MONTREAL — VIA Rail Canada cancelled two departures of its flagship train, the Vancouver-Toronto Canadian, over the weekend, in an effort to recover after a westbound train fell almost two days behind schedule [see “‘Canadian’...
http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2018/05/29-after-big-delays-via-cancels-two-canadian-trips
Brian Schmidt, Editor, Classic Trains magazine
So will the carriers now try to make one THREE days late?
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
I hope the dining car stewards were able to replenish their stock along the way so they did not have to open cans of beef stew--or whatever they do when they have more meals to serve than were planned.
I remember that the northbound Coast Starlight's steward had to buy food in Chemult, Oregon, 28 years ago when a freight train was derailed in one of the tunnels across the Cascades--so he could provide dinner for the passengers (we reached Seattle ten hours late).
Johnny
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