Well as Dan reported Amtrak Service has been Cancelled for Tues, & the same Applies for Wed as well. Here is a Amtrak Service Bulletin: Service Alert: Amtrak...
... To reiterate, I don't know that there are only three sets. There may be more sitting around MMC. ... I haven't been on one yet -- I haven't been on a Ren...
... Canadian National imposed lower speed limits on the P42s, but these have now been raised, so I'd be leery about drawing conclusions based on "observations...
... Park Car ... lack of ... On my three trips last summer season aboard a Renaissance Ocean, the Park car drawing room was assigned to the Learning...
... GO is responsible for all the mainline track improvements including the West Toronto grade separation and the double-tracking segment, that are required ...
... From: Canadian-Passenger-Rail@yahoogroups.com On my three trips last summer season aboard a Renaissance Ocean, the Park car drawing room was assigned to...
... called for ... currently ... are ... for ... seating, ... The four consists of the Ren. Ocean on which I travelled between early Aug. and early Nov. had...
The two times I saw the Cavalier No. 58 (Nov. 4 and 5, 1989) it was operating with the baggage car on the rear. Was this standard practice and if so, why?...
When were F40s first introduced on the Canadian and/or Super Continental? I assume this pre-dated the HEP cars on the Canadian (maybe the Super Continental...
I've seen pictures from the late 80's (say 86-87) where a single F40 was on the point of the Canadian, combined with an F7/9 B unit providing the steam for the...
Recent discussion on this train prompted me to look up some information from my own photos and records from the CRHA Windsor-Essex Division newsletter "The...
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... Here's a photo from railpictures.net that might answer your question: http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=130539 It's the Canadian; the photo was...
... Ricky, thanks very much for the link to this photo. That looks like a B unit of some type. Am I correct or not? Which leads to a few more questions. How...
... Here's another photo, that shows an F40PH in the lead, followed by a B-unit, and then one of those boxy steam generators with porthole windows. I think...
... Jim, Yes that is exactly the type of steam generator car I was referring to. thanks for the link. I assume these were ex-CN cars. Were they built by CN...
... I can close the window a little ..... but I don't think we should assume F40's were on every single Canadian after this. My first No.9 with an F40 was...
... All the SGU's were ex CN. The one in this photo is a GMD-built one, but there were come CC&F ones as well that looked more like converted but cars than...
... Yes, I saw this train on several occasions in 1989, and it was standard for the baggage car to be at the rear. ... I don't know. ... Yes, it was #59. ... I...
From my records ther appear to be 4 builders of SGU's for CN: GMD - 15450 - 15478, 15479(this one ret 1959) CAN CAR - 15400 - 15448 NATIONAL STEEL CAR - 15480...
... Three that I know of. 15400-15448 were built by Canadian Car & Foundry, 15450-15478 by General Motors, and 15480- 15494 by National Steel Car. I don't...
... For those who don't know the significance of these numbers, 6500s are FP9s, 6600s are F9Bs, and 15400s are steam generator units. ... And 6400s are F40s. ...
... I was on some road bridge between Doncaster and Snider and the train was doing about 60 across the York Sub, so ...... The last #1 out of Montreal was ... ...
... Yes, and they tell a tale also .... among the shortest transcons of the era. Silver and Blue was a long way in the future. VIA 9 Feb 01 87 6541 6630 15473 ...
... In this time frame, 70/77 were LRC consists and the rest of the Windsor trains were blue fleet. LRC units (on blue) were uncommon but not unheard of until...
... It is also interesting to note that when new 12/86-2/87, those early F40's were all over corridor trains especially west of Toronto, and as often as not in...
Watching them on KIRO news this evening using bobcats to clear mudslides off the track. They mentioned another slide just hit so good chance they'll still be...
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