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Yes, they nare available if needed - on standby. These guard sets would be the first thing to go if there was insufficient equipment...

Not necessarily. The Corridor rotation now includes guard sets: 2 Venture, 2 LRC and 1 HEP. Plus, up to four LRC sets have been...

Already cancelled from Feb 9, 2025 and likely extending into the spring of 2026: several trains just evaporated, due to 'operational...

IC what you did there. ALTOruistic! :cool:

Staging *something* along the corridor seems intuitively smart, yes. But I would question whether crews can be staged in a useful way...

You heard it here first, but OSEs are the only thing that looks like it will end this particular barrier imposed by CN on VIA.

Why would CN do this? They've hung their hat on the US experience and White Paper and used it to justify their speed reductions in...

Never thought the government was going to let VIA buy coaches, anyway. Lengthening trains doesn't solve the problem conclusively...

At the news conference announcing construction of ALTO's high-speed rail line in 2029, a Le Devoir reporter asked Transport Minister...

VIA executives and government ministers were brought before the TRAN[sportation] committee after the VIA train 622 debacle on August 31...

It was like a flash-freeze last night. Accumulated slush would have been in every crevice. Just not enough fusees to thaw everything?

Interesting timing based on the Brockville tribulations. Anyway, if you've been wondering about just how serviceable VIA's Ventures are...

December 10 - No 669 broke down near Mallorytown and had no power. (No 669's equipment arrived in Montreal as No 62 in the morning...

In days of yore the conductor or trainman was known as a 'baby-lifter' by some. That's because he would literally lift the baby in its...

KeithZ - First, thank you for what you've given all of us. I hope I am proven wrong. Maybe more cars will be ordered or on-board shunt...