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Ontario Northland/Northern Ontario Transportation
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Back in the day, when the train pulled in to the station on a snowy day, the swirls of snow were epic!
lenaitch
Senior Member
I imagine they hoping (praying?) that VIA and/of Siemens come up with a fix. I don't know the foundations of the unreliability and to what extent it is cold related. It sounds to my uneducated brain that it is a reliability problem, not an electrical capacity problem. The Northlander will only be a 3-car set. It might even be a communication/connection problem rather than a generation problem.
Maybe Lucas Electrics had the contract (anybody who has owned/worked on British vehicles will get it).
dowlingm
Senior Member
Doug Bardeau at groups.io posted the 2010 Northlander schedule. Here's the southbound:
Dep Cochrane 0720, Porquis Jct 0820, Matheson 0855, North Bay 1355, Washago 1630, arr Toronto 1915.
Shuttle Timmins 0745 South Porcupine 0755 Matheson 0840.
So it's likely that there will be two or more non-revenue hours South Porcupine-Cochrane and v/v every day, and a slower trip (55 mins "Timmins">Matheson rail, 55 mins Timmins>Matheson bus)
Hope the votes are worth it.
Dep Cochrane 0720, Porquis Jct 0820, Matheson 0855, North Bay 1355, Washago 1630, arr Toronto 1915.
Shuttle Timmins 0745 South Porcupine 0755 Matheson 0840.
So it's likely that there will be two or more non-revenue hours South Porcupine-Cochrane and v/v every day, and a slower trip (55 mins "Timmins">Matheson rail, 55 mins Timmins>Matheson bus)
Hope the votes are worth it.
Bordercollie
Senior Member
They took two VIA simens sets and tested them in the north. They both crapped out and CN had to tow them.
Seeing that they added F40'S to the VIA sets it's not looking good.
Bordercollie
Senior Member
They are all scrapped. Rapid has one at TMC
Allandale25
Senior Member
Bojaxs
Senior Member
Oh boy... not good.
Does Siemens need to design a separate Charger model that can handle colder temperatures?
nfitz
Superstar
Perhaps VIA should start buying locomotives from colder climes - Idaho instead of California.
micheal_can
Senior Member
That shows how out of touch you are to the reasons this is coming back.
And yes, the votes will be worth it. However, it is irrelevant how we vote as to what services we get,.
Admiral Beez
Superstar
It’s not intended as the cottager express.
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Is ONR going to have to introduce 3rd class “poor cars” to accommodate those riding past the millionaire retreats, into, well, the northlands?
Toronto's long-awaited direct train to Muskoka is closer than ever to reality
Toronto is officially one step closer to getting a direct train to Muskoka as the long-awaited Northlander prepares to return to Ontario's rail netwo…
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Is ONR going to have to introduce 3rd class “poor cars” to accommodate those riding past the millionaire retreats, into, well, the northlands?
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micheal_can
Senior Member
What?It’s not intended as the cottager express.
Toronto's long-awaited direct train to Muskoka is closer than ever to reality
Toronto is officially one step closer to getting a direct train to Muskoka as the long-awaited Northlander prepares to return to Ontario's rail netwo…
Is ONL going to have to introduce 3rd class “poor cars” to accommodate those riding past the millionaire retreats, into, well, the northlands?
First, it is ONR. Not sure what L is.
Second, it sounds like there are 2 classes Economy and Business.
SaugeenJunction
Senior Member
You’re thinking of the former TEE trainsets. Yes, a locomotive and a coach remain, rotting away in Northern Ontario. See here.
reaperexpress
Senior Member
The rotting TEE coaches in North Bay are here (Google Maps link):
The preserved TEE sets have been repainted to TEE colours, except one cab car which is repainted to Northlander colours. Here they are being relocated to an undisclosed location in Leek, Netherlands:
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christine
New Member
Polar Bear Express branded FP-7 2002 has been sitting in the OVR yard, neglected for over a decade.