The Ocean, Moncton to Montreal (purposely picked the day that the only Budd consist in the rotation was operating). That was in September, 2005.
All my other rides have been on Corridor trains, at various times between February, 2004 and September, 2007. The segments I've covered were:
Niagara Falls-Toronto round trip and a half (aboard Amtrak to/from NYC; the half was continuation of my trip from Montreal)
Toronto-Ottawa round trip
Montreal-Toronto (continuation of my trip off the Ocean above)
London-Kitchener-Toronto and Toronto-Brantford-London (one round trip)
I would like to ride the rest of the Corridor segments I am missing someday (London-Sarnia, London-Windsor, Montreal-Ottawa, and Montreal-Quebec City). I would especially love to ride the Malahat, as I have always been a Budd car fan, and sadly for me, missed chances to ride Budds under their own power in regular service here at home, in Maryland, and in New York.
Checking out the schedules, I have found it JUST possible to spend a day riding the Corridor Triangle (Toronto-Ottawa, Ottawa-Montreal, and Montreal-Toronto) in one day. It was workable in both directions using Toronto as my starting point, but both required catching the first train out of Toronto on a weekday and ending on either the last train out of Ottawa or Montreal. Makes for a long, but nice day riding....
All my other rides have been on Corridor trains, at various times between February, 2004 and September, 2007. The segments I've covered were:
Niagara Falls-Toronto round trip and a half (aboard Amtrak to/from NYC; the half was continuation of my trip from Montreal)
Toronto-Ottawa round trip
Montreal-Toronto (continuation of my trip off the Ocean above)
London-Kitchener-Toronto and Toronto-Brantford-London (one round trip)
I would like to ride the rest of the Corridor segments I am missing someday (London-Sarnia, London-Windsor, Montreal-Ottawa, and Montreal-Quebec City). I would especially love to ride the Malahat, as I have always been a Budd car fan, and sadly for me, missed chances to ride Budds under their own power in regular service here at home, in Maryland, and in New York.
Checking out the schedules, I have found it JUST possible to spend a day riding the Corridor Triangle (Toronto-Ottawa, Ottawa-Montreal, and Montreal-Toronto) in one day. It was workable in both directions using Toronto as my starting point, but both required catching the first train out of Toronto on a weekday and ending on either the last train out of Ottawa or Montreal. Makes for a long, but nice day riding....
"CSX Detector. Milepost Six Point Four. No Defects. Repeat: No Defects. Total Axles Seven Four Seven. Detector Out"