M. Parsons Posted May 16, 2017 Report Share Posted May 16, 2017 That #1 was having a bad day. We weren't sure exactly where it was when we were heading out to it, but 116 took the siding at Riley. We figured that was or #1, until we noticed another CN train already on the main. I believe it was 401. That cleared, then another Westbound intermodal showed, finally followed by #1. #1 got routed around the intermodal West of Tofield. I don't know what happened West of Edmonton, but, I was surprised when I checked 7-8 hours later the train hadn't made Jasper yet. A friend did send along something (Facebook?) that apparently the crew ran out of time at mile 231 on the Edson which is only a few miles out of Jasper. As a result, the Kamloops crew had to go and get the train, and needed a CN pilot into Jasper. The latest I saw this train was 13.5 hours, but, it has since gained about 30 minutes and is only 13 hours late, almost at Vancouver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viafreak Posted May 16, 2017 Report Share Posted May 16, 2017 VIA 2 is 24 hours late into Toronto owning to a CN derailment according to VIA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ber Posted May 19, 2017 Report Share Posted May 19, 2017 It's kind of a shame that via brushes off these delays especially the ones that are less than an hour as if it's business as usual. I just wrapped up my trip in Japan and man all the trains are on the minute and the rare delays with the local lines are explained immediately. The shinkansen is always on time despite travelling at over 300km/h with multiple different trains weaving around it. At one point 4 trains stopping at different stations and frequencies were separated by only 12 minutes. That's the Japanese. I only hope our service standards will begin to approach theirs soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Posted May 21, 2017 Report Share Posted May 21, 2017 Don't forget that this trans continental train travels 5000km one way on shared track. If it was 24 hours late, did it leave on time the next Day? Is there a spare trains Set? But in terms of the corridor, three times out of three that I traveled it was more than 30 minutes late. Why not just change the scedule to match actual travel times? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Parsons Posted May 21, 2017 Report Share Posted May 21, 2017 3 hours ago, Shaun said: If it was 24 hours late, did it leave on time the next Day? Is there a spare trains Set? Don't think it did leave on time. I believe the next #1 was 16 hours late leaving Toronto. Here is that #1 east of Edmonton 13 hours late, having gained back 3 hours. I believe it made it into Vancouver only about 11-12 hours late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Posted May 21, 2017 Report Share Posted May 21, 2017 How much recovery time does it have in Vancouver before it needs to depart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfil Posted May 21, 2017 Report Share Posted May 21, 2017 41 minutes ago, Shaun said: How much recovery time does it have in Vancouver before it needs to depart. http://www.viarail.ca/sites/all/files/media/pdfs/schedules/Biligual_Timetable.pdf 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfirenet Posted May 21, 2017 Report Share Posted May 21, 2017 14 hours ago, Shaun said: Is there a spare trains Set? As smart an idea as that would be, there isn't a spare set in Toronto. I'm not sure about Vancouver though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 Any idea if those REN Cars where in service on this train? http://www.railpictures.net/photo/618035/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue.bird.fan Posted June 9, 2017 Report Share Posted June 9, 2017 Anyone know which Toronto-Montreal (and the reverse) trains get Budd coaches? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue.bird.fan Posted June 9, 2017 Report Share Posted June 9, 2017 On 05/06/2017 at 4:51 PM, Shaun said: Any idea if those REN Cars where in service on this train? http://www.railpictures.net/photo/618035/ No. They were deadheading because the train 669 is usually 5 cars long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallspy Posted June 9, 2017 Report Share Posted June 9, 2017 12 minutes ago, benz.citaro.fan said: No. They were deadheading because the train 669 is usually 5 cars long. What does the train length have to do with anything? For the record, no, they weren't in service. Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue.bird.fan Posted June 9, 2017 Report Share Posted June 9, 2017 3 hours ago, smallspy said: What does the train length have to do with anything? For the record, no, they weren't in service. Dan I know they weren't in service but if the train is longer than the typical consist you know at least some are deadheading. Heck, I have even seen some VIA trains with 3 consists deadheading to the yard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eclair14 Posted June 11, 2017 Report Share Posted June 11, 2017 On 2017-06-09 at 8:59 AM, smallspy said: What does the train length have to do with anything? For the record, no, they weren't in service. Dan Also remember that Renaissance cars needs absolutely two cars to operate in passenger service, they need either a luggage car / transition car AND a service car . If they deadhead, they still need either the luggage or transition car since knukle are not the same as the rest of the VIA fleet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfirenet Posted June 11, 2017 Report Share Posted June 11, 2017 9 hours ago, eclair14 said: If they deadhead, they still need either the luggage or transition car since knukle are not the same as the rest of the VIA fleet The coupler adapter can be attached to any ren car. It's just that VIA has doubts over the crash worthiness of the cars when in service which is why they have the baggage or transition car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Posted June 11, 2017 Report Share Posted June 11, 2017 Any idea where they where going to get work done? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. Bullock Posted June 12, 2017 Report Share Posted June 12, 2017 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-churchill-rail-service-1.4154221 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dane Posted June 12, 2017 Report Share Posted June 12, 2017 Apparently Via has a train stranded up there now, too? If that is the case that's an awkward position. Wonder what the solution will be - barge out of Churchill maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallspy Posted June 12, 2017 Report Share Posted June 12, 2017 On 2017-06-09 at 0:04 PM, benz.citaro.fan said: I know they weren't in service but if the train is longer than the typical consist you know at least some are deadheading. Heck, I have even seen some VIA trains with 3 consists deadheading to the yard. That doesn't mean anything. I've caught 14 car long corridor sets where not one piece of equipment was deadheading. There have been plenty of instances with cars that are normally used on the Canadian - diners, skylines, Park cars - where they have been in service rather than deadheading. The length of the train has very little bearing on how much of it is in service. On 2017-06-11 at 0:10 AM, eclair14 said: Also remember that Renaissance cars needs absolutely two cars to operate in passenger service, they need either a luggage car / transition car AND a service car . If they deadhead, they still need either the luggage or transition car since knukle are not the same as the rest of the VIA fleet Not a baggage or transition, but just a baggage car. The transition car is configured differently, and can't be used in quite the same way. But yes, to make an operable trainset, they need at the very least a baggage car and a service car. Because this equipment was just to be used for training and not revenue service there was no requirement to include the service car. 23 hours ago, skyfirenet said: The coupler adapter can be attached to any ren car. It's just that VIA has doubts over the crash worthiness of the cars when in service which is why they have the baggage or transition car. There is a 10 or 15mph restriction on using the emergency adaptor coupler. For obvious reasons, they can't use it on a revenue trainset. And for the record, it's not that VIA Rail has "....doubts over the crash worthiness..." - they don't. They feel that the cars are more than safe enough as it is. It is Transport Canada who has concerns, although they've also had most of those concerns allayed by VIA. Dan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dowlingm Posted June 27, 2017 Report Share Posted June 27, 2017 On 12/06/2017 at 3:23 AM, Dane said: Apparently Via has a train stranded up there now, too? If that is the case that's an awkward position. Wonder what the solution will be - barge out of Churchill maybe? 2 locomotives and some coaches, according to Global. Apparently barging is not off the table but I think VIA want to be sure the line can't/won't be fixed before they risk that. That said, I've been saying for years VIA should be operating a train from North Bay to Toronto and if they barge the stranded stock over to Moosonee we might see it happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAverageJoe Posted June 27, 2017 Report Share Posted June 27, 2017 On 6/12/2017 at 3:23 AM, Dane said: Apparently Via has a train stranded up there now, too? If that is the case that's an awkward position. Wonder what the solution will be - barge out of Churchill maybe? I am sure they would rather risk waiting to the rail line is reopened or they would truck it out during the winter road season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghYHZ Posted June 27, 2017 Report Share Posted June 27, 2017 4 hours ago, dowlingm said: That said, I've been saying for years VIA should be operating a train from North Bay to Toronto and if they barge the stranded stock over to Moosonee we might see it happen But probably only one-way: Moosonee-Cochrane-North Bay-TMC! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hfx_chris Posted July 10, 2017 Report Share Posted July 10, 2017 Any idea how they're doing with the LRC rebuilds? Is that still ongoing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KMB_BUS Posted July 10, 2017 Report Share Posted July 10, 2017 via 6432 screams by with a set of lrc cars just east of oshawa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allandale25 Posted July 18, 2017 Report Share Posted July 18, 2017 This was posted by Transport Action today: Quote Omnitrax won't fix the line to Churchill Calls the railway a public utility Winnipeg Free Press: Omnitrax estimates it will cost between $20 million and $60 million to repair the line and can be done in 60 days. But Omnitrax senior executive Peter Touesnard said "Because we have determined the rail line lacks commercial viability and now (faced) with millions of dollars of damage... we can't justify the resources necessary to repair the line," he said at a lengthy press conference this morning. Full story: http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/…/omnitrax-wont-fix-rail-l… Winnipeg Free Press Posted: 07/18/2017 1:10 PM See also CBC News, ”It [the rail line] is not commercially viable, so we believe it's a public utility," said Peter Touesnard, chief commercial officer for Omnitrax.http://www.cbc.ca/…/manitoba-churchill-omnitrax-rail-1.4210… CBC News, Updated: Jul 18, 2017 1:19 PM CT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/…/omnitrax-wont-fix-rail-l… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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