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Saw a Charger train set in Union today. Looks pretty beat up.
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Today's VIA Nos 67/79 featured the augmented Set 12/7 consist with 32 axles total. The first use of this set since its June 3 test. Despite departing Montreal 28 minutes late, apparently on an unplanned basis, with its CN-approved axle count and track speed, it only lost another 17 minutes all the way to Toronto, arriving only (!) 45 minutes late. Could this be the only non-doublavay Venture run on the CN Kingston Sub since last October's CN-imposed crossing speed reductions that was able to operate at normal speeds? I think so. Is this better than tacking on two stainless-steel cars for Ventures to drag around? Yes. Did I suggest that back in October and wonder why VIA took so long to see things my way? Also yes. Railfans are flocking trackside to see if they can spot any discernible difference, requiring the use of both hands to count! Enjoy!!
 
Trackside_Treasure said:
Today's VIA Nos 67/79 featured the augmented Set 12/7 consist with 32 axles total. The first use of this set since its June 3 test. Despite departing Montreal 28 minutes late, apparently on an unplanned basis, with its CN-approved axle count and track speed, it only lost another 17 minutes all the way to Toronto, arriving only (!) 45 minutes late. Could this be the only non-doublavay Venture run on the CN Kingston Sub since last October's CN-imposed crossing speed reductions that was able to operate at normal speeds? I think so. Is this better than tacking on two stainless-steel cars for Ventures to drag around? Yes. Did I suggest that back in October and wonder why VIA took so long to see things my way? Also yes. Railfans are flocking trackside to see if they can spot any discernible difference, requiring the use of both hands to count! Enjoy!!
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Interesting that even if the report on groups.io was right about 2211-7cars being disassembled was right at the time, the inference drawn that the testing was being abandoned was clearly not.
 
dowlingm said:
Interesting that even if the report on groups.io was right about 2211-7cars being disassembled was right at the time, the inference drawn that the testing was being abandoned was clearly not.
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So you're suggesting they have a plan? I am seriously wondering if this augmented consist revenue run is a direct response to the outcome of the Quebec Superior Court case i.e why now? Just like the buffer car situation, it again has to be citizen science to advance theories rather than VIA clearly enunciating what they're doing with their brand-new trains!
 
dowlingm said:
VIA told to “propose their own cuts”
www.thestar.com

Suggest your own spending cuts, Carney government tells CBC, Via Rail and other Crown corporations

Nearly all government departments and federally-funded organizations are expected to propose "savings" of up to 15 per cent of their spending in the next three years.
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9bn for defence and cutting the CBC and VIA feels like Carney’s version of Trudeau’s pipeline - it ain’t gonna make Alberta love him any more than they did JT
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Something similar happened in 2012 (when the Canadian was cut from 3 to 2 tph outside the summer season), but at two trains per week passing through Alberta and three trains per week terminating at its Western-most edge, I‘m not sure what VIA could possibly be cutting in Alberta…
 
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Urban Sky said:
At two trains per week passing through Alberta and three trains per week terminating at its Western-most edge, I‘m not sure what VIA could possibly be cutting in Alberta…
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Not local service - just the budget of federal public services generally.
 
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