VIA Northern Quebec Service

[xzperu42]

They usually have one of the 3 HEP-I coaches with a galley you mentioned (8145-47), but that leaves them only one spare, so they will sometimes have to use a HEP-2 coach instead (because none of the other HEP-1 coaches has galleys)…

That probably explains why there was no food stored in my Jonquière bound coach from Montreal to Hervey-Jonction. The VIA attendant mentioned he had to go to the Senneterre car to get items. At Hervey-Jonction he set up a coffee urn and I assume brought a cart of food over (but I did not notice this perhaps it was just stored someplace in the Jonquière car).

Can the crew pass between the two trains that are coupled together?

 

[Amtrak25]

When I rode it in 2016, consist of the combined train was:

Jonquire F40
Jonquire Coach
Jonquire Baggage
Senneterre F40
Senneterre Baggage
Senneterre Coach

 

[jiml]

Can the crew pass between the two trains that are coupled together?

They would have to pass through the second F40. It's more likely that the coach without a galley was substituted at the last minute and was not loaded on this occasion. It would also make sense to store supplies in each train's baggage car.