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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May 1, 2008 7:20 am
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The Manitoba Hydro's 6 mile tramway linking two power dams on the Winnipeg River is slated for closure in 2009. Constructed almost 100 years ago, the small...
Train #510/517 (Seattle-Vancouver, BC) are Superliner trains (Coach, Bag-Coach, Diner/Lounge from 37000-series pool) until at least August 31st. Amtrak will...
... teh ... You're not quite correct, I'm afraid. For example, after relations with the USSR soured, China imported 25 six-axle heavy electric locomotives...
VIA #1, as observed backing into Union Stn at 0805 EDT this morning. 6412 6446 6436 Skyline 8509 D/H Hunter Manor D/H 8605 8101 8141 Skyline 8507 Burton Manor ...
Thanks, David, I'd forgotten about those. China did import some locos from the Soviet Union before Mao split with the USSR, of course, but the drive to...
As a comparison, the most commmon Chinese diesel locomotive class, the DF4, has been in production since 1969 and more than 2000 have been built, compared to...
Caught what I thought was 72 blowing through Ingersoll with 6403 and 640? and an assortment of 12 cars at 12:26, about 4 hours late. I was over visiting with...
Sadly, this likely accounts for the delay: From the Windsor Star: Police ask for public's help identifying woman struck by train Published: Thursday, May 01,...
I listening to my rail radio studying for a logistics midterm (how appropriate) and heard that VIA 70 was over 4 hours late today which was rather unusual...
Sounds as if the new "all weather road" should be finished about the time no one, including governments, will be able to afford to drive. Womder what all those...
Dale Wilson
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May 1, 2008 11:48 pm
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... Superliner baggage coach and one superliner lounge. Until they complete the refurbishment of the Talgos later this year there will always be one Talgo set...
... Correct. I actually spent some time to figure out the schedules of the Cascades Talgos, and the remaining four will over time do the entire run from...
Dale Wilson wrote: "Sounds as if the new "all weather road" should be finished about the time no one, including governments, will be able to afford to drive....
... Several things to consider. The price in the Sudbury area is now about $1.30 a litre in spite of supposed drops in world crude prices in the last few days....
Dale Wilson
dale.wilson@...
May 2, 2008 8:14 pm
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... Wow - thanks! I had no idea. I'll have to get one. Seeing all those Canadian diesels preserved out of the country in the May issue of Trains gave me a...
James this was not the Case at all for this problem... The person was waiting at the Crossing just east of where I live (less then 1 km away), and is a morning...
Listen to this link before it expires: http://cbc.ca/montreal/media/audio/quebecam/20080428MON_ARC2.ram CBC Quebec City interview with Richard Bell, CEO of the...
Dale wrote: "Several things to consider. [Remainder deleted]" You still didn't provide a threshold price, nor did you justify your belief that driving would be...
Also keep in mind the subjects at hand. School busses are going to replace ... school busses on rails, not RDC's or "real" rail vehicles. A catastrophe indeed....
... What are the current figures for vehicle use, compared to a year ago? If it's too painful "considering" the factors involved, know that even economists...
Dale Wilson
dale.wilson@...
May 4, 2008 2:22 pm
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Ventured out on the new bridge and caught 73 as it blew through. It will give you an idea of the view. It looks as if there will be sidewalks only on the east...
In response to Dale Wilson, I wholeheartedly agree that we should focus transportation expenditures on public transit. This includes urban transit, not just ...
... Y2K was only a non event on 00/01/01 because the IT industry spent a lot of money updating legacy systems to cope with the turn of the century. If the...
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