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Post by lmtengs on Sept 24, 2010 19:36:08 GMT -8
This thread is for listing the train routes you've been on. This includes the West Coast Express, Via Trains, Rocky Mountaineer, Whistler Mountaineer, AmTrack, no-longer-operating trains such as the old CP, BCR and CN passenger trains, the GO Train, tourist trains, freight trains, those little mini-trains in parks, etc...
Skytrain and LRT go in the "buses I've been on" thread.
I'll start this off...
I've been on:
*West Coast Express
*Port Alberni McLean Mill Train
*The little Stanley Park train
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 24, 2010 20:46:50 GMT -8
I've ridden the E&N dayliner (Budd cars) twice: - once as kid in the 1970's on a summer day-camp trip from Nanaimo to Parksville. - again in August 2009 for a car-free trip to Victoria (from Nanaimo) with my spouse. My trip report is shown here (reply #279): ferriesbc.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=nonBCF&action=display&thread=539&page=12I rode the forestry train at the BC Forest Museum (Duncan BC), as a kid in the 1970's). |
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Post by Mike on Sept 24, 2010 21:30:12 GMT -8
I've been on:
- Amtrak's Maple Leaf, Empire Builder and Cascades
- The GO Train
- The Kettle Valley Scenic Railway
- Kamloops Heritage Railway
- Fort Steele Heritage Train
- The Malahat Dayliner
- Stanley Park Miniature Railway
- The Royal Hudson Train (Pulled by a diesel as 2860 was out of service.)
- Port Alberni McLean Mill Train. My Dad, brother and I also went on the Lady Rose when we were there.
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Post by Kahloke on Sept 24, 2010 23:12:50 GMT -8
I haven't been on all that many trains, but here's my short list:
AMTRAK: Coast Starlight between Los Angeles and Oakland, Amtrak Cascades between Seattle and Vancouver
SPANISH TRAINS (I'm not sure what the train companies were): Barcelona to Montserrat and Barcelona to Figueres
GNER: London King's Cross to York
VIRGIN TRAINS: Edinburgh to Lake District
GWR: London Paddington to Windsor
EUROSTAR: London St. Pancras to Brussels
SNCB Belgium: Brussels to Brugge
MBTA: Old Colony Line (commuter rail for Boston)
SOUNDER: commuter rail between Tacoma and Seattle
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Post by Northern Exploration on Sept 25, 2010 19:20:10 GMT -8
I have been on the ERN and VIA Dayliner on the Island, a Dayliner from North Van to Lillooet, Dayliner once from Edmonton to Olds, AB. VIA Rail Canadian from Vancouver to Edmonton. VIA Rail Intercity overnight from Regina to Calgary. VIA Rail LRC train from Toronto to Montreal, Toronto to Ottawa, Ottawa to Montreal, numerous times each. Once on the new Renaissance cars to Montreal. I never made it on the Turbo Train that ran from Toronto to Montreal but my parents did. In Transit, GO Transit, NJ Transit, Long Island RR, DC Metro, San Fran Cable Cars and BART, Montreal, Toronto and New York Subways. I probably have ridden the subway in NYC the most of any transit system anywhere despite all the years I have lived in Toronto. Seattle, Disneyland and World Monorails  . I have been on the Edmonton Transit Light Rail only once and never the sister service in Calgary. Streetcars in Toronto, Portland and New Orleans. I want to ride the Amtrak Acela and the Agawa Canyon Railroad in Northern Ontario that has spectacular scenery. |
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Post by lmtengs on Sept 25, 2010 19:46:17 GMT -8
I never made it on the Turbo Train that ran from Toronto to Montreal but my parents did. Turbotrain... that was the one with the big jet engines on top, wasn't it? |
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Post by CN2972South on Sept 25, 2010 20:47:32 GMT -8
I've taken many trips on the E&N Dayliner(I was 5 when I took my first trip), Alberni Pacific Railway, Pacific Wilderness Railway(started my rr career working for PAW), I got a chance to ride on an E&N freight train to Victoria in 2001, Whistler Mountaineer(once as a conductor and 3 or 4 times as engineer), CN Chairman of the Board's personal train to Whistler(twice as conductor and once as engineer), countless CN/BCR freights.
Never got a chance to ride the Royal Hudson or the BCR Budd Cars.
Edit: Almost forgot, I took VIA No.1 to Jasper and back from Vancouver about 6 years ago. That was a great trip.
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Post by Mike on Sept 25, 2010 20:49:51 GMT -8
I never made it on the Turbo Train that ran from Toronto to Montreal but my parents did. Turbotrain... that was the one with the big jet engines on top, wasn't it? The TurboTrain was so named because it was powered by gas-turbines. More info here. Turbo-Train:  The train with the jet engines on top was M-497, an experiment done by the New York Central to see if high-speed trains could be run on standard unmodified track. It reached a speed of 183.68 mph(295.54 km/h)! More info here. M-497:  |
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Post by CN2972South on Sept 25, 2010 20:53:20 GMT -8
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Post by Northern Exploration on Sept 26, 2010 5:50:24 GMT -8
It was painted a nice bright yellow so stood out like a sore thumb. The jet turbines that ran it made a cool whistling sound as it zoomed along. Unfortunately it seemed to like electrical fires, and that and cost sidelined it. It was a very popular service though for passengers when they weren't stranded. Here are the Renaissance Cars that are used on the Eastern Corridor. |
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Post by lmtengs on Sept 26, 2010 8:13:11 GMT -8
It was painted a nice bright yellow so stood out like a sore thumb. The jet turbines that ran it made a cool whistling sound as it zoomed along. Unfortunately it seemed to like electrical fires, and that and cost sidelined it. It was a very popular service though for passengers when they weren't stranded. Wow! That's some pretty amazing old footage.  oops, just realized that last bit of footage is actually a model! Feeling kinda silly right now... ;D |
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Post by fargowolf on Sept 26, 2010 15:00:59 GMT -8
I've been on VIA's Super Transcontinental from Edmonton, to Kamloops and back many times. Using Dad's CN pass helps to cut the cost too. ;D And, if it counts... SkyTrain... |
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Post by WettCoast on Sept 26, 2010 19:04:04 GMT -8
I've been on VIA's Super Transcontinental from Edmonton, to Kamloops and back many times. Using Dad's CN pass helps to cut the cost too. ;D And, if it counts... SkyTrain... Were you on Via's Canadian, or Via's Super Continental? Prior to the creation of Via (in 1978) CN ran a transcontinental service from Vancouver east to Kamloops and then north-east to Jasper and then eastward to Edmonton and beyond following CN's mainline across Canada. They called their train the Super Continental. CP operated their transcontinental over their route from Vancouver to Kamloops, Revelstoke, Calgary and beyond. Their train was called the Canadian. In 1978 Via took over the operation of both transcontinentals. They ran them for a few years until budget cuts led to the discontinuation of the Super Continental over CN's northern route. Only the Canadian remained operating over CP's route. Later, in 1990, politics led to the Canadian being rerouted on to CN's route through Jasper. What I understand is that the then Member of Parliament for Yellowhead (Alberta) was instrumental in having the passenger service moved north to operate though his riding. That member of parliament was Joe Clark, a cabinet minister under Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. So, if you rode a transcontinental train through Jasper since 1990, you were on the Canadian. If you are older then I think, and rode a transcontinental before the mid 1980's then you were on the Super Continental. |
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Post by Mike C on Sept 26, 2010 19:22:19 GMT -8
VIA Rail: Skeena, E&N Dayliner, West Coast Express (which is operated by VIA Rail under contract as part of the BCRTC)
Amtrak: Cascades, Coast Starlight
If you're counting overseas stuff...
TGV: Lyon-Paris
Eurostar: London (from both Waterloo and Kings Cross)-Paris
Southwestern Railroad of Britain: London (from both Waterloo and Paddington)-Windsor
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Post by D'Elete BC in NJ on Sept 27, 2010 6:26:54 GMT -8
Prior to the creation of Via (in 1978) CN ran a transcontinental service from Vancouver east to Kamloops and then north-east to Jasper and then eastward to Edmonton and beyond following CN's mainline across Canada. They called their train the Super Continental. CP operated their transcontinental over their route from Vancouver to Kamloops, Revelstoke, Calgary and beyond. Their train was called the Canadian. In 1978 Via took over the operation of both transcontinentals. They ran them for a few years until budget cuts led to the discontinuation of the Super Continental over CN's northern route. Only the Canadian remained operating over CP's route. Later, in 1990, politics led to the Canadian being rerouted on to CN's route through Jasper. What I understand is that the then Member of Parliament for Yellowhead (Alberta) was instrumental in having the passenger service moved north to operate though his riding. That member of parliament was Joe Clark, a cabinet minister under Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. So, if you rode a transcontinental train through Jasper since 1990, you were on the Canadian. If you are older then I think, and rode a transcontinental before the mid 1980's then you were on the Super Continental. Hijacking your response to fargowolf, thanks for the history of that. I must have ridden the Super Continental during the first or second year of operation by VIA on a family trip between Vancouver and Edson. I'd have to look at some photos from the trip to see how old my brother was to determine if it was 78 or 79 though...I kinda doubt he'd remember much about the trip given he was either a newborn or 1 at the time ;D. I've also ridden the Canadian a few times from Vancouver and Mission up to North Bend and the VIA service between Montreal and Quebec City. As for NJ Transit, the AC Rail Line from Philadelphia to Atlantic City, and the Northeast Corridor from Trenton to NYC. On the other side of the Delaware, several of the Septa regional trains. As for Amtrak, the Northeast Regional from Philadelphia to NYC and Philadelphia to Raleigh-Durham, the Empire Service, and the Silver Star. Like NE, I'd like to ride the Acela service, and the Adirondack is high on my list of ' to-dos'. I've also ridden a few "tourist" trains...the Strasburg Railroad, and the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad. There are a few local trains I'd like to ride soon...Cape May Seashore Lines (two different routes), the West Chester Railroad, and the New Hope & Ivyland Railroad. Outside North America, I've ridden Scotrail Glasgow-Inverness-Wick and Wick-Inverness-Aberdeen-Edinburg. As for rapid transit, the Metrorail in Washington, DC, NYC subways, Philadelphia subways, the Riverline from Camden to Trenton, DRPA's Speedline, Skytrain, the West Coast Express, and BART. I really would like to ride the Long Island Railroad in the future. |
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Post by paulvanb on Aug 1, 2014 12:42:24 GMT -8
Currently in Cinque Terre. Lots of trains, mostly passenger. Saw some freight action. Riding the inter city trains is how disgusting the toilets are. You don't flush - it all falls on the tracks below.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Aug 1, 2014 12:47:01 GMT -8
Currently in Cinque Terre. Lots of trains, mostly passenger. Saw some freight action. Riding the inter city trains is how disgusting the toilets are. You don't flush - it all falls on the tracks below. I had Nanaimo friends visit Cinque Terre, in May. I love the scenes of the isolated oceanside towns. |
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Post by paulvanb on Aug 1, 2014 22:28:40 GMT -8
Currently in Cinque Terre. Lots of trains, mostly passenger. Saw some freight action. Riding the inter city trains is how disgusting the toilets are. You don't flush - it all falls on the tracks below. I had Nanaimo friends visit Cinque Terre, in May. I love the scenes of the isolated oceanside towns. Some the stations are almost underground. I shot a short video where the village we are staying in looks like a model railroad scene. Much of the trackage is underground. Quite a feat of engineering. |
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. I have been on the Edmonton Transit Light Rail only once and never the sister service in Calgary. Streetcars in Toronto, Portland and New Orleans.
