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Hopefully...it's been 30 years since the HEP1 rebuilding! But when I travel..... if a Renaissance Sleeper is not available I will reschedule to another date.

Thanks for that! The 'Electroliner' has always been a favorite and I have several books and videos. Now I'll be able to see the real thing!

As other have said the Ocean's Park Car is probably gone for good but I don't think there is any fear of the displaced Parks being turned into beverage cans! VIA can use them elsewhere such as the scenic runs to Jonquiere and Senneterre. (Below at Hervey Jct on the way to Jonquiere several years...

Right now.....you're still confined to your room or coach seat for the duration of the trip but hopefully that will ease later this fall if there's a lifting of covid restrictions. The Dome in the Skyline is very similar to the Park Car, If one is added to the Ocean...I imagine it will have...

There's still a few and it depends on the train. Here's VIA Train #601 from Montreal to Jonquiere, Quebec. Note at Summit Club “Stops on request when traveller is seen by train staff”....... but at Summit station 2 minutes away “For a stop at this station, reservations are required at least 40...

Same goes for the Ocean but it does have several firm + flag stops in the wee hours of the morning through eastern Quebec at Amqui, Mont Joli, Rimouski (pop 50,000 and always a busy stop) Trois-Pistols, Riviere-du-Loup, La Pocatiere etc.

You can't please everyone and give all a one seat ride......but look at the service someone say in Deux-Montagnes is going to have now with trains running on almost a subway frequency where before they had hourly service on week days, 9 trains on Saturday and only 5 on Sunday. Same goes for the...

There's a significant grade separation north of Du Canal Station so it would be a costly connection from CP down to the CN RoW. Just put the money towards upgrading the Rouses Point Subdivision! The conversion of the heavy-rail Mount Royal Tunnel line to an LRT Subway line is nothing new. It...

The Falls are about 3km south.....but you'll see the mist! :)

Below......the Whirlpool Bridge is on the left with trains on the upper deck and NEXUS autos on the lower deck. Bridge on the right is the old Michigan Central Bridge.....then New York Central, Penn Central, Conrail then finally CP Rail. It's now closed and track removed. You can still read...

Niagara Falls ON and Niagara Falls NY are a half mile apart and Covide aside you can buy a ticket between. In the first photo the Maple Leaf is stopped at the Niagara Falls ON station...... and in the second approaching the Niagara Falls NY station on the Whirlpool Bridge.

Why should CN be required to construct a Wye or Loop for VIA? The cost would be prohibitive and there is no need. Sure a Park Car was nice but at what cost? Now it looks like the bi-directional concept with the F40s just running around the consist is going to work just fine. If VIA is looking...

Although other 'International Borders' with Canada won't reopen until September....this one did reopen last week along with the US Border: the 'France-Canada' Border between St- Pierre and Newfoundland and the first time French citizens have been able to 'drive' to Canada on the first...

Nostalgia! The Adirondack at Montreal CP Windsor Station before it moved to CN Central Station in 1986

Thanks!

The Adirondack uses a 5.3 mile lightly used portion of CN's Rouses Point Subdivision between Rouses Point and Cantic. The remainder of the Rouses Point Subdivision (37.4 miles) north of Cantic to Cannon (near St. Lambert and Jct with the Montreal-Halifax mainline) sees more traffic with freight...

I think you covered it quite well. The 'Service Manager' is a customer service position.....where the Engineer, 2nd Engineer are operating positions, handling the old conductor positions and they do not deal with the passengers.

No different than on Amtrak except it's a 'Service Manager' or attendant that scans your ticket.

Yes.....the end of the Park Car (but a Skyline will probably be added when covid restrictions ease) and the Budd coaches in the photos above are the same as on the Canadian with reversible seats and all recently refurbished. (VIA also has two Ren Coaches in this consist and one is running in...

No need! Looks like a bi-directional train will work just fine with the locomotive only needing to run around the consist now. And it's not just ONCE AWEEK! as the Ocean will return to it's normal schedule this fall when covid restrictions are lifted. Besides.....with the arrival of ships like...