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lol yeah I forgot and did other things after I asked you about the clips oopsie

@@tiernanstrains lol its alright, i've checked at least 4 times a day since you asked me lol.

@SkysTrains oh no

... perhaps

That's the temporary measure for <32-axle Charger/Venture sets to properly shunt/trigger presence detection. Hopefully this is temporary. CN has yet to publish evidence this is actually an issue in Canada yet iirc...

lol no. I have a good mic when I remember to bring it. It's just a matter of setting the gain low enough when I record so it doesn't peak like this. I can raise the quiet bits in post. You need to experience this up close though. It's super loud and discordant!

Thanks! The trails are quite nice

The design considerations for running in Canadian conditions and regulations were different. The nose is the only really different part from what I know - the internals are much the same. Snow was a major factor. Besides that, I don't know specifics.

I agree the P42s are supposed to sound cheerful not horrid

To my knowledge those are only for when there is an incident such as a crash.

Kinda... The locomotive is the same model that Amtrak uses with some modifications, but the coaches aren't used by Amtrak.

See my reply earlier about getting rocked in a HEP I lol

It can be, but if you ride in a HEP-I car 5 every once in a while there's this BANG and the car rocks like crazy because of a bad transition

Yeah, that's still a significant issue. Even Union is low platform still. The level boarding is really nice at platform 1 at Ottawa station, and I wish they had the budget and will to update their platforms beyond what they're doing already.

It is infuriating that Via is rebuilding the platforms at London station still at low level. They are on a siding that is never used by freight trains

You may be interested in Transport Action Canada! Also, the long distance fleet is being replaced - it was announced in the last budget and confirmed very recently.

@@tiernanstrainsI’ve heard that VIA is watching Amtrak’s long distance replacement to see if they could piggyback.

@@TheRailcarbusguy Potentially, although I hope they go with something a little more customized to the needs of Canada

@@tiernanstrains They probably will. Manufactures are willing to accommodate the needs of the customer.

From my experience between Toronto and Ottawa, Metrolinx (GO Transit) is actually far worse than CN for causing delays to Via. Metrolinx will often hold a Via train at the end of the express track to allow a local GO train it had already overtaken to cut in front, causing the Via train to also then be stuck behind a slow local train

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exo will have those terrible horns too bruh

@mercedes8192 oh god, did nathan airchime stop making K5CA-LS horns or something?

These days yes, but not when I recorded that. Unless there's a breakdown, all trains from Ottawa to Quebec City via Montreal are ventures.

@@tiernanstrains great I'm coming up from California to see family and Venture sets.

@@IF_California Nice! You can also find them on every other part of the corridor now (in theory) but it's not 100%

@@tiernanstrains but all from Ottawa to Quebec City r Venture?

@@IF_California Unless one dies suddenly. The "retired" renaissance set is still spotting for them in that scenario.

not surprised

@@tiernanstrainsYeah same company

@@TheRailcarbusguy I know lol. a big panel of glowing smarties to tell you what's what doesn't need to change much between locos and decades

@@tiernanstrains pretty much lol

Thank you very much. I’ve been in all flavor of Chargers but the cabcars happened after I left.

lolll that livery is so silly they did specially time it though, apparently it was one year since Mario Peloquin took CEO

Nice! I thought I heard some extra horn at Michael St. after. You probably did, I was going to the O-Train station so I could go home. Don't hesitate to say hi if you see me in the wild! :)