Recent content by ENR3870

There was a study done a few years back that shows trucks do about 20,000 times more damage than a car.

I guess they wouldn't have to pay for the truck to use the road, but the damage done by trucks to the roadways.

Not to mention the taxpayers who have to pay for all those trucks using the road. And yes, truckers do pay taxes on the highways but not nearly as much as the railroad pays for its infrastructure.

I think Norske would ship with RailAmerica again if CP was gone. CP forces RailAmerica to interchange with them at Vancouver, after cars are interchanged with CP, they are left in Coquitlam for weeks on end. With CP out of the picture, RailAmerica could rebuild the spur into Norske's Crofton...

It is possible to get the traffic back. Norske Canada would like to use the railroad but they want CP and RailAmerica gone.

Get the traffic back?

RailAmerica has annouced they are shutting down the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway in early 2005 due to continued loss of freight traffic. The E&N has been experiencing a decline in freight traffic since they lost the Port Alberni Pulp Mill in late 2001. This does not mean that the E&N will be...

Yep. 6130, ex-CP 9057, built in 1954 6133, ex-CP 9058, nee Dominion Atlantic 9058, built in 1956 6135, ex-CP 9072, built in 1958 6148, ex-CP RDC2m 9305, nee CP RDC2 9114, built in 1957

Yeah, if it wasn't for the GP38's, the ditch lights on the RDC's, and the VIA Rail paint schemes, you'd swear it was the 1950's.

Old Rock Island grain hopper, seen here in the yard at Victoria. Two E&N GP38's ready to leave Victoria. VIA 6133 in the yard. More shots of 6133. This is probably the last time 6133 will be in Victoria as it is supposed to be send east for scrapping soon. Good as...

The E&N Railway is supposed to be getting a pair of SW1500's to replace the two GP38's as the lease for the two units expires at the end of the year. The SW1500's are ex-Southern Pacific and are currently working on the Central Oregon & Pacific. Glenn Migneault, VP of the E&N Division has been...

VIA 6148 will be repaired. It will be out of service for 3-4 weeks while they hack up the 6133 to repair it. For the mean time RDC1 6135 will be handling the passenger trains. When the freight crew brought 6148 back today it looks as if they had to cut the gravel truck free. The other...

Hopefully they can repair it, if not, get that 6133 back in service.

VIA RDC 6148 collided with a loaded gravel truck near Chemainus, BC yesterday around 10 in the morning on the northbound trip, completely destroying the cab on the lead end of the car. Engineer managed to get out of the cab before the collision, and some passengers recieved minor injuries. VIA...

Unfortunately style has given way to practicality. Hood locomotives, with easy to access parts for fast repair, that are cheaper to build than a carbody locomotive like an E or F unit. Not to mention that the carbody locomotives are a pain in the a** if you have to make a long reverse move.