http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Canadian-Passenger-Rail/ Canadian Passenger Rail Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:37:03 GMT Steve Lucas http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Canadian-Passenger-Rail/message/55315 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Canadian-Passenger-Rail/message/55315 A few years back, a certian major Canadian railway tried to restrict an engineer from transferring to Via as this major railway felt that there were not enough Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:52:37 GMT Mark W. Walton http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Canadian-Passenger-Rail/message/55314 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Canadian-Passenger-Rail/message/55314 I count only 17 cars for # 2. Mark Walton mark.walton@... ... From: Canadian-Passenger-Rail@yahoogroups.com Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:25:16 GMT Tom Box http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Canadian-Passenger-Rail/message/55313 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Canadian-Passenger-Rail/message/55313 ... Indeed. ... Both sides tend to use extreme language during contract negotiations. Management's offers are always going to devastate employees' lives, and Sat, 11 Jul 2009 10:52:05 GMT Terry http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Canadian-Passenger-Rail/message/55312 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Canadian-Passenger-Rail/message/55312 Hey George your most welcome. Sorry about the late reply back, just a bit behind in catching up on emails. Sat, 11 Jul 2009 07:06:04 GMT Terry http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Canadian-Passenger-Rail/message/55311 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Canadian-Passenger-Rail/message/55311 VIA #2 Departure Vancouver Pacific Central Station Friday July 10 8:40pm 10 Mins Late. 6407 Mtrl Assigned Unit 6445 Wpg Assigned Unit 8609 Baggage 8117 8107 Sat, 11 Jul 2009 06:21:15 GMT Dan D http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Canadian-Passenger-Rail/message/55310 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Canadian-Passenger-Rail/message/55310 Having a chance to check my photos from the evening, here's the play by play... -910 backs in on Track 12 solo, probably from the TMC, around 17:40 -919, 5 Sat, 11 Jul 2009 04:46:27 GMT fortsheppard http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Canadian-Passenger-Rail/message/55309 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Canadian-Passenger-Rail/message/55309 OS: VIA #2, Vancouver, BC, July 10, 2009 Departed 15 minutes late at 20:45 VIA F40PH-2 6407 VIA F40PH-2 6445 Baggage 8609 Coach 8112 Coach 8117 Coach 8107 Sat, 11 Jul 2009 02:53:45 GMT Lyman Holmes http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Canadian-Passenger-Rail/message/55308 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Canadian-Passenger-Rail/message/55308 ... It would certainly be interesting to see just what VIA was proposing. I think the Union's concern that this plan (whatever it was) would devastate the Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:57:13 GMT Scott Ivay http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Canadian-Passenger-Rail/message/55307 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Canadian-Passenger-Rail/message/55307 Perhaps VIA's motive is to be able to relieve trains enroute to prevent "recrews" at random points. This may have nothing to do with home terminal changes. Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:56:09 GMT Tom Box http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Canadian-Passenger-Rail/message/55306 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Canadian-Passenger-Rail/message/55306 ... I wonder if the train numbers have been reversed here. 61 is scheduled to run ahead of 45, so 61 wouldn't normally be able to rescue a disabled 45. The Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:49:32 GMT Jon Calon http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Canadian-Passenger-Rail/message/55305 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Canadian-Passenger-Rail/message/55305 Heard over on the VIA SIG list that 901 and train 45 was effectively disabled near Oshawa East, and that 61 led by 919 in from Montreal picked the entire Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:26:04 GMT railsmith http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Canadian-Passenger-Rail/message/55304 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Canadian-Passenger-Rail/message/55304 ... The Gresley A4 Pacific "Dominion of Canada", preserved at the Canadian Railway Museum at St. Constant, Que., has such a tender. The narrow corridor runs Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:55:09 GMT Dan D http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Canadian-Passenger-Rail/message/55303 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Canadian-Passenger-Rail/message/55303 An odd consist was moving around Union Station the other evening: VIA 919, 5 LRC cars, Glenfraser and 901 facing the rear of Glenfraser. It departed around Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:39:31 GMT Tom Jankowski http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Canadian-Passenger-Rail/message/55302 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Canadian-Passenger-Rail/message/55302 I recently rode the Ocean from Montreal to Halifax. I was in room 9 in a Renn sleeper in Tourist (Easterly) Class. Just like when I rode the Ocean from Moncton Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:05:11 GMT Philip Mason http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Canadian-Passenger-Rail/message/55301 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Canadian-Passenger-Rail/message/55301 At present, most long distance train operations in Canada, passenger or freight, involve rest periods in company supplied rest facilities at the "away from