Let's think back to the VIA cuts under the Mulroney/Bouchard regime in January 1990..do we remember Pierre Berton being a vocal presense? ... From: "Rob...
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Dec 1, 2004 1:06 pm
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It's with regret that we announce the end of Train Scan Canadian Railway News after almost five years of operation. Detail online in the final issue at...
... made the ... carry ... pleasure ... I saw an interview with Pierre Berton during the 1989 proposed Via cuts and this is probably the same interview which...
For me, it would be inappropriate to let this pass without a comment of appreciation for the work that you have done in producing the railway news for us for...
Tim, Sorry to hear Train Scan is ending. I have always enjoyed reading your complete recap of the month. Many stories I would not have even been aware of...
Hello group, I am looking for some help... I aquired some time ago a large magnet, roughly 24 X 36 inches, which was placed on either side of a GO train...
... He appeared again on Nov. 18. The full transcript is at <URL:http://tinyurl.com/6bveo>. Here are the VIA-related portions of the meeting: Hon. Jean...
My thanks too, Tim, for all your hard work over the years. As a former print magazine editor myself ("Transit News Canada", 1982-1990), I can understand the...
... It should be noted that even in the case of a Dayniter that began life as one of the 1954 coaches there were viewing problems since the seat spacing was...
Dale Wilson
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Dec 2, 2004 3:00 am
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VIA #1 as observed backing into Union Stn at 0745 EST this morning. 6433 6434 Still SM2 (will these EVER go away?) 8609 8104 Skyline 8510 Palliser Burton Manor...
All of this reminds me of some great trips that I took during the early eighties while I was posted to Canada. I relished the "Club 52" service that VIA...
The varied ancestry of the Dayniter cars was very apparent - as others have posted, the windows weren't moved, so you could end up next to a carpeted wall...
That would have been a off-season Ocean. From memory of railfanning in the period, I think that was before the conversion to HEP power, so the Ocean would...
You've flipped them. The men's washroom had the curtain, not a door, and the toilet across the aisle. The women's washroom was the one with the door and...
... No, the Ocean and Atlantic were converted to HEP in fall 1992 and winter 1992-93, so it would have been HEP by Oct. 1993. A typical consist for Oct. 1993...
Hello Walter and List, I look forward to getting home and seeing your pics. As it happens, I caught Train 71 in London this morning and rode it to Windsor. I...
Jim - thanks for the background and I hope your side search is successful ! Tom - thank you for looking and for the background ! If anyone else has sources or...
Hey sounds like you had a great meal there. That place always has a good meal there all week long, also a good place to drown some of your Irish Sorrows away....
... I remember when that interview came out; it got fairly prominent newspaper coverage since everyone falsely assumed that he was a railfan. Be that as it...
I worked for Amtrak for nine years including the time a train ran to Janesville, Wisconsin from Chicago. I never rode it as I live on the West Coast, but I do...
I'd like to invite members of this forum to join me in organizing an ad hoc committee on Nightstock. The purpose of this committee would be to persuade the...
In the "good old days" of passenger train travel, express and mail revenue covered most of the cost of running the train, and passenger revenue was gravy. The...
Van Horne's Road is showing new at Amazon.ca for CDN$ 34.97. I=I=I=I=I=I=I=I=I=I=I=I=I=I=I Christian Base Richmond Hill ON CANADA ... From: Derek Boles...
... Amtrak. ... This program at the American Enterprise Institute was broadcast on the cable channel C-Span2 this evening. I only caught the last portion...
... an ... full ... VIA ... the ... I'm not sure what this would accomplish, except for publicly and politically highlighting another of VIA's many perceived...
I could not agree with Jason more! Give it a rest - and down east here, we now get a better, smoother ride. Domes - waste of time for most of the year - the...
What do you have against the 'Nightstock' cars? Despite all their problems VIA should be applauded for having the initiative of buying new cars at low price,...
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