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Mar 1, 2007 9:25 am
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Caught 70 under another cloudy morning. Freezing rain headed this way. http://railfan.thegrebs.com/VIA/via6408a_003 ...
VIA #1, as observed backing into Union Stn at 0810 EST this morning. 6440 6446 8615 8143 Skyline 8517 Abbot Manor Carleton Manor Palliser Drummond Manor ...
UPDATE: About 20 cars off the rails, no hazardous materials, no injuries reported and one GO train being held (but now moving past scene at reduced speed) ....
From GO TRANSIT.... As a result of a freight derailment; The 1013 train from Union Station to Oshawa has been CANCELLED from Pickering to Oshawa. The 1141...
... Intensive cycling? I haven't seen many Ren Ocean consists posted lately, but one from Steve Dickie posted on AtlanticRails in mid- January after the...
From VIA Rail: Due to the CN freight derailment in Pickering, Ontario this morning, restrictions have been placed on this afternoon's eastbound VIA departures....
Phone report from WP: Via 85 broken down at Komoka diamond, CN 385 to rescue it and return it to London. - - Join us on irc.railfan.ca in #railfan or use ...
GO Transit Alert: "Our Lakeshore East service is seriously affected this afternoon due to a derailed freight train. Trains will operate from Union to...
Pickering civic officials reported that it was at the boundary between Ajax and Pickering, specifically east of Squires Beach Road and west of Church Street. ...
The GO tracks, though separate, are adjacent and on the outside of the curve at that point, so a derailment of 30 cars could easily affect all the tracks. ...
... One news story mentioned that at least one derailed car also fouled the GO tracks. From a photo on the CTV website, it appears the south track of the GO...
My wife was on 57 today going from Brockville to Toronto. Fortunately we knew before she boarded in Brockville that the derailment had happened, so she was...
Here is a movie (sorry no sound) of a VIA train passing Long Branch at 17:26: http://tinyurl.com/2ws6u6 By the time I would assume that it is #83 (due to pass...
... Late travel credits are based on the coach fare. There's no extra credit if you're in VIA 1 (or sleeper) and the train is late. I guess the theory is...
... ... Although it isn't clear from VIA's Website, when travelling in VIA 1, I (and everyone I have travelled with on a late train) have always received a...
Snow is great when you don't have to drive anywhere in it! http://s79.photobucket.com/albums/j131/bigsmokemofo/? action=view¤t=SaultBound.jpg - Paul...
... The first time it happened I was pleasantly surprised as I ... I have had several late train credits in Via 1 and I have only received credit on the coach...
Actually we were using a VIA 1 upgrade, so it was more expensive that the usual 35% off fare we normally get, so she should get a good credit. The bus did not...
I just noticed when I turned on the Discovery Channel that I just caught the last few minutes an episode of "Mayday", the accident reconstruction show. This...
Brent Best
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Mar 2, 2007 4:09 am
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... When I rode the Ocean last summer, I took VIA 1 between Toronto and Montreal and Easterly between Montreal and Halifax. I didn't stop off in Montreal in...
The BC Government has finally coughed up the Cash to Provide a 2nd Amtrak Train to Vancouver. This will mean a Morning Dep. from Vancouver, & also a Evening...
Hey Brent thanks for the heads up about this show. I have never seen it before and I just watched it. My conclusion to this disaster would be the head end crew...
... I was wrong about this wye, as it is immediately west of the derailment site and so was not reachable by VIA trains from the east. I note that the...
If it wasn't for bad luck, I would have no luck at all. VIA 70 showed up under dark skies. http://railfan.thegrebs.com/VIA/via6408c I had to work at 9 so came...
... There is a spur running off the main line in Ajax, east of the derailment site, but it only has a connection to the main line in one direction, so it can't...
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