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,...
Canadian-Passenger-Ra...
May 1, 2005 11:49 am
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It's not a mistake. There are three parts to the ticket that relate to this. 1) car number 2) seat or accommodation number or letter 3) accommodation...
... So R.L. Kennedy is right to point out that 15 sets were required, (instead of 14). But Toronto-Sudbury, being a shorter leg, could probably have cycled...
Yes, there are always a few like that, who spoil things for everyone else, like responsible railfans. No wonder railways are so antsy about trespassers, and...
... The problem faced with the 'Sudbury equipment' used on both The Canadian and The Dominion would have been in late trains holding up the return of...
Dale Wilson
dale.wilson@...
May 1, 2005 2:41 pm
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... The passes I used in the late 1950s on CP clearing stated that they were NOT good on Trains 1, 2, 11 & 12. The one time I used CN in this time period, I...
Dale Wilson
dale.wilson@...
May 1, 2005 2:41 pm
24853
... I have a clear memory of a December 1957 eastbound departure on The Dominion from Winnipeg when, from my Tourist Upper location, I had gone back to the...
Dale Wilson
dale.wilson@...
May 1, 2005 2:41 pm
24854
Aren't you forget the U series sleepers CP used along with the stainless steel equipment? I have seen photos of these cars in Budd consists and from what I...
Don, I am a new member of this list-serv, and have enjoyed all the history, though I really signed on to get a feel for riding this summer. Until this post...
MichaelCav@...
May 1, 2005 3:17 pm
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... No. There were 22 of them and I included them in the sentence that you responded to (7 sets of 3 each, plus 1 spare). As mentioned in a previous post,...
... the history, ... Until this ... great scenery ... that the ... case? ... Yes, it is. It is inevitable that some interesting views will be missed, but you...
Missed 670 but caught 71 & 72. http://photobucket.com/albums/y174/railpast1/VIA/ 73 a 2-2 train, just blew through, no pictures. Walter E Pfefferle Ingersoll,...
Very possible. ... From: Canadian-Passenger-Rail@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Canadian-Passenger-Rail@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Dale Wilson Sent: Sunday, May 01,...
OS London May 1, 2005 VIA #84 919-3369-3352-3308-3333-3454 (5) OT VIA #70 6406-8622-4006-4105-4112-4101-4113-4116 (7) OT VIA #671 900-3459-3346-3345(or...
I forgot about that. I guess I wont get that extra little bit of sleep in Windsor I used to look forward to working #670 over #70. I see this also means...
I thought I heard a train at about 08:20 that sounded like VIA. So 70 runs 7 days a week and stops at Ingersoll all 7 days? Guess I need to pick up a new...
In the joint VIA/CP timetable issued by VIA effective June 1, 1978 (prior to the take-over by VIA of CP passenger services on October 29 that year), the...
Michael, the Dominion's time through the mountains was somewhat better than The Canadian's, since in left Calgary earlier in the day going westbound into the...
One thing which may have factored into CP's plans for two sections of the Canadian or for fully streamlining the Dominion is that CP didn't consider their...
from http://montreal.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=qc-via20050502 OR http://tinyurl.com/btlul (Article excerpt) OTTAWA – Via Rail had to resort to...
Whilst picking up tickets at Toronto Union this afternoon, I noticed the new corridor timetables were available. There were no National timetables to be seen,...
OS London May 2, 2004 VIA #78 906-3467-3309-3361-3325 (4) OT TK 1 VIA #83 6402-4000-4101-4113-4116-4117 (5) :05L TK 2 As of the new timetable, #83 runs with...
Interesting, yesterday's 88/85 ran with hep II equipment, when usually it is LRC weekdays and hep II weekends. Yesterday's 87 was LRC equipment, when it is...
VIA #1, as observed backing into Union Stn at 0800 EDT this morning. Last Tueday's train more than doubled, up to "normal" May length. 6433 6435 6436 8604 8125...
I am to be going from Montreal to Ottawa tomorrow. Does anyone know if the trains are running again? Wotan Toronto ... Montreal- ... car ... spokesperson...
Interesting. I see the consists for the Canadian are expanding again. But what's curious is the group of Chateau series cars in the consist. Ordinarily the...
... morning. ... If anyone is interested, I have made a note of the sleeping car line numbers. The method of numbering the sleepers has changed since the ...
I've just submitted a private car movement request to Via to operate MOUNT VERNON rearmost on 603 Montreal to Senneterre to Friday September 23rd, and return...
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