As some of you know, if you're looking at a train on the Corridor in Canada you can check the train type by way of the website address for the train's information page:
HP2=Budd equipment (Head-end Power set 2)
REN=Rennaissance equipment (the stuff bought from the UK in about 2000)
LRC=LRC sets
I came across a train from Quebec to Montreal that listed as "MIX". Since I do not think VIA has stooped to hooking coaches onto the back of boxcar-laden trains on a regular basis, does anyone know what this actually means? Is it just a case of "We don't know what we're running", some sort of mixed-bag set of equipment, or something else?
Edit: For reference, it's train 27 on August 26 and the full indicating URL is:
https://reservia.viarail.ca/tools/viewclassinfo.aspx?c0=J&t0=27&e0=MIX&cc0=VIA&s=0
HP2=Budd equipment (Head-end Power set 2)
REN=Rennaissance equipment (the stuff bought from the UK in about 2000)
LRC=LRC sets
I came across a train from Quebec to Montreal that listed as "MIX". Since I do not think VIA has stooped to hooking coaches onto the back of boxcar-laden trains on a regular basis, does anyone know what this actually means? Is it just a case of "We don't know what we're running", some sort of mixed-bag set of equipment, or something else?
Edit: For reference, it's train 27 on August 26 and the full indicating URL is:
https://reservia.viarail.ca/tools/viewclassinfo.aspx?c0=J&t0=27&e0=MIX&cc0=VIA&s=0
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