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Jun 1, 2008 7:17 am
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Nice shots. Looks as if you boarded in Brantford. Yes, that was me. Too bad you guys were running late and no sun. :-) When I looked at the Glen Fraser in my...
Caught 70 this morning as it passed under the new bridge. <http://s82.photobucket.com/albums/j262/railpast5/VIA/?action=view¤t=via6419a-2.jpg> Walter...
Yesterday, I caught the train as VIA #60 at Danforth GO station. I have uploaded a video of the train onto Youtube: http://ca.youtube.com/watch? v=IV6RBrBkzR4...
There is a report on the CPR List that the transcontinental RCP special that was to leave Vancouver June 15 may have been canceled. Can anyone confirm or...
... Ltd style) so this car is one of the other three mentioned. ... Don,thank-you for pointing this out. Mountian View was the car that went to the Algoma...
Based on grain elevators and topography in Prairie Pause, it does look like Rivers, comparing it with some later photos taken there. Eric Gagnon Kingston,...
OS: VIA #2, Vancouver, BC, June 1, 2008 Departed 60 minutes late at 18:30 VIA F40PH-2 6435 VIA F40PH-2 6437 Chateau Denonville d/h Rogers Manor d/h Baggage...
Fascinating stuff this. The slide was sold or else I would have put a serious bid in. These cars have always been my favourite, save for the Park cars, CPR...
GO's Locomotives are typically fuelled at their Willowbrook facilitiy, IIRC. They do have a fuelling pad there so no need for the tanker truck to fill the...
Did anyone get photos and/or video of the cars in operation? I read on another group that they are eastbound on today's Ocean. Matt Keoughan Dartmouth, NS ... ...
Does anyone know when the Geulph Junction Express will start up. I have seen this site: http://www.destinytours.com/gje/ Though it doesn't give a date and...
They were supposed to be up and running in May, now it's June with no launch date announced or real booking info. At this rate, might not even take off.. Mike ...
6202 even has a little bit of graffiti still left on the one side of the car near the window gaskets. 6130 has no seats and is in rough shape. 6130 also has...
Or potentially the seats in the car too. The springs and suspension of the car is expecting a certain weight for rolling characteristics and if the proper...
Just to further update this post there were other Dead Heads on this Consist as well. Blair Manor to Chateau Rigaud were also Dead Heads in the Consist. Also...
What happened to 6130's seats? It had seats the last time I saw it in Victoria, about 3 or 4 years ago. Tyler [Non-text portions of this message have been...
Don't know? It was like that the last time I saw it about 2 months ago also (no seats). It looks like they started to refurbish the 6130 then the work just...
Terry in some of those Shot's there is some Renaissance Equipment in the Background. Is that a Ottawa-Montreal-Quebec City Run perhaps? I thought Renaissance...
Hey Terry, That's the Ottawa/Montreal Renaissance consist. There is two trains as far as I know that are using this equipment now running to Ottawa from...
Thanks for those great photos Ira. Lots of memories there. The scenery is still there but everything else has changed. All those 40-50 foot freight cars, Alco...
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