Just made the tracks as 70 was leaving the station with Telus 6429 http://railfan.thegrebs.com/VIA/via6429_70a Walter Pfefferle Ingersoll Ontario Web site...
50932
james armstrong
jarmstrong19@...
Oct 1, 2008 1:30 pm
Regarding this blockading matter and Jerry saying in America they would be taken to jail very quickly I like that idea rather than 'police tolerance' And...
50933
Alex Tipaldos
kellergraham
Oct 1, 2008 1:34 pm
I'm not sure if the outdoor miniature train still runs, but when I was there with my little cousins a few years ago, they really enjoyed it! Transit service...
50934
Walter Pfefferle
wpfefferle
Oct 1, 2008 1:37 pm
I don't think he gives a rats ass if he has 3 convictions and a years probation. He does not respect our laws and never has. The only way to prevent him from...
50935
Alan Switzer
alan28pfds
Oct 1, 2008 1:43 pm
We don't know what negotiations took place behind the scenes leading to the dropping of some charges and agreement to plead guilty to others. Perhaps it was...
50936
Tom Box
boxthom
Oct 1, 2008 3:14 pm
... I'm thinking of doing this next year, so I'll be interested in hearing how your trip goes. ... I wonder when passengers will be allowed to board the train ...
50937
Terry
viahogger
Oct 1, 2008 5:00 pm
Sorry James only one of us are right...me! ha ha ha, just kidding bud. But seriously do you want to know why I'm cynical about all this? I see the everyday...
50938
Philip Mason
pillockry
Oct 1, 2008 6:25 pm
The minature train is operated by a Montreal area live steam club. I think there probably is operations on the weekends in the summer, and I think they do at...
50939
Jim
eatonjask
Oct 1, 2008 6:54 pm
I took my three-year old there last November - the day was sunny but cold, and after three hours I had to drag him away to go pick up his mother - he was eager...
50940
Jim
eatonjask
Oct 1, 2008 6:58 pm
Hi Terry, I agree with you entirely - and you've seen lots on the inside to boot! Improvement in any public facility only comes about when there's someone at...
50941
Jim
eatonjask
Oct 1, 2008 6:58 pm
Make that "someone at the top (of government) who cares.... ... public ... is ... railway ... kidding ... for ... issue ... built ... to ... If ... would ... ...
50942
james armstrong
jarmstrong19@...
Oct 1, 2008 8:14 pm
Terry: I got the impressionthere is a lot of anger in you. Welcome to the club. I was at the station last saturday and i looked at the aging rolling stock and...
50943
Tom Jankowski
pcc_4601
Oct 1, 2008 8:52 pm
I went to Exporail in summer of 2006 on a Tuesday and they were running the minature railway, though the train was pulled by a model diesel....
50944
Terry
viahogger
Oct 1, 2008 11:41 pm
Sorry James not anger as much as frustration. And I get that way because I care! I want to see Via Rail do better. I remember 20 years ago having a Conductor...
50945
Mark W. Walton
mark_waltonca
Oct 2, 2008 2:54 am
Last time I was there was for the May 2006 CRHA/CARM convention. Some of the old DC electric trains from the CN Mount Royal Tunnel line are there; including GE...
50946
mo0835
Oct 2, 2008 6:02 am
viahogger's passion for his job reminds me of O.P., a VIA Conductor during the '80s and '90 who always went out of his way to accommodate my wheelchair-bound...
50947
Chris Granger
bonfire29ca
Oct 2, 2008 12:28 pm
I'll have to find out that answer. Chris ... From: "Jim" <jk_eaton@...> To: <Canadian-Passenger-Rail@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008...
50948
Harsh Vardhan
hvcatvsnldotcom
Oct 2, 2008 1:14 pm
That's where you got it all wrong. This is `their' land and they are fighting for `their' rights. This is right whether you of me agree with their means or...
50949
Terry
viahogger
Oct 2, 2008 1:15 pm
O.P. (Opi Leclair) Windsor based Conductor. I believe when he retired he moved up to the Hamilton area. He certainly had that look of a naval captain with his...
50950
James R. Garey
prjim
Oct 2, 2008 1:22 pm
There was another Via conductor who worked Montreal-Toronto, maybe twenty to twenty-five years ago. He loved to entertain passengers with his magic tricks. Our...
50951
Walter Pfefferle
wpfefferle
Oct 2, 2008 1:34 pm
I know we are getting off track but I would like to see the original deed where God gave them the land. Just because they were here first they don't own the...
50952
Terry
viahogger
Oct 2, 2008 1:47 pm
I can see his face but cant remember his name? I'll ask my dad next time I talk to him to see if he remembers his name. That's something I wish I would have...
50953
John P.H. Morgan
on3man
Oct 2, 2008 3:06 pm
... So if I'm bigger, more powerful and more "civilized" than you and I can either throw you off, or scam you out of your land, then it becomes mine?? Since it...
50954
Robert Lubinski
unknownfte
Oct 2, 2008 4:16 pm
VIA #1 backed into Union Stn (which is on land populated by amoebas long before any humans arrived) at 0825 EDT this morning, unfortunately I could not wait...
50955
adolch
Oct 2, 2008 4:40 pm
I agree with you guys both. It sounds to me like VIA suffers what we call here in the states Amtrak syndrome where we have a threadbare system with minimal...
50956
John Peakman
jsp3970
Oct 2, 2008 7:25 pm
For the record the land was originally Huron and was granted to the Mohawks for compensation for loosing their land in what is now New York state as the ...
50957
james armstrong
jarmstrong19@...
Oct 2, 2008 8:13 pm
To Andrew of columbusOhio: Andrew, I was for a number of years a member of both NARP and MARP and like tt2000 it was a learning experience for me When it was...
50958
Terry
viahogger
Oct 2, 2008 9:56 pm
While I think 403(b) is a great idea and has worked for many states there are many others that don't fund Amtrak and those states have little to no service at...
50959
Will
will54040404
Oct 2, 2008 10:37 pm
... For this Thursdays departure which I'm on, I checked at the station and they have an extra set of equipment so it will depart on time, I'm not sure if this...
50960
Walter Pfefferle
wpfefferle
Oct 2, 2008 11:00 pm
Caught 72 & 73 in Woodstock looking like twins. http://railfan.thegrebs.com/VIA/via906_72a http://railfan.thegrebs.com/VIA/via911_73a Walter Pfefferle ...
