via rail's Canadian aug 29 2006

[danny7931]

20 vaggons? this is ussually

[Herestrau]

Such a fabulous train!

[will107]

It's rather amazing that VIA can keep those old Budd cars going and looking so great. But I have to wonder how much longer they can keep it up. Amtrak made the right choice when they bought the Superliners, Amfleet's and Viewliners.

[mdvwagner]

great video!

didn't know we have the same cars down here in buenos aires (check for "el marplatense")

greetings from the other side of america

[bagelboi66]

Great video! I never get tired of watching The Canadian, or riding on it :) Is it usual to have three locomotives for a 20 car consist? I have seen three, but only through the Rockies. Back in the day, when we had both The Canadian and Super Continental, CP would add a locomotive in Banff for the journey through the mountains. I don't know what Via does now that there is only the one route through Jasper. Does the terrain through that part of Ontario warrant the extra unit?

[kenneth11361]

It is amazing that VIA's long distance coaches are well maintained.

[gaycowboy31]

hell the whole train is really

[Kjr0se]

I think they should change the crossing signs in Canada to say Railroad Crossing, NOT Railway Crossing, like I noticed in the movie Silver Streak, like toward the end of the movie when the train was a runaway on it's way to crasing into the station in Chicago, I noticed when it was going across a crossing with flashing lights, on the crossbuck it said Railway Crossing, NOT Railroad Crossing.

[pipey61]

In Canada, crossbucks with words are being replaced with white crossbucks with red borders and no wording to avoid the bilingual signage and conform with international standards (Britian, Europe, Australia, etc.)

[TheRockettt]

Railway is the term used in countries which use Commonwealth English terms. Canada uses railway as does UK, Australia and so on. The word railroad is chiefly American.

[Kjr0se]

To me, those passenger cars look like the ones that were used in the movie Silver Streak, but painted blue and gold after the movie was filmed.

[gmcnewlook]

well parts of the movie was shot in canada, and those types of cars were with cp at time later

transfered to via rail

[matttbay]

I have to watch this video because the only place you can see a Via Train from where I live is two hours north.

[ACLTony]

What a sweet looking train! Those Budd cars are classy. Interesting that the engineer did not blow the horn for the grade crossing. Was this in a "Quiet Zone" like what we have here in the U.S?

[gmcnewlook]

yeah i think we have those too

[CPRailConductor]

It's A Rule 14(l) Restricted Area. Which Basically Means Tat The City Or Town, Has Applied To The Tansportation Safety Board To Have No Horns At These Crossings. So It Is The Same As A Quite Zone.

[ACLTony]

Thank you CP.

[gmcnewlook]

this is the usual consist for the peak season on the canadian

[itoronto1]

4 Dome Cars!!!