On WestJet? https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7224417

1. The “no more RDCs” change Trains magazine said was supposedly happening 2. No baggage on 184/185 presumably because neither 6250 or 6251 are available

Has anything further arisen about White River’s equipment?

According to Radio Canada on May 29, the option of acquiring the Vermont RDCs as an alternative to reinstating the locohaul L’Amiral is a possibility being considered. https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2076557/train-passagers-via-rail-amiral-new-richmond

Has anyone heard anything about the disposition of the YDHR equipment (other than the ones YDHR themselves scrapped before The End)

There is nothing wrong with wanting this to be a success. But this is a simply massive sum of money - $150m for trainsets, plus Porcupline, plus whatever CN are getting south of North Bay, plus whatever VIA are getting to host at TMC, plus what is being given to ONR to weld jointed rail and...

Are we comparing like with like here? Amtrak performance over state-owned sections of railway are almost all if not all PRIIA services. Services (other than Canadian which wouldn’t count as PRIIA) into and out of Toronto are not co-funded by Ontario or co-branded. Do I think they should be...

You might be right but leading off with an example where VIA appears to have sabotaged themselves first isn’t what I’d use. In the case of the Danforth express, was that train running on time?

If I was incepting a service that was on such a shaky financial premise as this one, I might not drop much money on structures in the first half-decade either, just like I might buy trains that I can easily sell because they are being serviced by the same technicians in the same facility as the...

Dan, would you consider that hybrid locomotives are only hybrid if the battery is integral to the locomotive itself? For example, the MetroNorth ALC-42E will have, as I understand it, a battery unit connected to it but on separate trucks. But it is supplying power not fuel, so isn’t obviously a...

What’s the vertical elevation on that curve - is there a significant change over the length of it?

I did wonder if this is a placeholder until something happens with the planetarium

Because just because existing crappy things are grandfathered isn’t an excuse to keep building more. Going down into King Station in winter via an open entrance is an activity I really dislike.

Gonna be great walking up and down slush and salt covered steps and tracking that into the station after marvelling at the view. Good business for slip and fall plaintiff lawyers though.

Not once the train reached/passed North Bay. And it was a joke.

If the reference to hybrid was a statement of intent to electrify the Ramore and Temagami subdivisions and to operate ALC-42Es as power, bring it on :D

Bombardier was not owned by Alstom* when the Flexity was being built, so obviously wasn’t sourcing from a competitor’s plant. You’re doubling down after being told that rather than taking a break before returning to your concern that that LFLRVs generally might have an issue here in a manner...

There are examples of business meals in this blog post https://timstraintravels.blogspot.com/2024/05/via-venture-new-generation-of-via-rail.html?m=1

We got the Bradford Bypass when what we need* is the Aurora Bypass ** * okay nice to have ** yeah it looks crappy I did it on my phone

this is the diagram list Doug Bardeau on groups.ie has sketched out, but since the Ren set is still around, it probably won't be real for another week or so. I really hope the advent of 641/644 now at a time when the Ottawa crew base seems to be under some pressure, and not at a more sensible...