Unused RDCs and Thunder Bay

Seeing that VIA won't bring back the Vancouver Island service,

Could they not bring the unused RDCs to Ontario and extend the White River service to Thunder Bay?

It would make sense as the Lake Superior seems to be a train to no where as it is right now. They could just have a bare bones, no amenity service, but Thunder Bay would finally get passenger service back.

Thoughts?

M.

This is something a number of rail advocacy groups have been proposing for years. I like the idea. Unfortunately VIA and CPR have no interest in following up on it.

In other news. two rebuilt RDCs have been redeployed to Jasper AB purportedly to handle one of the two consists of trains #5 and #6.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yHVeYqIjIc" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Ken V wrote:This is something a number of rail advocacy groups have been proposing for years. I like the idea. Unfortunately VIA and CPR have no interest in following up on it.

In other news. two rebuilt RDCs have been redeployed to Jasper AB purportedly to handle one of the two consists of trains #5 and #6.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yHVeYqIjIc" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I was wondering when this would happen - to have RDC's on train #5 and #6. There goes the Park Car during off season I guess - and even in-season potentially as well. Unless an RDC can haul a Park Car and VIA WANTS to continue Park Cars on this service. Next year during peak season the Panorama Cars and Park Cars are scheduled to be on this train......so not sure how all this fits in.

The RDC's would be so great running on branch lines - or actually even the northern Quebec routes.......Wonder why they haven't been put on the later as it would facilitate the "split" of the train that occurs......

jp1822 wrote:The RDC's would be so great running on branch lines - or actually even the northern Quebec routes.......Wonder why they haven't been put on the later as it would facilitate the "split" of the train that occurs......

That's an excellent question re the Jonquiere/Senneterre service and one I have wondered about for some time, especially given the necessity to run *three* locos on that route to haul 4-5 cars if the Jonquiere turntable is out of service: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHcfkvvfzwU" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; - the 3 F59PHs in that clip would have hauled 30 bilevels between them in Toronto!