by NS VIA FAN
It’s being reported in Don Philips column in Trains Magazine the Canadian may be rerouted on CP along the scenic north shore of Lake Superior between Sudbury-White River-Thunder Bay and Winnipeg and this reinforces the rumor that VIA’s president would also like to see this reroute happen.
Operationally.....it doesn’t appear that it would be too difficult to run on CP north of Superior. The westbound Canadian already leaves CN at Boyne/Reynolds and enters CP for 90 miles of directional running near Parry Sound.....but instead of switching back to CN at Wanup (near Sudbury) it could just continue west through downtown Sudbury stopping at the CP Station that the White River RDC does now.
(Speculation here: Would the Canadian make the stops the White River RDC does now...with those RDCs being transferred to cover the remote service obligation on CN (Capreol-Hornepayne-Sioux Lookout-Winnipeg) that would lose passenger service with the reroute?)
To reach the Winnipeg VIA Station.....the Canadian could use a 4 mile connecting track (xCN Pine Falls Sub) on the east side of the city from CP at Manson/Pine Jct to CN at Beach Jct. My SPV Railroad Atlas shows this entire track still in place as the Central Manitoba Railway.
Eastbound, the Canadian would run on CP across northern Ontario......then go back on CN at the Wanup/St Cloud diamond where directional running begins (and its current route)south of Sudbury
It’s all mainline track except for a short 4 mile connection track in Winnipeg and looking at Google Maps……that connection appears to see regular use so probably some minor upgrading to passenger train standards. This is the same track the Canadian previously used in the '80s after VIA combined all services at the former CN Winnipeg Station.
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Operationally.....it doesn’t appear that it would be too difficult to run on CP north of Superior. The westbound Canadian already leaves CN at Boyne/Reynolds and enters CP for 90 miles of directional running near Parry Sound.....but instead of switching back to CN at Wanup (near Sudbury) it could just continue west through downtown Sudbury stopping at the CP Station that the White River RDC does now.
(Speculation here: Would the Canadian make the stops the White River RDC does now...with those RDCs being transferred to cover the remote service obligation on CN (Capreol-Hornepayne-Sioux Lookout-Winnipeg) that would lose passenger service with the reroute?)
To reach the Winnipeg VIA Station.....the Canadian could use a 4 mile connecting track (xCN Pine Falls Sub) on the east side of the city from CP at Manson/Pine Jct to CN at Beach Jct. My SPV Railroad Atlas shows this entire track still in place as the Central Manitoba Railway.
Eastbound, the Canadian would run on CP across northern Ontario......then go back on CN at the Wanup/St Cloud diamond where directional running begins (and its current route)south of Sudbury
It’s all mainline track except for a short 4 mile connection track in Winnipeg and looking at Google Maps……that connection appears to see regular use so probably some minor upgrading to passenger train standards. This is the same track the Canadian previously used in the '80s after VIA combined all services at the former CN Winnipeg Station.
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