Early Morning Boarding @ Drummondville

[Lifty4ever]

whenever i am on the ocean i know when we r leaving cause i always feel the stairs folding in

[BRU11ROAD]

These Coaches are from the UK and are the ex Nightstar rolling stock for the ill fated nightime sleeper sevice though the Channel tunnel the idea was to make a rolling hotel on wheels as you can see in the film they were built to the UK loading gauge

[drum3433]

At 7:00 the crew mwmber did not precede the passenger down the stairs to assist her. Given the winter conditions I would consider that poor customer service and not in the best tradition of rail passenger service in Canada.

[RailfanAlex]

@Datsyukiandangles13 One of these days... I will!

[jamie514]

Great video. Apparently the Renaissance were subsequently taken off QC runs because they wanted to deploy rebuilt F40s there (as you see here), but the F40s were having problems accellerating these longer trains. Originally they ran with P42. Now QC trains are mostly back to 3-4 LRC coaches and F40s like 10 years ago. I think the Renaissance have finally found their niche at VIA on the Ocean and the 52/53/66/67.

[northlanderdude]

WOW that was cool ! I never saw the stairs unfold on those cars before !

they fold and unfold differently than the Budd SS cars !

[BulletNoseBetty]

@northlanderdude Actually, the unfolding stairs were a real problem in the beginning (now they're just annoying). Also, the stairs on the Budds don't fold up. They just have a lifting platform that covers the stairs.

[northlanderdude]

@BulletNoseBetty how are they annoying ?

the stairs on the budd's do fold and unfold !

as a former coach cleaner, I've examined them cause I was curious to know how they worked !

[jamie514]

@BulletNoseBetty no they fold. the old blue coaches inherited from CN were the trap type you describe, but the silver Budd fleet (at least all the ones I've seen) do have the fold up stairs. The stairs on the Renaissance equipment were replaced after a season as the british solution was not standing up to Canadian weather. What the went with was very similar to the LRC/HEP1 folding system.

[Lifty4ever]

i like the features the renaissance coaches but the seats are terrible

[TrainmasterCurt]

Those carriages look nice, they dont send those out West

[RailfanAlex]

@TrainmasterCurt No, they only run them on the corridor.

[Lifty4ever]

@RailfanAlex aand the ocean

[Lifty4ever]

@TrainmasterCurt yea but they no longer send out the skyline cars east. and i use the ocean all the time when i go on vaca

[DaringDramis]

One hour late for the Halifax-Montréal? That isn't too bad for a 20 hours trip.

[RailfanAlex]

Not bad at all. Apparently the bad weather out in the maritimes slowed them down.

[TrainmasterCurt]

@DaringDramis Yeah, and that Attendant is quite good lookin at 7:00, yum

[eugenetswong]

I'm impressed at how long you are willing to wait in the cold, just to capture an image of a train.

Thanks.

[RailfanAlex]

lol, it's fun! I wouldn't do it if it wasnt enjoyable.

[eugenetswong]

@NeoArashi Your comment doesn't make sense. Are you trying to put me down? You never did what?

[NeoArashi]

@eugenetswong True Railfans will be willing to wait under any weather. Some people wait in the cold like this guy. I once waited under sever thunderstorm. (though when the train left the station, the weather had calmed down)

[truerailfan01]

I love this video! I like the new Via Rail cars.

[RailfanAlex]

Thanks!

[truerailfan01]

You Welcome!What was the first F40PH locomotive number?

[RailfanAlex]

I'm pretty sure it was 6443.

[truerailfan01]

Oh ok Via Rail is rebulding F40PH's really fast they started with the lowest locomotives numbers and now they starting with the highest locomotives numbers.

[RailfanAlex]

They are not rebuilding them in order of their numbers, they picked them randomly it seems.

[truerailfan01]

Oh ok!

[bonsai099]

Hello,

Est-ce une F40-Ph La deuxième loco du consist (4:57)?

Si oui l'espèce de carré à l'arrière de la loco sert à quoi?

[RailfanAlex]

Sont tous des F40PH-2. Le "doghouse" c'est pour le générateur HEP.

[CSXRP]

No horn?

[RailfanAlex]

Quiet zone in town.

[CoasterFan2105]

Cool! Too bad VIA had to put that really stupid looking 3rd headlight on the F40's...

[RailfanAlex]

It does look a little odd at first for sure.