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How about proper connections with the Canadian at Sudbury? A real station perhaps? Also you can take your canoe on the Canadian to head to your destination and what's wrong with that? I'm surprised people dont do it on the GO train.

I didn't say it was a good idea. I just said that those are the choices.

That won't make a difference as it has been made clear that the One trains are being maintained at TMC. It has to be Toronto or Winnipeg.

Right which is why I suggested extending the train to Winnipeg or Sudbury since it needs to go there anyway.

But there isn't much available on the used market unless you want Amfleets or Comets. I don't think you want to be using BI-Levels on that route although you could swap out the seats for something more comfortable and attach a baggage car. Also using a can car would allow you to save on axles...

But those ONR trains are being maintained at TMC by Siemens, not in North Bay. So you would still need to go to TMC or Winnipeg if they choose the same type of equipment as their legacy fleet. At which point you might as well extend the route to Winnipeg. Or every other train goes to Winnipeg.

But you would need to dead head coach cars from TMC and don't they use different stations at Sudbury? So a switching move would be required. Or just leave one car in Sudbury until it's required. You can add and remove as required.

Aren't the control stands just standard like a kit you would install? What would make them unreliable?

Don't they still have three units that were tested in the corridor? That were supposed to be used on the island?

The other issue is that since VIA pays CP per axle additional cars would make the route less profitable. Especially adding a NCPU. You would have a locomotive and a NCPU costing you money. Venture cab car can at least carry passengers or used as a baggage car. Also with the RDC you can add or...

Wouldn't it be easier to have a three car venture set rotate from TMC? You would need a bigger baggage section, but you could easily put a big door on the cab car. But then you would only have one car for passengers. So it would need to be a four car train but reliable enough with one HEP...

To do that they would need time slots of CP northbound. This train would require sleepers due to the time it takes to get to Winnipeg. But that would be a good idea since the stations already exist such as Parry Sound.

They can but it's more mileage. And a spare locomotive would need to be at Sudbury. Given the remoteness of this route this train would b They can and would need to cycle through TMC or Winnipeg. Given how remote this route is, it would require two locomotives and that is more fuel than the...

The issue with this is that they will need to rotate F40's on the Canadian through TMC or Winnipeg since all that work cannot be done in Sudbury unless they can use the CP shops.

Well since the tender hasn't even been awarded we don't know how long it will be until the new fleet arrives. It could also be that the condition that they are in now won't last until the new fleet arrives.

I would think it's more of a stop gap until the new fleet arrives.

Maybe the law won't get passed but they could come to some sort of gentleman's agreement. At least give better treatment than they are now.

Let the province and the municipality pay for the installation of CTC and upgrade the track to standard. On another note. https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews/news-wire/bill-introduced-in-parliament-to-give-via-trains-right-of-preference/

I think he means that running a passenger train in dark territory is a pain

CN is the operator for both lines so it would require their permission. Is the north line CTC enabled? Is it kept in good condition? What is the current speed limit?