This is a possibility according to don Phillips in the most recent issue of trains magazine. This was not online so I can't post a link.
Not at the expense of the current Winnipeg-Saskatoon-Edmonton-Jasper-Vancouver route.Next, the Winnipeg to Vancouver segment needs to be rerouted through Calgary and Banff ,theres really Outstanding scenery through the Rockies on this route!
I know the Loonie is down right now but the Mountaineer is too Rich for my Blood!Not at the expense of the current Winnipeg-Saskatoon-Edmonton-Jasper-Vancouver route.Next, the Winnipeg to Vancouver segment needs to be rerouted through Calgary and Banff ,theres really Outstanding scenery through the Rockies on this route!
If you want to see the outstanding scenery of the Calgary-Banff-Vancouver route......just ride the Rocky Mountaineer!
Impossible now....both CN and CP have abandoned their lines through the Ottawa Valley. CN via Brent and Pembroke and CP via Chalk River and Pembroke.If they are thinking about restoring the Canadian to its former all-CP route......well then they might as well extend it to Montreal as well.....
It's gone......besides the point of the reroute is to get off CN and onto the less busy CP transcontinental mainline across northern Ontario (and a more scenic route along the north shore of Lake Superior)What happened to the CN route east of Thunder Bay, to Longlac / Nipigon ? Is it out of service ? The CP could be used between Thunder Bay & Winnipeg, but the CN has a route east of Thunder Bay, which rejoins the CN main at Longlac. Why not use that route east of Thunder Bay ?
Armstrong, Hornepayne and Sioux Lookout would probably still see a remote service similar to what VIA was obligated to operate throughout most of the 1980s.....the last time there wasnt a transcontinental passenger train on the CN route. The thru train between Capreol and Winnipeg in the following schedule consisted of a coach cafe and a baggage-dorm where the roomettes were sold to the public. (...and I imagine a rerouted Canadian would assume the current Sudbury-White River 'RDC' stops......leaving that equipment available to move to the CN line to provide a remote service)I agree that re-routing The Canadian from the line through Armstrong, Sioux Lookout, et al, would result in those communities raising quite the fuss, as they a long ways away from alternate transportation.
That line was out of service for several years then removed. Here's the abandoned route through Beardmore ON in June 2012I was up in Thunder Bay 2010 - 2012, & the CN rails are still there between Thunder Bay & Longlac, just out of service for some reason or another.........
Operationally, I do not know what the plans are for the Canadian between Sudbury and Toronto as a portion of this route is Directional Running Territory so I assume it would remain status-quo.If it turns out that the route will be all CP from Winnipeg east, that is fine by me.
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