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Chris Granger | 1 Mar 2009 01:01
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The Canadian Route 1981

Would anyone happen to know what route the VIA train took in December of 
1981 from Calgary to Cornwall?  I'm trying to retrace the route to remember 
what we had seen along the way.  We were originally suppose to get off the 
Canadian at Toronto to switch to another for the Corridor sector but when I 
woke up that Dec. 15th morning, we were still in the same car.  My mother 
said we didn't have to get off after all.

Chris

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Jon Calon | 1 Mar 2009 01:08
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Re: The Canadian Route 1981

Hey Chris,

While that timetable is one that's not in my collection, I do believe  
the Canadian was re-routed in mid 1981 to run from Montreal down the  
Kingston sub to Toronto and then out to Sudbury and onto Calgary on  
CP trackage.  My 1982 timetable shows this routing.

That would explain why there wasn't a change in train needed.

Jon

On 28-Feb-09, at 5:01 PM, Chris Granger wrote:

> Would anyone happen to know what route the VIA train took in  
> December of
> 1981 from Calgary to Cornwall?  I'm trying to retrace the route to  
> remember
> what we had seen along the way.  We were originally suppose to get  
> off the
> Canadian at Toronto to switch to another for the Corridor sector  
> but when I
> woke up that Dec. 15th morning, we were still in the same car.  My  
> mother
> said we didn't have to get off after all.
>
> Chris
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
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Tom Box | 1 Mar 2009 01:58
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Re: The Canadian Route 1981

Chris Granger wrote:
>> Would anyone happen to know what route the VIA train took in
>> December of 1981 from Calgary to Cornwall?  

Jon Calon wrote:
> I do believe the Canadian was re-routed in mid 1981

November 15, 1981.  Eliminating the Montreal - Ottawa - Sudbury
portion of the Canadian was one of the cutbacks of that date,
which also saw the cancellation of the Atlantic and the Super
Continental.

> to run from Montreal down the Kingston sub to Toronto

Topographical nitpick: Montreal to Toronto is up, not down.

> and then out to Sudbury and onto Calgary on CP trackage.

Calgary to Portage la Prairie on CP, Portage to Pine Jct/Manson
(just east of Winnipeg) on CN, Manson to Reynolds/Boyne (just
south of Parry Sound) on CP, Boyne to Toronto to Montreal on CN.
Between Washago and Toronto, trains used the Newmarket Sub in
both directions; they didn't use the Bala Sub as at present, and
didn't do the Doncaster-Toronto-Snider loop.

Chris:
>> We were originally suppose to get off the Canadian at
>> Toronto to switch to another for the Corridor sector but
>> when I woke up that Dec. 15th morning, we were still in
>> the same car.  My mother said we didn't have to get off
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Terry | 1 Mar 2009 02:22

Re: VIA #1/2 equipment cycle (was Re: VIA #2 Vancouver...)

It urns out there is no spare set of equipment kept for #1/2. There is still 
the 4 Train Sets running back & forth on the cycle. A friend of mine off the 
CN Traced the Equipment arriving at the TMC from #2, then the Equipment 
Departing on #1. It turns out there were some changes made to the Consist w/ 
some cars taken off, & some added. But most of the equipment stayed in the 
same consist. The 5th set of equipment that I reported last Dec that was 
laying over in Vancouver has now vanished. The Equipment now arriving from 
#1, will now go out on the next #2. Keep in mind that some cars might be 
deleted, & added.

> Dean wrote:
>> Actually unless there has been a shift in consists the spare
>> consist is now being kept in Toronto since the new schedule
>> started.
>
> Is this truly a spare that is used only when needed, or is it
> part of the regular equipment cycle?  For example, does the
> train that arrives as Tuesday morning's #2 become Thursday
> evening's #1, Thursday's #2 become Saturday's #1, etc?
>
> This would mean that five sets are being used.  Will this
> continue in summer when the consists get longer, or will they
> go to four sets with a same-day turnaround in Toronto?  With
> the state of the economy, I suspect that leisure travel will be
> down this summer, so consists will be shorter, so perhaps VIA
> can still have five Canadian sets even in summer.  If each set
> has two dining cars and three Skylines, as in recent years, then
> these cars will be in short supply, since the two Hudson Bay sets
> use up two dining cars, and the Chaleur has a diner and a Skyline
> in summer.
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Mark W. Walton | 1 Mar 2009 02:27
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Re: Re: VIA Real-Time Corridor Arrival and Departure Info Now Online

Are they looking down the road at a .mobi version for cellphones, 
CrackBerries, etc.

Mark Walton
mark.walton@...

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan Switzer" <amswitzer@...>
To: <Canadian-Passenger-Rail@...>
Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 6:10 PM
Subject: Re: [CanPassRail] Re: VIA Real-Time Corridor Arrival and Departure 
Info Now Online

>I assisted in the project, but was not responsible. This is the work of a
> cross-functional team of people.
>
> By the way, it works nicely in an iPhone too!
>
> On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 15:07, Lyman Holmes <llholmes1948@...> 
> wrote:
>
>> --- In Canadian-Passenger-Rail@..., "Alan" <amswitzer <at> ...>
>>
>> If you are responsible to this service, thanks for your work on this.
>>  If you aren't the proper person to thank, please extend my
>> appreciation to that person.
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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Brian Gilhuly | 1 Mar 2009 05:19
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RE: Re: VIA Real-Time Corridor Arrival and Departure Info Now Online

The current version works fine on my BlackBerry.

Brian 
(now back at)
Mile 41
Chalk River Sub
Ottawa Valley Railway 

-----Original Message-----
From: Canadian-Passenger-Rail@...
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Sent: February 28, 2009 20:27
To: Canadian-Passenger-Rail@...
Subject: Re: [CanPassRail] Re: VIA Real-Time Corridor Arrival and Departure
Info Now Online

Are they looking down the road at a .mobi version for cellphones, 
CrackBerries, etc.

Mark Walton
mark.walton@...

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan Switzer" <amswitzer@...>
To: <Canadian-Passenger-Rail@...>
Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 6:10 PM
Subject: Re: [CanPassRail] Re: VIA Real-Time Corridor Arrival and Departure 
Info Now Online

>I assisted in the project, but was not responsible. This is the work of a
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bairds_nest | 1 Mar 2009 02:24
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Re: The Canadian Route 1981

--- In Canadian-Passenger-Rail@..., "Chris Granger"
<chris.granger <at> ...> wrote:
>
> Would anyone happen to know what route the VIA train took in
December of 
> 1981 from Calgary to Cornwall?  I'm trying to retrace the route to
remember 
> what we had seen along the way.  We were originally suppose to get
off the 
> Canadian at Toronto to switch to another for the Corridor sector but
when I 
> woke up that Dec. 15th morning, we were still in the same car.  My
mother 
> said we didn't have to get off after all.
> 
> Chris
>
I already replied to this and it didn't show up anywhere.

Your routing would have been as follows:

CP Calgary to Kearns (just west of Portage la Prairie
thence by CN Rivers Sub to CN station Winnipeg
CN Redditt Sub to Beach Jc
CN Pine Falls Sub to Pine Jc (Manson on CP Keewatin Sub)
CP to Boyne (just south of Parry Sound)
CN Bala sub to Washago
CN Newmarket Sub to Parkdale
CN Weston Sub to Toronto
CN Kingston Sub to Cornwall
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Eric Gagnon | 1 Mar 2009 06:38
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Re: The Canadian Route 1981 consists

Chris, here are consists from VIA No 2/44/54 on December 13 and 19, 
1981.  Wish I had the 15th for you:)

Dec 13/81 OS Kingston 1143:
6771
6626
6624
605
Club de la Garnison
5595
5511 
2513
3220
107
118
505
5715
Chateau Argenson
Chateau Maisonneuve
Tweedsmuir Park

Dec 19/81 OS Kingston 1203:

6539
6613
CN 3127
608
Club de la Garnison
5595
5511
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Jerry LaBoda | 1 Mar 2009 06:50
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Re: Yahoo groups

>i know i microsoft is getting rid of their MSN groups service, maybe
someboyd confused with that...

MSN closed their groups at the end of February... in part due to the success
of its competition, Yahoo! Groups, and in part because their groups was
riddled with porn, including child porn.  Its sad really, there were some
good railroad groups there, but those that have crossed over to a new server
simply don't have nearly what MSN Groups had offered them... many of them
would do better if they would switch to Yahoo! Groups.

And, no, Yahoo isn't about to give up on one of their "cash cows."  Groups
brings in a lot of money to Yahoo's coffers... they aren't likely to ever
give up on that.
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John P. Mackay | 1 Mar 2009 14:42
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Late VIA #1

I just checked on VIA website to see the status of VIA #1 and late arriving in Capreol at 8:05 a.m. and should be
arrive at 5:38 a.m. this morning.  The train left Toronto on time at 2200 but after Parry Sound and took
almost 6 hours between Parry Sound and Capreol.  Normally the train take closer to 4 hours between Parry
Sound and Capreol.  My guess is that maybe track work on directional running (CP Rail).  Maybe someone here
in this forum might know more than me about this.

Thank you,

John

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