06-11-2014, 08:57 PM
Rob:
The Canadian now is a train from Toronto to Vancouver, running 2 or 3 days a week.
It started as a train from Montreal and Toronto to Vancouver, sections joining at Sudbury. In those days the Toronto section left through Weston and Woodbridge. After Sudbury, it travelled along the North shore of Lake Superior through Lakehead to Winnipeg, Regina, and Calgary. After VIA, it combined with the Super Continental and the Toronto section followed the CN to Winnipeg while the Montreal section followed the CP. They traded a few cars and then one followed CP and one CN (through Edmonton) to Vancouver.
When cuts were made, the CP route was lost. Briefly, IIRC, the train ran Montreal, Toronto, North Bay ... missing the whole Ottawa Valley.
There was a time when the train ran around Lake Simcoe -- missing Barrie on one of the legs. This let them avoid turning the train in Toronto. Before that, the train was looped around the CN Spadina roundhouse and coachyard. When the line through Barrie was cut, they did some odd manoeuvres near York University.
The Canadian now is a train from Toronto to Vancouver, running 2 or 3 days a week.
It started as a train from Montreal and Toronto to Vancouver, sections joining at Sudbury. In those days the Toronto section left through Weston and Woodbridge. After Sudbury, it travelled along the North shore of Lake Superior through Lakehead to Winnipeg, Regina, and Calgary. After VIA, it combined with the Super Continental and the Toronto section followed the CN to Winnipeg while the Montreal section followed the CP. They traded a few cars and then one followed CP and one CN (through Edmonton) to Vancouver.
When cuts were made, the CP route was lost. Briefly, IIRC, the train ran Montreal, Toronto, North Bay ... missing the whole Ottawa Valley.
There was a time when the train ran around Lake Simcoe -- missing Barrie on one of the legs. This let them avoid turning the train in Toronto. Before that, the train was looped around the CN Spadina roundhouse and coachyard. When the line through Barrie was cut, they did some odd manoeuvres near York University.
David
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.