Hi Mark, I have a VIA timetable dated Feb 3 - April 26, 1980. It has #2 leaving Winnipeg 0915 arriving Kenora 1155, #1 leaving Kenora 1845 arriving Winnipeg...
... Do you really think there are thousands of people who were ready to buy their tickets before they saw a 4 hour stop in Winnipeg and decided to fly instead?...
... Here's eyewitness confirmation that this winter's Budd Ocean has no Park car. This is the consist of the first HEP1 Ocean of this winter, as observed by...
... It seems to me that most of the passengers on the Canadian are on a land cruise and probably won't be bothered by a stopover of several hours in Winnipeg....
I think the reason staffing the escalator is a requirement is that there is only one of them per platform. It can't be expected to go both up and down at the...
Thanks, Tom, will do. David is very well known on the Chaleur! Peter ... From: "Tom Box" <tbox@...> To: <Canadian-Passenger-Rail@yahoogroups.com> Sent:...
... Reasonable explanation, and can only lead to conclusions that, added to the lack of [funding for] staffing is the issue of measly capital budgets allowed...
... Maybe yes, maybe no, but with the current economic climate - which looks to be with us for a long while - those with disposable income, discovering dead...
I wonder if the current economic slowdown is likely to have an effect on the VIA's on-time performance esp. with the Canadian, the Skeena and the Ocean. There...
As for any Tours in Winnipeg Passengers are on their own for making any Tours. From what I'm told VIA is NOT encouraging any Tours through a 2nd Party. All...
More on-time VIA would be great. It would go a noticeable way to changing the public perception of not taking VIA due to the recent late performances in the...
Jim the Consist off that Train is as follows: Train #16 6401 Mtrl Assigned Unit <------Train #14 Unit 6416 Mtrl Assigned Unit <----- Train #16 Unit 6439 Vcvr...
I do not understand where lenghtening of the schedule of Number 1 is going to keep it on time at all. An assinine four hour wait in winnipeg will noy achieve...
james armstrong
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Nov 22, 2008 9:07 pm
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... there is only one of them per platform. It can't be expected to go both up and down at the same time. ... Thanks for that information. Query: Are there...
Here's what departed Toronto, on-time at 09:00 this morning on our favorite train #1: (Note another train with just one coach) VIA 6424 (F40PH-2) VIA 6435...
Updated .pdf of the December schedules have a footnote for trains 52-53- 66-67-652. Effective 20 January they will have checked baggage, which to me, indicates...
... The population of northeastern Ontario (and I believe the northwest as well) has been dropping for years. With Sudbury remaining stable or growing slowly...
In a message dated 11/22/2008 4:35:19 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, llholmes1948@... writes: In my limited experience with them, escalators which are shut...
... about 125 miles. Are you thinking of Ignace or Thunder Bay to Winnipeg? ... You are right, Thunder Bay to Winnipeg (the entire length of the old Lakehead...
I caught a short video of train #85 today departing Union Station with: F40 #6426 HEP-I coach HEP-II coach HEP-I coach HEP-I coach http://tinyurl.com/5ezzx4 ...
Winnipeg Transit's priority, and that of its counterparts in other cities, is operating their scheduled services. They may or may not have the resources to run...
My wife and I rode #1 from Toronto to Vancouver a couple of years ago. We LOVED the experience and hope to repeat it this spring, eastbound. I have only two...
There is no elevator to the platforms in Winnipeg. When I was at Winnipeg station for training the normal stairwells were quite obviously locked (chains and...
... Locking stairwells with chains and padlocks strikes me as an extremely dangerous move in the event of an emergency, including an emergency evacuation of...
... Sorry but I think your making a giant leap there... ... Fair enough, my definition of walking distance is certainly different from others but I would find...
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=260970&nseq=22 A new VIA initiative, snow covered flaps ! Here VIA 6410 leads train P07031 21 east to Union with...
... Presumably covering the flaps with snow will serve the purpose of keeping snow out of the flaps by keeping them closed, most likely initiated by the same...
That's only because TO did not get any snow. Ingersoll got about 40 cm so today's 70 will look quite different. :-) Walter Pfefferle Ingersoll Ontario Web site...
