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Which Canadian Passenger Train

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 30, 2004 11:57 AM
Newfie bullet was the name used by the locals.
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Posted by BentnoseWillie on Friday, January 30, 2004 6:07 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Fergus

My son!
you forgot one!

The Newfie Bullet. Yes it actually existed and they wrote books about it. Just another one of Canada's best kept secrets.
Me son -

Don't you mean the "Caribou"? I don't think that "Newfie Bullet" was its official name. I thought this name was applied to all transisland passenger trains, the last one being the Caribou.

But tis gone now, b'y, so what odds? [:o)]
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Posted by CP5415 on Thursday, January 29, 2004 11:13 PM
Ok, I've added the Bullet & the Ocean to the list.

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 29, 2004 9:55 PM
My son!
you forgot one!

The Newfie Bullet. Yes it actually existed and they wrote books about it. Just another one of Canada's best kept secrets.

Pity
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 27, 2004 6:35 PM
I'm surprised no one has chosen the Super Continental, though it came in at least 3 colour schemes, probably more. The most famous is the green, black and yellow. This paint scheme has been ripped off and used elsewhere, I think the latest is the Hudson Bay RR.
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Posted by BentnoseWillie on Tuesday, January 27, 2004 7:05 AM
VIA's Halifax-Montreal Ocean is the oldest named passenger train in North America. It has operated continuously since its inception in 1904 on the Intercolonial Railway of Canada, predating the formation of the Canadian National Railway (which included the IRC) by 25 years.

Meanwhile, I chose VIA's Bras d'Or, as it travels over my prototype. Duh! [:o)]
'Course, I'd have to model the trestle at Ottawa Brook too for maximum effect...
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 26, 2004 6:19 PM
The ONR's Little Bear mixt train would be interesting, with its boxcars, passenger cars, and canoe car.
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, January 25, 2004 8:45 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by der5997

Surprised that you don't have "The Ocean" As a train it may be the longest extant, having started, I think, way before CN, and has been continued through all the mergers and so on down to VIA today. It runs between Montreal and Halifax.


Thank You der

I went looking for this name this morning. If I recollect this is the oldest surviving run in Canada and again if I'm not mistaken was begun by the Inter Colonial Railroad (ICRR).
This would have gotten my vote if posted.
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, January 25, 2004 9:07 AM
I voted for the Canadian, but the Super Continental is also a favorite of mine.
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Posted by CP5415 on Sunday, January 25, 2004 8:46 AM
Sorry, I knew I was forgetting some.
Please forgive me

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, January 25, 2004 8:35 AM
I voted for VIA.[:)]
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Posted by der5997 on Sunday, January 25, 2004 8:34 AM
Surprised that you don't have "The Ocean" As a train it may be the longest extant, having started, I think, way before CN, and has been continued through all the mergers and so on down to VIA today. It runs between Montreal and Halifax.

"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, January 25, 2004 7:41 AM
I like Algoma central. If i had more room i would have algoma central and cnw
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Posted by CP5415 on Sunday, January 25, 2004 7:28 AM
Personally, I have two.
Both of them "Canadian" [;)]

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Which Canadian Passenger Train
Posted by CP5415 on Sunday, January 25, 2004 7:24 AM
Which one would you choose?

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