Name: Canadian Canyons Scale: N (1:160) Size: 5′-7″ x 8′-0″ Prototypes: Canadian National, Canadian Pacific Locale: British Columbia, Canada Era: 2015 to present day Style: multilevel, island Mainline run: 113 feet Minimum radius: 13″ Minimum turnout: Peco code 55 medium Maximum grade: 1.9 percent (in helix) Benchwork: free-standing sectional Height: 40″ Roadbed: Midwest cork strips […]
The westbound Canadian is running 15 hours late on Oct. 14, 2018, as it meets its eastbound counterpart in this shot from the eastbound train. VIA Rail Canada has again adjusted the 2019 Canadian, addressing sightseeing and intermediate-stop issues. Bob Johnston A comparison of VIA’s current and 2019 schedules for the Canadian (click to enlarge). […]
VIA Rail Canada’s flagship Canadian pauses at Sioux Lookout, Ontario, on Oct. 15, 2018. Bob Johnston Dining car Palliser may be more than 60 years old, but it looks flawless as it awaits dinner service as the eastbound Canadian rolls through a sparsely populated portion of Ontario. Bob Johnston SIOUX LOOKOUT, Ont. — The official […]
Canadian Pacific CALGARY, Alberta — Canadian Pacific has developed a high-tech solution to a problem that has long bedeviled railroads: The feast or famine volume swings in intermodal traffic over the course of a week. Like most railroads, CP saw a flood of intermodal traffic arrive at its terminals Wednesday through Friday, with much lower […]
Bob Johnston/ TRAINS: Steve Sweeney JASPER, Alta. — VIA Rail Canada will drastically alter the Canadian’s train’s schedule and days of operation next spring and summer. Beginning April 29, 2019, westbound and May 1 eastbound, VIA’s Toronto to Vancouver, B.C., flagship train will revert to tri-weekly service after the bi-weekly cutback ends, but only on […]
Canadian National CALGARY, Alberta — Canadian shipments of crude by rail, which are already moving at record volumes to the U.S., could double by the end of 2019 as tight pipeline capacity forces oil producers to turn to railroads. With pipeline capacity maxed out in Canada, the proposed Trans Mountain pipeline dealt a blow by […]
The 2018 National Train Show was held Aug. 10-12, 2018, in Kansas City, Mo. Here are some of the items that were on display at the show. You’ll find additional model railroading products in part 1 of our report. You can also watch video highlights of the show. Athearn HO scale American Car & Foundry […]
The 2018 National Train Show was held Aug. 10-12, 2018, in Kansas City, Mo. Here are some of the items that were on display at the show. You’ll find additional model railroading products in part 2 of our report. You can also watch video highlights of the show. Athearn Trains HO scale Norfolk Southern SD60E […]
Canadian Pacific website Union Pacific via Twitter CHICAGO — You could be whistling “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad” all the way to bank if you hire out with a Class I railroad that’s having a hard time finding new employees. As the job market tightens and rail traffic climbs, Union Pacific and BNSF Railway […]
TORONTO — VIA Rail Canada’s Canadian is notorious for delays. But a trip this week from Toronto to Vancouver is proving to be spectacularly late, even by VIA standards. The CBC reports that as of Thursday afternoon, the westbound Canadian was some 45 hours behind schedule, after leaving Toronto 26 hours late. While VIA has […]
CHICAGO — Rising intermodal volumes in Chicago have prompted Canadian Pacific to revive its Schiller Park intermodal terminal for inbound loads. CP consolidated its Chicago intermodal operations at its terminal at Bensenville Yard in 2012. The former Soo Line facility at Schiller Park remained in use as a container storage yard, spokesman Andy Cummings says, […]
A simple map showing Canadian Pacific’s new service to Ohio. Canadian Pacific CALGARY, Alberta — Canadian Pacific is extending the reach of its international intermodal service into the Ohio Valley through a partnership with a pair of Genesee & Wyoming regional railroads. The Chicago, Fort Wayne & Eastern Railroad and the Indiana & Ohio Railway […]
