Western Railroad Discussion > North to Alaska,,,well maybe just Vancouver...

Amtrak train 14 from Los Angeles Wednesday, September 9th,  will have on rear of train, properly pointed, private car "TIOGA PASS", destined Seattle.  At Seattle, car will be moved by BNSF frieght 
service to New Westminister, B.C. ( Vancouver), where car will deliver to Canadian Pacific for movement to Medicine Hat, Alberta.  From Medicine Hat, this car will escort a trainload shipment of military equipment to Becancour, Quebec, Canada via Montreal and CNR.  Upon release from escort service at Becancour, TIOGA PASS will deadhead home to Los Angeles via Albany, New York City, Pittsburgh, Chicago St. Louis, San Antonio, and Yuma.  There may be opportunities to ride along on parts of the deahead move.  Contact Norm at 760 953 9620 about Sept. 25th to inquire of space.  

TIOGA PASS

Norman Orfall
Helendale, CA
TIOGA PASS, a private railcar



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 09/08/20 00:41 by aronco.

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Wow.  Thanks for putting this out there.

Your TIOGA PASS is sure looking good Norm!

Larry

The army base near Medicine Hat (CFB Suffield) is mostly used by the British Army.

The British Army?  As long as they're not wearing red coats.

DNRY122 Wrote:
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> The British Army?  As long as they're not wearing
> red coats.

You do know that Canada is a member of the British Commonwealth of Nations, right?

And the British Army plays out here because there's a lot more room to play with the big toys then there is in the UK.