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:P When present CN's president, Hunter Harrison, was with Illinois Central as their CEO, the IC had the best operating ratio in the rail industry. After being hired as CN's CEO in 1998, by Paul Tellier, he instituted IC's practice of " scheduled railroading ". Today CN's operating ratio is...

:P B & M 1566 wrote : I guess you could say its the same reason as for the B&M's train The Gull * if I just spelled it right... I'm not sure where the train went...Nova Scotia Yes, the Gull went to Nova Scotia, it travelled Boston to Halifax, over four railroads. The four roads involved were...

:P As an information point, the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy's ( CB & Q ) streamliner, known as the Pioneer Zephyr, is displayed at the Museum of Science and Industry, in Chicago. It was operated from 1934 to 1960. I toured the museum last fall..... very fascinating indeed. There is a tour a...

:P As a frequent observor of NB Southern train activity, I can add somewhat to Joey's post. At present, there are four trains a day, five days a week..... a westbound and eastbound manifest ....... a westbound and eastbound Intermodal. There are two days of the week whereby the IM does not operate, ...

:P Joe, Good News..... After an " exhaustive " search of my magazine collection ( that's o.k., gave me the opportunity to finally organize things in my garage ), I found the Trains magazine that featured CN's operation of the Bridgewater-Middleton, Nova Scotia branchline. I recall reading ...

:P I had posted this message on the New England Regional forum..... perhaps it is more appropriate to this forum. The front cover of this past May's issue of Train's Magazine, has a photo of a Rock Island RR train from 1974, the lead unit being a U-25b class engine, # 226. The MEC purchased 14 of th...

:P The front cover of this past May's issue of Trains Mag, has a photo of a Rock Island RR train, in Illinois from 1974, the lead unit being a U-25b class, # 226. The MEC purchased 14 of these units, #'s 225 to 238, for mainline service, although four were most likely used for parts only. The units ...

:P The foundation was most likely that of the sectionmen's carhouse, last used by the Maine Central, at Sawyer's River. This location was the site of the Sawyer's River RR, a logging railroad that operated until about 1936. At one time, there was a station here, as well as a freight shed etc. and th...

:P I have a 1985 timetable that includes the Fredericton - St. John RDC service, that was effective June 01 - September 14, 1985. I took several photos of the last train that left Fredericton. The timetable carded Train # 157 ( ex. Sun. ) leaving St. John @ 1630, arriving F'ton, 1815. Train # 158 ( ...