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1989 VIA Rail Western Timetables

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1989 VIA Rail Western Timetables
Posted by Kevin C. Smith on Saturday, October 24, 2020 3:33 AM

I have been looking for the schedule/timetable of VIA's Canadian and Super Continental from just before the former was switched to replace the latter's discontinuence. If I recall correctly that switch happened in January, 1990? But I can't find any source of old VIA Rail timetable online. If anyone out there in Forumland has a copy could I trouble you for a scan? Or if anyone knows of a site, perhaps post a link? Much thanks, in advance!

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Posted by Dayliner on Saturday, October 31, 2020 5:35 PM

I have a copy of the Summer/Fall VIA National Timetable, effective April 30, 1989.  Which schedules in particular are you interested in?

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Posted by ghCBNS on Saturday, October 31, 2020 6:03 PM

Just about every VIA timetable since the first 'VIA CN' one issued in April 1976 can be found here:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/6pzlmwfqm7huiwj/AADsbVzmMEPIQyJtQjZLO7Uka?dl=0

Thanks to Urban Sky who posts on several forums for this great resource!

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Posted by Kevin C. Smith on Tuesday, January 19, 2021 6:26 PM

OK, I have been trying to get logged onto the forums for almost two months now...WHAT is going on with this site?...to say thanks-the link gave me all the information I was looking for.

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Posted by BaltACD on Tuesday, January 19, 2021 8:23 PM

Kevin C. Smith
OK, I have been trying to get logged onto the forums for almost two months now...WHAT is going on with this site?...to say thanks-the link gave me all the information I was looking for.

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Posted by Kevin C. Smith on Tuesday, January 19, 2021 9:15 PM

Good Lord! I have no luck getting logged in on Edge and I am now at work sneaking in the ocasional look, using Chrome. Have they run afoul of browsers or something? I can sometimes get logged into the Trains or Classic Trains sites but I get booted out as soon as I try to enter the forums. Does anyone know if this is something that is being worked on? Does anyone know any work arounds other than downloading additional browsers?

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Posted by SD70Dude on Tuesday, January 19, 2021 9:25 PM

Firefox works great for logging in, but you can't send PMs with it.  

When using Chrome I still get that forbidden 403 error sometimes when attempting to post something.

I only use the Microsoft browsers for work, some of CN's internal systems won't work on anything else.

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