Comments on: 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 http://www.railpictures.ca The BEST Canadian photos on the Internet, eh? Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:07:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Stephen C. Host http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=38401#comment-34260 Stephen C. Host Wed, 31 Jul 2019 01:36:46 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/DSC_2404-2-1280x989.jpg#comment-34260 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 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

]]> By: Todd Steinman http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=38401#comment-34248 Todd Steinman Tue, 30 Jul 2019 21:30:56 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/DSC_2404-2-1280x989.jpg#comment-34248 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?? 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??

]]> By: awmooney http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=38401#comment-34242 awmooney Tue, 30 Jul 2019 13:21:12 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/DSC_2404-2-1280x989.jpg#comment-34242 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. 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.

]]> By: PRR5406 http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=38401#comment-34240 PRR5406 Tue, 30 Jul 2019 12:48:57 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/DSC_2404-2-1280x989.jpg#comment-34240 The "witch hat" stations are iconic to the Canadian owned railroads. Gorgeous building. The “witch hat” stations are iconic to the Canadian owned railroads. Gorgeous building.

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