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I am not talking of existing customers, but the potential of any new customers.With the RoF having their ore dealt with in SSM (and likely coming on the ACR) if there is a want or need for other industries to support it, and if it needs rail access, this line could be used. Or it becomes another...

AFAIK, it is not released anywhere, which does make sense. And, yes, it is only if the government decides to fund it will it be funded. It is still owned by CPKC. And, I agree that it also is dependent on the government wanting to spend the money to do it. However, if every few years they give...

Having those bus routes separate is good for building demand for a train. Back many pages, I learned from ONR staff at their public meetings that 4 buses a day is needed to support a train. So, having a slow roll out would be realistic. Medical things are separated into NE and NW and in...

Could that model be used here in such a way that it would provide the freight operators the slots they need as well as being able to have a robust passenger rail network?

Tap water is practically free if you compare it to how much it would cost to fill a typical bottle they sell water in. I am showing how a company has marketed something we can buy for less than pennies for the same amount. Your choice.

When I was a kid in the 1980s, bottled water was actually a form of luxury. Now a days, bottled water is a normal beverage. Back then, tap water was what we drank if we drank water.In fact, for most of us kids, it was from a hose on the side of the house. Between then and now, marketing...

Doesn't that sound a lot like the mess we have now?

My train aspirations are: Sudbury -North Bay - Toronto: An announcement like we had with the Northlander within a decade of the Northlander entering revenue service with a bus to meet it. SSM - Sudbury-... About a decade after that. Thunder Bay - ..Hopefully before the 100th anniversary of Via...

Over on the Ontario Northland thread, I did lay out how as much as I want a train to Toronto from Sudbury, building that demand through buses that connect with the future Northlander is key. So, building a line between Sudbury and Thunder Bay, the bus should be busy enough that politically, it...

Do you only use a refillable bottle and fill it from your tap?

For services that connect the various cities, yes,build it and they will come. However, the Sudbury- White River train is not that. Were it to be extended to Thunder Bay, then, less marketing would be needed. An example, the Northlander likely won't need much marketing to make it viable as it...

Could this be a great excuse to remove all level crossings once and for all? Could this also be a good excuse to go HSR? Presumably, no more crossings when they build it. Hopefully a solution is found that allows the trains to run as fast as they could and still have the signals work 100% oo...

Then you have a bad marketing team. There is a team that figured out how to make us all pay for something we have for free - water. TBH, via does not have a good marketing team.

Train 185/186 does not have any real dining services. They do sell pop, water, coffee, and tea as well as snacks like chips or chocolate bars. They are priced around the same as a convenience store. Maybe with the new fleet, some sort of simple dining car may be nice...

I am guessing you did not read how w are talking of the train 185/186. There are no sandwiches for sale. However, if we want to speak of subsidizing, each route should be able to have a full train cover the expenses to run it.

If the governments of Canada can do anything, they really know how to balloon a contract. One thing most cannot figure out .is howto bring it in under budget.

I remember seeing that somewhere too. IIRC they removed it for maintenance costs. If/when it becomes needed, it could be put back in. What I want is for it to be profitable or break even in the eyes of people like @Urban Sky. I want all routes to be that. So, how we get there is to find a way...

Maybe it is because the instrument they were using was not what was needed to get the horse to gallop. If you only have one tool, you will find it pretty useless for many tasks.

I have made a mistake.The Agawa Canyon train carries 1500when full. The trip I was on, which was the last day of the season was only 900.

Which is why aspiring for more than the Budd cars is pointless. However, aspiring that the weekend runs of it are full is not. We are talking 100 people vs 900+