micheal_can
Senior Member
How long would the fabrication of them take?
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Allandale25
Senior Member
South River train station being renovated as passenger rail service ready to return
Work starts this week on the 1884 South River train station to prepare it for the resumption of passenger rail service sometime during 2026.
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micheal_can
Senior Member
This was posted on the Via page yesterday. It has everyone confused on the livery as it looks different than the Via livery. So, what is it?
This was the liveries shared by the province for the return of the Northlander. To me, it looks like the top one.
Any thoughts?
SaugeenJunction
Senior Member
Well the pictures from Sacramento are of a special livery VIA train, with VIA logos, and the VIA black stripe, unlike ONTC’s livery 1 which has a dark blue stripe.
ONTC’s units are scheduled to begin production this May, so we’re still a while off from finished Northlander trains.
micheal_can
Senior Member
Why are they making one a special design that looks close to the Northlander Livery?
SaugeenJunction
Senior Member
Not sure, but special liveries are common on both passenger and freight railways.
lenaitch
Senior Member
Just a thought: contact them and ask. The worst they can do is not answer but if they do answer, any response they give will be whole lot more useful than the speculation on here.
micheal_can
Senior Member
Sounds like a good idea.
Allandale25
Senior Member
Not directly related to the restoration of passenger rail service, but this could be convenient to check out at the future Huntsville stop.
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Huntsville's historic train station to get a food vendor - Huntsville Doppler
A new eating opportunity will open in Huntsville in a historic building. It looks like […]
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micheal_can
Senior Member
I could picture them delivering to the train when it stops. I don't know about anyone else, but for me, that would be a delicious meal.Not directly related to the restoration of passenger rail service, but this could be convenient to check out at the future Huntsville stop.
Huntsville's historic train station to get a food vendor - Huntsville Doppler
A new eating opportunity will open in Huntsville in a historic building. It looks like […]
lenaitch
Senior Member
Seeing as they are targetting an opening this month their business model is clearly independent of the return of the train. Once the train returns, and particularly if they move the bus stop to the station, it will help, but both are still pretty infrequent to keep a business going.
As for service to train passengers, if it is allowed, the times are not unreasonable depending on their store hours (0750 sb, 2135 nb if they stick to the times in the business case).
As for service to train passengers, if it is allowed, the times are not unreasonable depending on their store hours (0750 sb, 2135 nb if they stick to the times in the business case).
Allandale25
Senior Member
Krypto98
Active Member
I work that line, I believe there was a connecting track from the CN side to the ONR side that bypassed the ONR yard completely. The current set up has the freight trains going through the wye and into the onr yard, the current straight ends just before Old Callander Rd,
Garuda
Active Member
It's great to see this historic train stations finding new life whilst respecting the past. Perhaps we can get an Oasis style "some might say" album cover in a few years time.South River train station being renovated as passenger rail service ready to return
Work starts this week on the 1884 South River train station to prepare it for the resumption of passenger rail service sometime during 2026.
lenaitch
Senior Member
It's on Page 66 of the Business Case:
"Reinstatement of track between the Newmarket Subdivision and North Bay station"
There used to be a connecting track between the CN Newmarket Sub and ONR at the diamond where CN continued on to Capreol and I assume they will simply re-create that.
You can sort of see it and the old CN ROW in the centre of the image (Old Callander Rd. is off-screen to the lower right). The old CN ROW runs lower right to upper left and ONR runs lower left (yard and shops to upper right (station). The notice says clearing and grubbing has already been done, which must be fairly recent since I was poking around there about a month ago. I'll have to take a look.