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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Jul 1, 2008 7:15 am
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SAINT JOHN - Industrial Rail Services Inc. filed a more than $100-million bid with Ottawa Monday to refurbish the entire Via Rail fleet that runs between...
Happy Canada Day to everyone on the list! VIA #1, as observed at Union Stn at 0805 EDT this morning. Thanks to the friendly VIA staff at Union Stn for...
It was ten years ago today that VIA eliminated conductors on most of its trains, beginning the so-called New Era Passenger Operations. Grievances and appeals...
I received my new VIA Preference card and coupons yesterday. I had been away on a trip, and they probably arrived last week. The cover letter said "Even though...
Gentlemen, Some of you certainly make a determined effort to discourage people who prefer quiet from traveling VIA. As usual, it is impossible even to suggest...
I actually use VIA whenever I can over GO due to it's always quieter than a GO Train and faster.. in my opinion, the extra couple of bucks each way from ...
... I'm not sure there was ever a "golden age" of quiet when it came to babies. I recall riding coach on The Canadian from Calgary to Montreal in September...
That's the 1750 "Glen Fraser" Lounge Car. Both the baggage car and 1750 will be on certain departures through out the summer on 90's series trains to Niagara...
I'm surprised VIA doesn't have a quiet car because here in the states, Amtrak has had it for some time on the corridor and they happen too be some of the most...
I'm usually the last to know these things, but a photo on Trainorders.com reveals that two ex-CP coaches are alive and well on the Midland Railway in Baldwin,...
... From Amtrak on quite cars: Seating: Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis, and cannot be reserved. There is no additional charge for a seat in a...
Any news as to whether or not the rockslide and resulting derailment in Lytton (CP) had any effect on the progress of #2 (Friday departure from Vancouver)....
I thought that the Canadian run on CN tracks from Vancouver not CP tracks but I could be wrong. I am sure that others from the west know more than I do. Smile,...
... Directional running is used in the Fraser canyon, all trains westbound from Vancouver use CP and eastbound trains towards Vancouver use CN. Will...
Try that one again Will. Eastbound from Vancouver between Mission and someplace near Ashcroft on CP, and Westbound to Vancouver on CN. Tyler ... From: Will...
On Amtrak, the quiet car works on a first come first serve basis and is usually not reserved seating though on certain trains such as Acella, and the old...
Quietly, alot of them have. The largest issue related to the elimination of conductors positions. A furloughed Via conductor took Via and the BLE before the...
I can't even count to 7 these days--I meant yesterday's #2 (Tuesday). Now I get it--CP freight derailed on CN tracks, hence no direct impact on #2, which of...
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