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Re: Eastern Canadian railfan ideas?

 by Montrealrail ¦  Fri Sep 28, 2012 2:46 am ¦  Forum: Canadian Railfan ¦  Topic: Eastern Canadian railfan ideas? ¦  Replies: 1 ¦  Views: 7669

Eastern Canada for scenery here's my suggestions.. CN are the most known mainline to railfanning,especially the Kinston sub and the Ste-Hyacinthe sub..some great place for scenery there,over Kingston sub,you will have a long section where the 401 and Higway 20 will following the tracks and from Onta...

Re: Extreme Railfan in BC

 by Montrealrail ¦  Fri Sep 28, 2012 1:58 am ¦  Forum: Canadian Railfan ¦  Topic: Extreme Railfan in BC ¦  Replies: 1 ¦  Views: 7514

Peopple can be drunk everywhere...
but he was very lucky to not get strucked by the train..

Re: Former Montréal Commuter Routes

 by Montrealrail ¦  Fri Sep 28, 2012 1:52 am ¦  Forum: Canadian Railfan ¦  Topic: Former Montréal Commuter Routes ¦  Replies: 10 ¦  Views: 10517

the second link are good to explain Montral's commuter train history,but,they forgot to say 3 things in 1992,a temporary commuter train was in service for the summer,to hepl motorists that they used metropilitan highway,cause it was closed for major refection works.. Temporary commuter train was run...

Re: Railfans on YouTube

 by Montrealrail ¦  Mon Sep 24, 2012 10:25 am ¦  Forum: Photography & Video ¦  Topic: Railfans on YouTube ¦  Replies: 29 ¦  Views: 20106

I started by the same way,but now,I have a good camera,not a HD one but,I got a good quality,compared to my first videos.. But I get some funny shots that I put online.. the shave and haircut http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzoGytwNhwY camera fall in water http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyACAL9aZD4 t...

Re: iPhone 5 panoramic mode: What it means for railfans

 by Montrealrail ¦  Mon Sep 24, 2012 9:52 am ¦  Forum: Photography & Video ¦  Topic: iPhone 5 panoramic mode: What it means for railfans ¦  Replies: 6 ¦  Views: 9558

friend of my get the Iphone 5,he was one of the first to get one,and he had a try with panoramic mode first,he had to choose the starting point,press the buton and turning slowly,following the arrow showed in the creen,ass soon the arrow is out,the picture is worked by the computer and after,we can ...

Re: What's the deal with train shows these days?

 by Montrealrail ¦  Mon Sep 24, 2012 9:36 am ¦  Forum: Toy Trains, Model Railroading, Outdoor and Live Steam ¦  Topic: What's the deal with train shows these days? ¦  Replies: 26 ¦  Views: 10569

here in Montral,we have few model trains shows,we used to get the MRMA Canada-Central open house,2 times a year,but it's now over cause the club is now closed and searching for a new local.. andd we have another show,twice a year too,it's Expo-Modelist event,that regrouping all kind of modeling,like...

Re: Railfan photography

 by Montrealrail ¦  Mon Sep 17, 2012 10:49 pm ¦  Forum: Photography & Video ¦  Topic: Railfan photography ¦  Replies: 42 ¦  Views: 29582

I use to take night shots sometime,to do it,I bring a 4 flashes set,wireless trigger and I wait for the train.. and I can get moving train at ISO 800,1/125 second and F 3,5 http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=384174& and the other way I use to do is a long exposure at !SO 200, F/5,6 and...

Re: removing paint from plastic shells

 by Montrealrail ¦  Mon Sep 17, 2012 9:47 pm ¦  Forum: Toy Trains, Model Railroading, Outdoor and Live Steam ¦  Topic: removing paint from plastic shells ¦  Replies: 10 ¦  Views: 6749

I have a Athearn blue box heavy weight passenger car,the painted with some bad spots,and I want to ask wath should I use to remove the paint,cause I want to repeint it to make the CN wet noodle Harisson business car
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Re: ALP-45DP Thread

 by Montrealrail ¦  Mon Sep 17, 2012 9:20 pm ¦  Forum: Canadian Railfan ¦  Topic: ALP-45DP Thread ¦  Replies: 73 ¦  Views: 48068

heres some new about AMT ALP45DP the derailment cause was track too much used it's in french.from LCN notice that they used two of my videos in this reporting http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKEqUdU7nSk heres the originals videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDcqKsSG3gs& http://www.youtube.com/...

Re: What the...? Shorter trip = higher fare?

 by Montrealrail ¦  Mon Sep 17, 2012 9:06 pm ¦  Forum: Canadian Passenger Operations: AMT, Go Transit, VIA, etc. ¦  Topic: What the...? Shorter trip = higher fare? ¦  Replies: 7 ¦  Views: 4823

The shortest trip for the highest fare.. VIA 601,from Montreal to Pointe-aux-Trembles,the fare is 20,00$ and taxes,make 22,50$ but the thing is..we ca take the Montreal city bus and suway,to do the same destination for 3$ the distance is 45 km or around 22 miles.. and the cheapest fare for a long di...

i et the 6400 done with a Walthers VIA 6444
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLm2xVzIRNU

opportunatly both of the engines are wrecked,6400 in 2010 and 6444 in 2012

see VIA 6400 and 6444 in this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqPi5pc9UFY

Re: ALP-45DP Thread

 by Montrealrail ¦  Mon Mar 26, 2012 9:22 pm ¦  Forum: Canadian Railfan ¦  Topic: ALP-45DP Thread ¦  Replies: 73 ¦  Views: 48068

some new about ALP45DP

AMT start back test on track last week end,I saw 2 ALP45DP and few multi level coach near MMC,probably they do some more test to see the tracks efficience with those locomotives...

Re: Athearn Dummy Locos & Blue Box Kits

 by Montrealrail ¦  Fri Mar 16, 2012 7:53 pm ¦  Forum: Toy Trains, Model Railroading, Outdoor and Live Steam ¦  Topic: Athearn Dummy Locos & Blue Box Kits ¦  Replies: 23 ¦  Views: 8410

the Athearn Blue Box serie are the strongest model train that I never had..
My first locomotive was an Athearn F7 with superpowered motor,and 19 years later,it still work fine,I never had to change a piece,exept for a horn,on the roof..

Re: Tragic derailment of corridor train

 by Montrealrail ¦  Fri Mar 16, 2012 7:41 pm ¦  Forum: Canadian Passenger Operations: AMT, Go Transit, VIA, etc. ¦  Topic: Tragic derailment of corridor train ¦  Replies: 96 ¦  Views: 46574

I found something special in my picture archives... I found a picture,may be the only one,with the 2 latest wrecked VIA F40 together the 6400 was pulling the 6444 to CAD Lachine,a bit more than 2 years ago,the 6444 was getting problems with motor and was going for rebuilt.. two weeks after,6400 was ...

Re: Athearn Dummy Locos & Blue Box Kits

 by Montrealrail ¦  Wed Feb 22, 2012 7:50 pm ¦  Forum: Toy Trains, Model Railroading, Outdoor and Live Steam ¦  Topic: Athearn Dummy Locos & Blue Box Kits ¦  Replies: 23 ¦  Views: 8410

If you planning to pass by Montreal,theres a hobby store in Laval,just north of Montreal,called Van-Horne Hobby..There's a lot of blue box locomotives.. Powered and dummy..lot of F-units,SD40-2 and many more,also some BUDD RDC still availiable here.. when I will pass by on next time,I will try to ge...

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