I found the reactions to my post both amusing and angering. Amusing because you people totally missed the point of my email. Angering because you people seem...
A delayed thank you for your help. It took a while to plan our vacation. We shall be in Montreal July 21 &22. I shall be able to visit Exporail on one of those...
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james armstrong
jarmstrong19@...
Jul 1, 2009 12:33 pm
In In regards to all the comments about the Maple Leaf why walk away from an intolerable situation? Tell Amtrak what you have experienced. In fact go one...
I have added the only available footage of the Bombardier JetTrain to the HIGH SPEED RAIL CANADA WEBSITE <http://www.highspeedrail.ca> [Non-text portions of...
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james armstrong
jarmstrong19@...
Jul 1, 2009 12:58 pm
To Ugly Sean: I disagree with you on your comment that the Maple Leaf route is not worthy of sleeper services. I see it as a terrific candidate and to make a ...
Canada’s Bombardier, which is the third largest civilian aircraft maker and global leader in rail transportation, Tuesday announced the world’s biggest ...
VIA #1 Arrival Vancouver Pacific Central Station Wednesday July 1 6446 Vcvr Assigned Unit 6406 Mtrl Assigned Unit (Spider Man) 8616 Baggage 8142 Ex Amtrak 8101...
Does anyone know if VIA has a new policy on power assignments for the Canadian? In the Edmonton - Jasper area, three out of every four trains have had...
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james armstrong
jarmstrong19@...
Jul 2, 2009 2:06 am
To Tom Hoffman: Tom, I do not know anything about the old Ontarian but what I am thinking is a train which leaves Torontoand New York respectively around say...
... It ran between Hamilton and Buffalo via Smithville, Fenwick, Welland and Fort Erie, instead of via Grimsby, St. Catharines and Niagara Falls. Here's a...
... <http://www.viarail.ca/cgi-bin/genericXSLT?xml=TRNJ.xml&xsl=en_station.xsl> ... Well, the map is now centered on the true location of the Trenton Junction...
Former VIA 1099 Bedford 1954 PS Sleeper Buffet Observation still in blue colours, complete with un-patched VIA decaling! Lots of red on the body, either rust...
Jim FYI "The Canadian" has had a lot of Strange Power Assignments. A lot of the Vancouver Assigned Units are working Corridor Runs out East, & a Lot of ...
Technically the TH&B operated between Welland, Hamilton, Hamilton Junction, Brantford and Waterford. Toronto - Buffalo service operated via CN from Toronto to...
Roman, ... You raise a good point about this... The California State Railroad Museum put a Canadian National sleeper on display (this is the one which rocks...
... Just a minor detail, but I believe the ownership was Canadian Pacific from Hamilton Junction to the connection near Main and Dundurn Streets in Hamilton,...
Not according to Norman Helm's In The Shadow Of Giants. The connection was built by the Th&B and remained TH&B until its formal merger with CP Rail. Peter...
... The current Maple Leaf trip between Toronto and New York is a 13-hour ordeal, in good measure because of the equipment that Amtrak uses that really...
In a message dated 7/2/2009 2:15:06 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, derekboles@... writes: the Canadian National/Lehigh Valley/Pennsylvania route that went...
... What makes its advocates believe that a Toronto - New York ... The overall Tor-NYC ride is a lot longer to begin with and hotels in NYC are incredibly...
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james armstrong
jarmstrong19@...
Jul 2, 2009 8:16 pm
Christian: Toaddress your statement about lack of equipment preventing Amtrak from supplying sleeping cars to an overnighter plying between Toronto and New...
James just a polite note. I'm not sure if you know but each time you make a post on the Group you seem to always have a "CC" (Carbon Copy) as well. If you...
I will be taking the train to Florida in December to check out the Miami Scene. I am traveling on the Maple Leaf between Aldershot and Albany where I will...
This post has absolutely nothing to do with the subject and neither does A good start for the first Niagara GO Train, which has morphed into a totally...
