Charlie Posted August 5, 2017 Report Share Posted August 5, 2017 11 hours ago, Shaun said: Does that mean that the time time reflects the equipment being used on that train? In a situation where there is an equipment swap or mixed equipment the train cannot maintain that schedule? Or they just try to just use the HEP or HEP-2 equipment on the milk run trains where the schedule is not expecting to get up to top speed. -Charlie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallspy Posted August 6, 2017 Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 On 8/4/2017 at 9:42 PM, Shaun said: Does that mean that the time time reflects the equipment being used on that train? In a situation where there is an equipment swap or mixed equipment the train cannot maintain that schedule? Yes and yes. That's why there is a very specific train cycling schedule. Dan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Posted August 17, 2017 Report Share Posted August 17, 2017 If VIA actually builds the northern high speed route, i foresee problems in Peterborough where there isn't a lot of space to build a second track. I guess they would need to buy those home owners out and evict them or build it overhead. I dont see that working out too well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swimmer_spe Posted August 17, 2017 Report Share Posted August 17, 2017 On 9/27/2009 at 8:48 PM, smallspy said: VIA has many busy periods - the week before Labour Day, for instance, as students head to school. Right now things are quiet, but the next busy period is the Thanksgiving weekend. The turntable is physically shorter than a passenger car - from what I remember seeing it seemed to be only slightly longer than an F40 - but with the overhang at the ends apparently the trucks/wheelbase of a passenger car will fit. Dan It is called Expropriation.. It is done to widen highways, so why not widen a rail line? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allandale25 Posted August 18, 2017 Report Share Posted August 18, 2017 Latest on the Churchill line situation. Quote Federal regulator will probe Omnitrax 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Posted September 4, 2017 Report Share Posted September 4, 2017 http://www.intelligencer.ca/2017/09/01/rail-line-concerns-prompts-council-questions This article Appeared September 1st. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfirenet Posted September 5, 2017 Report Share Posted September 5, 2017 19 hours ago, Jeffrey said: http://www.intelligencer.ca/2017/09/01/rail-line-concerns-prompts-council-questions This article Appeared September 1st. Well, if Belleville and the other communities along the corridor had ensured that the Canadian Northern right of way between Toronto and Ottawa had been preserved about 80 years ago... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Posted September 5, 2017 Report Share Posted September 5, 2017 Tweed is just north of Belleville. Why not just build a shuttle service between Tweed station and Belleville station? There is no doubt that more service is needed from Belleville in both directions, especially on weekends. I know on weekdays they have a train that starts at Kingston. Does this train run on weekends also? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAverageJoe Posted September 5, 2017 Report Share Posted September 5, 2017 Churchill chamber president threatens to hold stranded Via rail cars hostage http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/churchill-president-rail-1.4269053 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfirenet Posted September 6, 2017 Report Share Posted September 6, 2017 23 hours ago, Shaun said: Tweed is just north of Belleville. Why not just build a shuttle service between Tweed station and Belleville station? I wouldn't call over 30 minutes by road in good conditions *just* north of Belleville. Edit: Of course, if Belleville really wants to get in on VIA's project, the Grand Junction/Belleville and North Hastings route to the O&Q line may still be usable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Posted September 7, 2017 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 Would there be any spots where the new line and the old line could interconnect in between the destinations? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allandale25 Posted September 7, 2017 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 Latest on the Churchill situation and the engineering report that projects what it would cost to repair the line. The CBC article has a link to the report and I've downloaded the PDF. See here for a copy of the PDF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAverageJoe Posted September 8, 2017 Report Share Posted September 8, 2017 3 hours ago, Allandale25 said: Latest on the Churchill situation and the engineering report that projects what it would cost to repair the line. The CBC article has a link to the report and I've downloaded the PDF. See here for a copy of the PDF. With all the BS Omnitrax has been doing Manitoba and the Feds could have either funded the rebuilding and or even bought the railroad and rebuilt it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfirenet Posted September 9, 2017 Report Share Posted September 9, 2017 On 9/6/2017 at 8:56 PM, Shaun said: Would there be any spots where the new line and the old line could interconnect in between the destinations? Other than at Belleville if CP allows passenger trains on the Belleville sub, all the other lines that could be used to connect the two lines between Brockville and Toronto are long gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Posted September 9, 2017 Report Share Posted September 9, 2017 Offer to sell it to another shortline or let the province take it over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Posted September 11, 2017 Report Share Posted September 11, 2017 Does VIA not have wayside power in Jasper? So they idea the locomotives until they are required for service? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dowlingm Posted September 20, 2017 Report Share Posted September 20, 2017 On 2017-09-10 at 8:46 PM, Shaun said: Does VIA not have wayside power in Jasper? So they idea the locomotives until they are required for service? Do you mean Churchill? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Posted September 21, 2017 Report Share Posted September 21, 2017 No. Jasper in BC. The locomotives get cycled from Vancouver and get put on the Skeena. Until they get swapped out they idle in the yard, since they dont have Wayside power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Parsons Posted September 22, 2017 Report Share Posted September 22, 2017 They sure do have wayside power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Posted September 23, 2017 Report Share Posted September 23, 2017 Then why do they not use it. http://railpictures.net/photo/628820/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Parsons Posted September 23, 2017 Report Share Posted September 23, 2017 Because that's not where it is. They use wayside power for Skeena equipment which is stored on a station track and not that stub siding. Even when they have a locomotive parked on the stub track, I don't recall them idling during the spring/ summer, probably because of the automatic shut down system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Bus Fan Posted October 5, 2017 Report Share Posted October 5, 2017 9426 arriving o Via Rail "Canadian" Train 1 arriving at Vancouver Pacific Central Station from Toronto Union Station. 6426 by Blue Bus Fan, on Flickr 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Posted October 8, 2017 Report Share Posted October 8, 2017 How late was it getting into Vancouver? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vortoozo Posted October 10, 2017 Report Share Posted October 10, 2017 If it was the train that arrived the day before the photo was posted, approx. 10 hours late. http://reservia.viarail.ca/tsi/GetTrainStatus.aspx?l=en&TsiCCode=VIA&TsiTrainNumber=1-&TrainInstanceDate=2017-09-30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Posted October 10, 2017 Report Share Posted October 10, 2017 So i guess it was late leaving vancouver as well? Do they have an extra trainset in Vancouver? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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