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...
Apr 1, 2008 7:27 am
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Hey Rob I wish to Thank You for Posting #1's Consist each Tues, & Thurs. It gives me a Heads up on what Equipment that might be of Special interest. I'm always...
... Dayniter and there is no club car ... Really? I'm not up on the spotting features of those passenger cars. All I know is those are ex-CN cars, right? Many...
... On March 17, 1992, all of the LRC cars were withdrawn from service to have their axles replaced, after three cars had suffered axle failure. All of VIA's...
... Dayniter and there is no club car ... Although I don't specifically recall the years, there were times when VIA operated a daynighter as a club car,...
I can confirm this. I saw a long cut of GO Bi-levels pass by Rideout St. in London back in May 1992. I was in an adjacent apartment building and I happened to...
Philippi, Merrell
philippim@...
Apr 1, 2008 12:45 pm
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VIA #1, as observed backing into Union Stn at 0745 EDT this morning. 6433 6441 8622 8140 8141 Skyline 8503 Rogers Manor Palliser Sherwood Manor Hearne Manor ...
Many ticket types cannot be picked-up at a kiosk, and you cannot walk-up and purchase an advance purchase discount or sleeper fare at a kiosk. There are other...
and now the ovepass, never to be used again due to the houses being built on the north side of the 401, is rusting away while CN and the MTO argue over who is...
... Club 52 service ended around the same time that the cafe-bar-lounge cars were removed from the corridor and at-your-seat meal service was introduced...
Many communities along the Canadian's route don't really even have a platform, let alone an agent to sell tickets, or heck, even a kiosk... A telephone can...
I lived down by the tracks at the foot of liberty street in Bowmanville, my parents still do. It was a great place for a young rail fan to live. You could be...
... I don't remember the dates but for a time a travel agency was running weekend tours of Toronto for people from Detroit and this required the use of GO...
Dale Wilson
dale.wilson@...
Apr 2, 2008 1:26 am
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Will: As we arrived in Winnipeg on Thursday evening, the next easbound Canadian was not until Sunday. We already had airline reservations to return to Nova...
Did Via provide travel Credits for those who had to travel on a Go train from Toronto to London or Windsor. If it was a full train, it must of been really...
... Bowmanville, ... rolls ... men ... Thanks for expanding on what were for me a neat reminder and set of memories. Most of the railroading I had seen...
I can recall these times quite well. The CN Glencoe station was still an active place for Operators at the time. GO equipment was quite frequent in the times I...
Via trains will stop at LIUNA after all ANDREW DRESCHEL THE HAMILTON SPECTATOR (Apr 2, 2008) The on again, off again return of Via passenger service to...
For those not familiar with it, here is the south façade of the LIUNA Station (formerly CN's Hamilton station) on James Street, as it looked when first built...
Thanks Rich, Did it ever occur that a Via unit pulled ( or pushed ) GO coaches when the LRC coaches were out of service? Regards, Merrell ...
Philippi, Merrell
philippim@...
Apr 2, 2008 12:39 pm
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Yes. I have seen photos of F40PH's leading GO trains (with an APCU supplying HEP) running up the escarpment. It seems that was very uncommon to see F59PH's ...
Caught them both before heading to work. Here is 70 with 914 in the bright sunshine http://railfan.thegrebs.com/VIA/via914a_010 and 70 with 905 sliding into...
This isn't quite pertinent to the list but it's brief and I'm sure that some here will appreciate it. Many people with cable TV get a channel called Turner...
yup, typo. Walter ... From: Terry To: Canadian-Passenger-Rail@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 11:43 AM Subject: [CanPassRail] Re: OS: VIA 70 &...
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