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A train this long was the norm? Wow!
Michael what you see is probably only half the train.. 10 to 20 coaches was normal.
A-B-B-B on a corridor train? 10-20 cars was the norm. That is hard to fathom these days.
Mike: Depending on time of year, day of week, 4 units very common. As was up to 20 coaches. The decline of passenger trains in this country still sickens me. I blame the Mulroney Cuts of 1990. People then perceived train travel as a thing of the past. No money=no maintenance. A friend and I went into the VIAshack at Sturgeon Falls around that time to check on the Montreal portion of the Canadian. The place had broken windows, was dirty, no clock, etc….and there was a note on the wall “For arrival times call Travel Agency (in town)”. And there was no phone. The government continued to push that “Ridership was down”. Small wonder.
All those B units and a red VIA on the nose of the FPA-4. Back when people took the train to go “anywhere”. And they were available. Thanks Arnold.