VIA New Corridor Trains - 2021 - 2023 Updates

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Marbleski

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Marbleski thanks for your review.

By the way your video on the former "Newfie Bullet" at Corner Brook was interesting. That must have been something to ride on.
According to the 1950 Official Guide entry, it took over 26 hours to go from Port Aux Basques to St. Johns.
Glad you enjoyed the Newfie Bullet video. The tracks were very narrow that’s for sure. Yes it was about 26 hours across the island. I would love to be able to do that trip today but preferably over 40 hours or so lol.
Thanks for the time table image. Interesting indeed.
 

danasgoodstuff

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Glad you enjoyed the Newfie Bullet video. The tracks were very narrow that’s for sure. Yes it was about 26 hours across the island. I would love to be able to do that trip today but preferably over 40 hours or so lol.
Thanks for the time table image. Interesting indeed.
Is there any chance you'll get a new Newfie train?
 

railiner

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Marbleski thanks for your review.

By the way your video on the former "Newfie Bullet" at Corner Brook was interesting. That must have been something to ride on.
According to the 1950 Official Guide entry, it took over 26 hours to go from Port Aux Basques to St. Johns.
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Wow…no wonder they were replaced by CN “Roadliner’s” on the TCH. They did it in less than half the time…
 

MccfamschoolMom

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I think they will start working on Midwest trains once they get full Venture consists too.
The Lincoln Service trains (which go past my office window daily) are running with a mix of the Venture and older cars currently, with the Business Class/cafe car always being one of the older cars. It'll certainly be nice to have information displays on Lincoln Service showing as much info as the ones on the new VIA Corridor Service trainsets!
 

Marbleski

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The Lincoln Service trains (which go past my office window daily) are running with a mix of the Venture and older cars currently, with the Business Class/cafe car always being one of the older cars. It'll certainly be nice to have information displays on Lincoln Service showing as much info as the ones on the new VIA Corridor Service trainsets!
I guess I should be happy with the new VIA information displays. I was hoping they would add the current travel speed, distance to next stop, time of arrival next stop.
 
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