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HLCX SD40-2 on the Laggan Sub.
Last night, at 18:10, 402- 9154,9125 & HLCX 7191, ex BN SD40-2, still green, waiting on the main at the east switch MP23.8. Unit still in great shape, minus the BN logo on the cab side, with a sloppy
By Chris Davidson <Trainman79@...> · #3966 ·
Re: Dome Cars
&#65279;Hi What is the "Enterprise"? Is this the new Montreal/Toronto overnight trains 50/51? I know there are always a few Chateau or Manor sleepers kicking around, but I thought Park cars were in
By Andy McCullough · #3964 ·
Re: HO Kato CP Rail SD40-2 snoots
By Randy Hano <rlhano@...> · #3963 ·
Re: HO Kato CP Rail SD40-2 snoots
By Randy Hano <rlhano@...> · #3962 ·
Goofed on 5425
Hi guys; Sorry I goofed! Its obviously too late at night for me cause I'm not thinking straight. That 493 is a Roberts Bank train so 5425 should be found at Roberts Bank tomorrow morning, not
By Jim Johnston <johnston@...> · #3961 ·
Yellow CP 5425
Hi Kicking Horse; Thanks for the "heads-up" on that 5425. I saw it go through Salmon Arm about an hour ago. Actually by here at 2054....should be in Kamloops about 2245. Still leading with 6057
By Jim Johnston <johnston@...> · #3960 ·
Re: Kettle Valley Railroad
Les: Right from the beginning of service in 1915, passenger cars used on the Kettle Valley Railway were standard CPR passenger equipment. Until 1931, passenger equipment regularly assigned to the
By Joe Smuin <kvrailway@...> · #3959 ·
Re: Kettle Valley Railroad
- Les: The KVR was owned by the CPR. Good chance there were no passenger colours unique to the KVR. TAPMAN colors for the
By Tom Price <taprice@...> · #3958 ·
Re: The Origin Of The Station name "MARS" Laggan Sub
James: The name is MARS, or Mars. No hyphens or periods, and it wasn't an ackronym for something else. I believe it existed from the early teens until 1925. TAPMAN ask one sympathized
By Tom Price <taprice@...> · #3957 ·
Kettle Valley Railroad
I am not sure if this is the right SIG but I will ask anyway. Does anybody know where I can get information on the interior colors for the passenger cars on this railroad? Any information would be
By Les Halmos <lhalmos@...> · #3952 ·
Re: The Origin Of The Station name "MARS" Laggan Sub
I know the was not there in 1880 as this before the tunnels. Can I ask one thing is it Mars or MARS like M.A.R.S. Joe Smuin wrote:
By James E.Mack <lvrr@...> · #3956 ·
TNFH Abandonments Dept: CP
CPR Discontinues Operations on Two Rail Lines March 28, 2000 -------------------------------------------------------------- CALGARY, March 27 /CNW/ via
By Danny Boehr <dannyb2@...> · #3953 ·
CP 4511 "scud"
Photos of "happy face scud" 4511. "http://www.trainweb.org/galt-stn/cproster/locomotive/4500s/cp4511.htm" at the bottom ...... Bill
By Bill Miller <bmiller@...> · #3955 ·
Re: The Origin Of The Station name "MARS" Laggan Sub
Maybe in the 1880s, anybody at Mars station could have sympathized with the recently lost probe on Mars planet. No place wonderful and a damned long way from home! Joe Smuin Tom Price wrote:
By Joe Smuin <kvrailway@...> · #3954 ·
Re: CP 5600's equipped with UP strobe light
Reviewing "Rail Canada Vol. 3", there is a 1978 photo of UP 3124 at Coalhurst AB with ditch lights in pool service on page 69. =============== Rainer Auer Morinville, AB ===============
By RR Auer <auerr@...> · #3951 ·
The Origin Of The Station name "MARS" Laggan Sub
Hello train buffs! I work the Laggan Sub west of Calgary, and one station name remains a mystery insofar as its origin. The station was called MARS, and was a timing point (not a siding), just
By Tom Price <taprice@...> · #3950 ·
Re: Added Pictures
Does anyone know why these files appear as .bmp files after being downloaded from the files area rather than .jpg's as they were initially uploaded (and is identified in the files area for these
By Mike Salfi <msalfi@...> · #3949 ·
Re: CP extended range dynamic and fuel tanks
Right on! And those plastic bags were well-remembered by a now-deceased mechanical department supervisor who had to escort a CP Rail detour from Kamloops to Edmonton. He was called to accompany the
By Joe Smuin <kvrailway@...> · #3948 ·
Added Pictures
Greetings all, I am writing this to let you all know that I have added three pictures to the file section. The top picture is of the local power heading down the Waterloo Sub. The middle
By Chris Jajko <alcomlw@...> · #3947 ·
Re: OS Galt, Ontario
I've been on that one before. ;0) Can only remember the 8580 cause it's the newest one........Was on 428 IIRC. Going to bed, TR Jones Big Red Beaver Rail Soo District "John B. Ross" wrote:
By Thunderhawk <cjones@...> · #3946 ·