As odd as it was, VIA's purchase of the ex BCR Whistler Northwind set turned out to be reasonably good... The AOE set isn't really a fit into the rest of the...
... It is odd that the usual railfan rumour mill has been quite silent about what has happened. This company has been in business for a long time and always...
The announcement was only made within the past week or so and it was in essance a matter of AOE being too sick to recover from. Colorado Railcar, who had done...
Caught 70, 72 and 73, all P42's http://railfan.thegrebs.com/VIA Walter Pfefferle Ingersoll Ontario Web site http://geocities.com/railpast/ Latest VIA photos...
I was wondering how VIA Rail engineers are paid for there servie. Is it a per hour rate and if so what is it or are they paid a flat rate for a scheduled run? ...
... With the weather being so nice this weekend I finally dusted off my camera and headed down to park by the Ganaraska River to take a few shots of some VIA...
VIA #1, as observed backing into Union Stn at 0810 EDT this morning. Same as #2 departing Vancouver Aug. 29, less the d/h coach. VIA F40PH-2 6424 VIA F40PH-2...
Caught 75 as it blew through and met a CN freight. http://railfan.thegrebs.com/VIA/via919p http://railfan.thegrebs.com/VIA/via919x and 83 in the soft setting...
... See my Grandluxe Rail Journeys page at the Passenger Car Photo Index. All (or nearly all) of the histories are provided there. A link to the site is...
Not working till noon so caught 70 & 71 http://railfan.thegrebs.com/VIA/via919d http://railfan.thegrebs.com/VIA/via906a_007 71 rarely stops here and only stops...
I understand that Zoom Airlines, a Canadian discount carrier, has ceased operations. Did they offer much competition to VIA? Will their closing likely have...
... Their market was discount transatlantic flights, so unless a railway is built under the atlantic its safe to say they offered little competition. Will...
They were also more of a charter airline though they did offer scheduled service. IIRC, they did have some flights between some centres in Canada before they...
They could have a minor effect on VIA in a different way. Now that there is one less discount carrier, average fares between Canada and Europe will most ...
Hello List members, My family and I took the GO train from Clarkson to Exhibition on Saturday to partake in the EX and Air show. The trip on the GO train was...
Philippi, Merrell
philippim@...
Sep 3, 2008 5:22 pm
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... Probably not a conductor. When CN provided the operating crews on GO trains, there was a conductor, but he didn't have anything to do with fare...
... there is ... will most ... Of course, the people who choose to fly Zoom or other discount airlines to Canada are probably not the tourists who will then...
Transit enforcement officers just as Tom says, although they are known by a few other names including "Pop-Cops"(proof-of-payment)or by some crews as the...
I don't think that's a logical assumption necessarily. If you wish to have additional funds to spend on your trip, you most likelylook for ways to reduce...
... The first that I heard of this was in the online edition of a U.S. college newspaper which gives me the impression that students probably had a great deal...
GO Transit actually employs 2 levels of enforcement officers. There are Provincial Offences Officers, who are the ones normally on the trains checking tickets...
My thanks to all who replied. Regards, Merrell ( OVR ) ...
Philippi, Merrell
philippim@...
Sep 4, 2008 12:43 pm
50440
VIA #1, as observed at the TMC yard at 0730 EDT this morning. 6405 6456 8615 8129 8108 Skyline 8517 Brock Manor Fraser Manor Lorne Manor Skyline 8500 Fairholme...
When I worked at GO years ago, the policy was to give the offender a voucher to mail to GO with payment, this contained their name, address, and phone number....
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