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  1. cprted

    Railroad Watch Question

    Seems a little absurd to require a volunteer Brakeman on a tourist railroad to drop thousands on a watch ... its not like you have to make sure your train is in the hole before the hotshot express roars through ... lol I would ask some of the other volunteers what they have for a watch or ask...
  2. cprted

    Passenger Trains Along the Seattle Waterfront

    Interesting. Great shots by the way!
  3. cprted

    Passenger Trains Along the Seattle Waterfront

    Maybe I've been living under a rock, but since when does the Rocky Mountaineer go through Seattle?
  4. cprted

    Old Railway Line in Cowichan Bay Vancouver Island

    Thanks for posting the video! Very cool to see 2141 back when she was in regular service!
  5. cprted

    Why do railroads pull cars not from their own company?

    Canada and the US are each other's #1 trading partners. You know all that foreign oil politicians love to blather on about? Canada's is the US's #1 supplier of oil ;) I would suspect that the US is also Mexico's #1 trading partner as well. Think of what would happen if train cargo couldn't...
  6. cprted

    Why do railroads pull cars not from their own company?

    Don't forget the massive physical infrastructure.
  7. cprted

    Why do railroads pull cars not from their own company?

    Because not every railroad goes to every destination. A carload of widgets might move over 2-3 different railroads before it gets to where it needs to go.
  8. cprted

    Cabooses still being used?

    It's technically not a caboose, it's a "shoving platform." On trains that expect to have long backing moves, they'll use a shoving platform to give the conductor or brakeman a safe place to stand while on point.
  9. cprted

    Big Boy 4014

    Are you asking about whether it will run without a diesel in the consist? I doubt it. Mainline steam without a diesel is pretty much a thing of the past. Once in a blue moon, Canadian Pacific used to let 2816 run without a diesel in tow but even that didn't happen the last few years...
  10. cprted

    Question about VIA carreer

    "Running trades" are the operations crews ... conductors, enginemen, brakemen, etc, as opposed to "shop trades" who are the welders, diesel mechanics, etc ;)
  11. cprted

    Question about VIA carreer

    While I stand to be corrected, I believe running trades on VIA trains are provided by the host railway (CP or CN).
  12. cprted

    Wenatchee Riverfront Railway

    10 1/4" gauge?
  13. cprted

    How to sell a park train?

    http://www.discoverlivesteam.com/forsale/
  14. cprted

    CN F unit to Squamish

    No worries. I would but it'll be a couple of years before they let me fly. :(
  15. cprted

    CN F unit to Squamish

    LOL. Nope, not a pilot. BCAS Paramedic. ;)
  16. cprted

    CN F unit to Squamish

    Goes back a couple of years. BC Rail was retiring the last 3 M420s and offered one to WCRA, good working order, fresh from the road. At the time, whoever it was that was in charge of those decisions said, "thanks, but no thanks."
  17. cprted

    CN F unit to Squamish

    So WCRA is getting yet another F unit and they didn't want a BC Rail M420? :confused:


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