... "Goat Cheese Crisp with Marinated Mushroom Salad" ... "Grilled NY Sirloin Steak with roasted garlic mashed potatoes, green beans, grilled tomato and onion...
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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Jan 1, 2005 2:16 pm
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Well when it was on #75 last night, it was 10 minutes early into Windsor. At least the City. I was in the outskirts of town at a restaurant and out in the...
See page R11 (or R19?) in today's newspaper, or go to: http://tinyurl.com/3qw8c Winter prevails on the rails Sidestepping the summer crowds, JOHN LEE savours...
It's funny you should mention that I took #73 to Windsor on Boxing day. While riding Via 1 a coach passenger was caught smoking in the washroom. The attendant...
About a week ago I posted some information on CPR transcontinental passenger trains in 1957. I have a few more questions regarding those trains circa 1957. As...
Hello, I would get in touch with the onr yahoo group. THis year-2004 the PBX saw the addition of some of the starlite cars brought from BC as 3 of them made...
As the person who originated the 'Map of the Month' and the VIA all- time route change list in TRAINS, I feel now that I must a) no longer 'lurk' on this YAHOO...
Fellow travellers, A short time ago I got off Train 45, the Ottawa-Toronto service, which left Ottawa station 30 seconds early and arrived Toronto Union...
... Now that's commitment to the cause. Out of curiosity: for the purpose, was the bathroom remodelled with the window near floor level; or was a stepped...
Picture window and toilet facing toward the track, what else would you expect from a railfan? :-) Actually kidding, I just rent and was lucky to get an apt...
... It's certainly not totally inaccurate, but there are several things that I know for sure are wrong, and that makes me leery of trusting any of the...
... wrote: <snip> ... MacAulay. This was the site of the original CP Coquitlam station, which sat in the vee of the junction. It was closed in 1965, and ...
... Also (temporarily) Doncaster-Washago via the Bala Sub. ... That's for the last use of the Newmarket Sub between Snider and Washago. Use of the Bala Sub...
A news brief in this morning's Montreal Gazette says that the leading locomotive of a Via Rail passenger train derailed on Friday just a few kilometres short...
I would vote for a special stop at the next bridge..... then they have two choices on which way to walk. I find that when I smell cigarette smoke on the train,...
Responses interleaved below; ... Believe the [container/piggyback] flats would have been closer to the end of the Dominion's life, if they ran through Sudbury....
Dale Wilson
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Jan 2, 2005 7:18 pm
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According to a VIA employee there was a second derailment of the lead locomotive of the Ocean. This time it was VIA 15 on Saturday evening at Campbellton. As...
A message on Dec. 29th on the Atlantic Rails list indicated that a mechanic was on board the Ocean's Ren cars on No. 14 on Dec. 28 and he had plenty to do with...
The following note is posted at: http://www.viarail.ca/classes/en_serv_clas_voit_hamo.html "New seasonal menus in Easterly class "Since December 1, 2004,...
... Perhaps such cost-cutting is an attempt to afford to build the domes and make other improvements to the Ren cars. The HEP2 cars were remanufactured without...
... class ... *** This is a great way to compete with the $59 Toronto-Halifax air fares: charge fairly stiff first class fares and force passengers to pay for...
... The VIA site says that the North America Rail Pass costs CAD 954 in the summer, and CAD 678 in off season. The Amtrak site says USD 729 in summer and USD...
Thanks for the heads up on this change. We head to Truro this month. We will bring our breakfast along with us on #14 and enjoy it in our room. Travelling...
... I believe they will, since I have purchased tickets from Amtrak Directly via telephone. The will just mail you all the stuff instead. Ian Windsor, Ontario ...
From Michel Tremblay of the Trains_en_Gaspesie list: Dec 23, no. 616 6407 F40 unit 6425 F40 unit 8620 baggage 8119 coach 8139 coach 8131 coach 8505 Skyline ...