Recent content by Marbleski

Here is the video of the trains I spotted yesterday. It’s on YouTube. Hope the link works.

Thanks I took videos today of Trains 35, 26, 645, 40, 55 and 28. Bonus Train #52 …. I think it wyed at 2:10. I thought it was Train 35 from Montreal with the 2:07 arrival time. Train #35 caught me by surprise and came in shortly after. Fun day plus some needed exercise biking from one end...

Train #28 just leaving Ottawa here now.

I agree, much smaller than the Lower Berths.

I rode eastbound May 6 2022 and Oct 27 2023. Both were great. There will be more daylight hours in April. I am going again Nov 1 2024. The clocks change on night 3 so it will be dark pretty early on our last two nights.

Not one minute of doubt. The only issue was we arrived two hours early and the last morning was rushed. I did the trip with my oldest son in May 2022 and could not wait to go again. That trip was late so it was about 6 hours longer. I was hoping it we would be late again this time. I really...

Here is my Video Travelogue showing a detailed look into the daily routine of travelling 4 nights aboard Canada’s long distance Train. I show you the meals, sleeping arrangements, dome cars, activities, bathrooms, shower and scenery. I flew from St. John’s Newfoundland - the eastern most City...

Nice videos. Thanks for sharing.

Cool I am visiting Ottawa now. I might bike to the station one day this week to see some of the arrivals to and from Montreal and Toronto.

I guess I should be happy with the new VIA information displays. I was hoping they would add the current travel speed, distance to next stop, time of arrival next stop.

Yes once the TCH was completed coast to coast the passenger train was doomed.

Unfortunately there is no chance of the railway returning. Too few people spread over such a large island to make economic since.

Glad you enjoyed the Newfie Bullet video. The tracks were very narrow that’s for sure. Yes it was about 26 hours across the island. I would love to be able to do that trip today but preferably over 40 hours or so lol. Thanks for the time table image. Interesting indeed.

Hopefully they will put up the train speed, distance to next station stop and time to next stop.

BACKGROUND I was visiting my son in Ottawa recently and while there I wanted to take a sameday train ride to Montreal. I did a similar trip during my last visit in November and it was a treat. I inherited my Dad’s Railroad genes but never worked on the trains like he did. Our narrow gauge CN...