tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-372955869775302424.post7885003910195107510..comments2024-03-26T22:06:26.337-04:00Comments on Trackside Treasure: VIA's HEP Baggage Cars, Part 2Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11822288099043790296noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-372955869775302424.post-23198447607464571092013-08-12T22:15:06.751-04:002013-08-12T22:15:06.751-04:00Hi Bryan,
I'm pleased to promote Michael Hamm...Hi Bryan,<br /><br />I'm pleased to promote Michael Hammond's website because his enthusiasm and interest is obvious.<br /><br />You have raised an excellent suggestion. We've had income splitting, atom splitting and I see no reason why train splitting couldn't be added to that list. <br /><br />Generally, trains splitting at Kingston included one consist staying here, while splitting at Brockville generally included Montreal/Ottawa sections. I was usually getting a good night's sleep during the Enterprise era, save for some early-morning forays.<br /><br />That's not to say I can't cobble together something in true Trackside Treasure fashion!<br /><br />Thanks for your comments, suggestion and enthusiasm!<br />EricErichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11822288099043790296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-372955869775302424.post-61521974817012188552013-08-12T22:12:03.418-04:002013-08-12T22:12:03.418-04:00Hi Mark, Thanks for your comments, and it was good...Hi Mark, Thanks for your comments, and it was good to hear you have had some good trips by rail recently. Now the relics are preserved at Portage, instead of operating in daily CP service!<br /><br />I observed VIA 618 at Ottawa on February 7, 1994. The Rock Island lettering was still visible. The cuts to VIA service certainly made the US-acquired domes superfluous.<br /><br />Jerry LaBoda's website at passcarphotos.info has photos of some of the CB&Q and RI sister cars, though not the exact ones acquired by VIA for possible conversion. The CB&Q car was built for the Twin Cities Zephyr, 1947.<br /><br />It would indeed appear that these US baggages were shorter cars than the CP Budd equipment, and we're left to wonder how VIA would have utilized them and how they would have looked next to Budd equipment. What might have been...<br /><br />EricErichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11822288099043790296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-372955869775302424.post-66567939976003420702013-08-12T17:40:47.115-04:002013-08-12T17:40:47.115-04:00Hi,
Thanks for pointing out that Ottawa-based rai...Hi,<br /><br />Thanks for pointing out that Ottawa-based railfanning blog. I'll have to bookmark that one.<br /><br />I have an idea for future blog posts, if you haven't already covered them in the past (and I somehow missed it): VIA's Enterprise, and the combined Ottawa/Montreal trains. I seem to recall the combined trains splitting at Kingston rather than Brockville once upon a time, though I expect I'm wrong. Also, I'm not sure if you ever caught the Enterprise layover on camera, but if there is someone out there with a blog about it, it would be you!<br /><br />Regards,<br />BryanBryannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-372955869775302424.post-76977010144566198242013-08-12T10:53:43.594-04:002013-08-12T10:53:43.594-04:00Hey Eric,
Awesome post! I had the pleasure of fin...Hey Eric,<br /><br />Awesome post! I had the pleasure of finaly being on a HEP 2 corridor consist with checked bags on...you guess it, the ex UP RPO. I can also attest to your claim that the prairies aren't flat as I just completed a coast to near coast trip. I also saw the awesome CP station, angus van and RPO at Portage la Prairie.<br /><br />You spoke of the 4 former Rock Island and CBQ's bags that were bought but not converted. Where they the same as the CBQ 73'Budds used on the Cal Zephyr or did both classes differ from one another? I remember seeing and photographing a former ATSF Budd combine at the MMC, wonder if it would have been put in corridor or Churchill service had it been converted.Mark Charleboisnoreply@blogger.com