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Certainly one of my favourite places....Arnold's too !
And good to see ex CPR station with regularly scheduled passenger service ( other ex CP stations with intercity passenger service? Smiths Falls and ? )
VIA #1 is early today...on CP rails ( thanks to shared asset directional operations: north on CP, southbound on CN)
AND revenue (Sleeper Plus) passengers waiting to entrain !
VIA Kootenay Park handling the 'markers' ( too bad about that fence..)
At (ex) CP Parry Sound July 24, 2019 digital by S.Danko
Parry Sound past:
daily # 9
daily # 10
sdfourty
what's interesting:
for those that need to know, got some of the consist:
VIA #1 July 4 2019 at Parry Sound, 21 cars:
VIA 6437
VIA 64xx
baggage
coach
coach
Skyline
three Sleeper Plus Manor
Skyline
Dining Room ( Churchill wrap )
five Sleeper Plus Manor ( Cabot Manor, Hearne Manor)
Sleeper Plus Cornwall Manor 8317
Skyline 8517
Frontenac Dining Room 8410
Chateau Viger 8229 ( crew accommodation? )
Prestige Chateau Lauzon 88213
Prestige Chateau Salaberry 88226
Prestige Kootenay Park 88708
sdfourty
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The “witch hat” stations are iconic to the Canadian owned railroads. Gorgeous building.
Great shot. Thanks for the “wake up”. I had not been north in so long I did not know the CDN was back on daylight run thru the Sound. I’ll need to pay the Sound a visit this fall. No doubt a lot has changed.
So … am I understanding this right that there’s passenger service again at the old CP station? Or just the daylight run of the Canadian??
It has status on VIA Rail again. From the website:
“Indication on the stop sign
Boarding and detraining for train 1 westbound only
Train 2 doesn’t stop, see Parry Sound
For a stop at this station, reservations are required no later than:
Train 1: 21:20 the day prior departure
Opening Hours
Eastern Standard Time (GMT -5)”
https://www.viarail.ca/en/explore-our-destinations/stations/ontario/parry-sound-station-gallery