't heard of...
Does anyone recall the dates of the following: 1. The date of Via's announcement of the Jan.15, 1990 cuts. 2. The date of Via's announcement that the Atlantic...
... The budget was announced in spring 1989, and it was evident at that point there would be major reductions, but no details were announced at that time. Of...
... I think the discontinuance of the Atlatntic was included in the initial announcement and I think a review of the Saint John newspapers of the period as...
... ... When I attended a VIA Focus Group about a year and a half ago, one of the suggestions I made was for VIA to do something about the lack of on-line...
... that I ... the Rail ... Thank you for the needlessly sarcastic response. ... No, you just have to go as far as the VIA system, where the engineers wear the...
I believe the appeal court ruling was in 1994, even though VIA trains are still running on the E&N between Victoria and Courtenay. For a service that looses...
... My apologies. It appears that at least by late April, 1989 with the release of the federal budget showing significant cuts to Via's funding, there was...
As reported by GO today.... Wednesday, September 01, 2004 18:13 Here is the information we have to report at this time: The 18:25 train from Pickering to...
... [...] ... [...] ... I finally found it: <URL:http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/ri/ri-pullman.html>. The middle drawing at the top of this page shows the ladder...
I believe that the choice of the CN route over the CP one in the west, as well as the disconiuance of services on most of the other CP lines, was based mainly...
I have a copy of the press release of October 4, 1989 regarding VIA Rail Canada. It states that: "On Jan. 15, 1990, VIA Rail's network will comprese the...
... That sounds plausible, but I vividly recall talking briefly with a conductor in full Canadian Pacific uniform on the platform at Montreal Central Station,...
... I'm sorry, but sarcasm or not I cannot agree with this statement. The term "uniform" referring to clothing according to the Shorter Oxford Dictionary...
... I believe that CN obtained the right to run through from Smiths Falls to Brockville as part of the 1966 agreement that permitted CP to exit the passenger...
The last Eastbound AOE arrived in Dorval at 1610 and left at 1620. Power was CN GP-40LW #9531. The HEP WAS supplied by ?????. VIA #6449 was supposed to be the...
VIA #1, as observed backing into Union Stn at 0805 EDT this morning. 6436 6444 8125? (dh) 8600 8105 8138 Skyline 8501 Draper Manor Lorne Manor Carleton Manor ...
... uniform. I travelled by VIA today and it was the same. I usually catch a spare trip as 2nd engineman on either #693 or #692 in or out of Dauphin on Sunday...
In response to the E-mails yesterday regarding CP crews on VIA trains, I would like to offer the following: In 1978, when VIA took over the CN / CP operations...
Lyman Holmes (llholmes1948@...) wanted you to know about the following news story from the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen: WOMAN'S...
From CCNMatthews: SEPTEMBER 3, 2004 - 14:00 ET CN selects Great Canadian Railtour Company to introduce new tourist trains in B.C. and Alberta VANCOUVER,...
Buy a 30-day North America Rail Pass, which is good for travel on Amtrak and Via Rail Canada; the price is $699 for adults through Oct. 15 and $495 Oct. 16-May...
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