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Hopefully some will find this of interest. First part of a report from a 7 week long trip which I did a couple of months ago. It was written for a UK based group (World Rail Gen) over on groups.io Bits will refer to a term we call "loco haulage" which is popular amongst some railfans in my...

How is winter reliability (track maintenance, snow storms, big delays/cancellations) on (VIA Rail) Montreal-Ottawa or Montreal-Toronto vs. Amtrak Adirondack (NYC->Montreal) in January, please? If there is a cancellation, which one works harder (like adding extra carriages to the later trains -...

Eastbound on CP Air and Air Canada to a Transport 2000 conference in Ottawa. Then a Rapido to Montreal, and the Super Continental back to Edmonton in a Bedroom. Our son was two years old.

Unfortunately, the end of transcontinental Greyhound Lines of Canada service has pushed some problem passengers onto the infrequent and late VIA Rail "Canadian." While Greyhound sometimes has problem passengers, they are likelier to be close to scheduled times and their driver may be able to...

GO Transit has announced to electrify the Lakeshore West line between Union Station and Burlington, the Kitchener line between Union Station and Bramalea (including the Union Pearson Express), and the Lakeshore East, Barrie and Stoufville lines in their entirety. Given that they plan on buying...