Allandale25
Senior Member
^ really hoping to get enough advanced notice for the first revenue service run so I can try to be on it.
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roger1818
Active Member
Hard to tell for sure but it looks like they got a locomotive with the new trainset (rather than using the second locomotive that shipped with the first trainset), as it appears to be no 2202.
drum118
Superstar
Cab car on one set and the 2nd locomotive on the other in that shot. Giving a view of what both ends look like and how they will operate once service starts for them.
Allandale25
Senior Member
Looks like some VIA coaches?
Bordercollie
Senior Member
Yes they have the contract to refurbish the dining cars used on the Canadian. I think they got some HEP II cars from the corridor also. Or did those go to CAD?
Bordercollie
Senior Member
I think a VIA train went into emergency today at around Bowmanville. P42 with 5 HEP cars around 11am heading east bound.
Emergency horn at a crossing. I saw the train slow down but didnt see the aftermath since I was driving.
Emergency horn at a crossing. I saw the train slow down but didnt see the aftermath since I was driving.
Allandale25
Senior Member
Extremely long lineups at Toronto's Union Station are leaving passengers frustrated
We've long heard about the very lengthy line-up at Toronto Pearson Airport, but now it seems those line-ups have also started to appear at Union St...
www.blogto.com
JasonParis
Moderator
That's really BlogTO being nonsensical as usual. The gist of the article is that people queue for trains in the VIA corridor (as opposed to on the tracks), which is simply the way it has always been.
Bordercollie
Senior Member
I never understood the logic in the way they board customers. It's such a degrading way to travel.
They should have a dedicated gate for each train and then a seating area. And then board by destination since that is how the cars are broken up.
"We will start by boarding business customers as well as customers who require assistance including small children.". Then customers traveling to Brockville, Smith Falls and Ottawa please proceed to the gate." Etc.
Wouldn't that be smarter?
nfitz
Superstar
I've never understood why, now that there's reserved seating, that anyone shows up down there until 5 minutes before departure.
DSC
Superstar
Absolutely!
Bordercollie
Senior Member
roger1818
Active Member
Extremely long lineups at Toronto's Union Station are leaving passengers frustrated
We've long heard about the very lengthy line-up at Toronto Pearson Airport, but now it seems those line-ups have also started to appear at Union St...
I find it odd that the author (Sabrina Gamrot) doesn’t go to Union Station to see for themselves and talk to VIA Rail, but instead defers to social media for all their information.
Bordercollie
Senior Member
DSC
Superstar
It's BlogTO, par for the course!