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Nostalgia & History > Does Anyone Remember the Canadian?Date: 08/27/16 06:38 Does Anyone Remember the Canadian? Author: YukonYeti Once "true" streamliners were the toast of the day. We had the Zephyrs, the Cannonball, Orange Blossum Special and a host of others. Now, the sole remaining streamliner that we have is VIA's Canadian.. From its first run on April 24, 1955 to its transfer to Via on October 28, 1978, it has and always will be one of North America's premier trains . It is time to take a look back: to see where we have been and where we are..
CP 1408 All Data Unknown CP 1403 - Ignace, ON July 8, 1970 Matt Herson CP 1409 All data Unknown Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 08/27/16 09:52 by YukonYeti.    Date: 08/27/16 06:41 Re: Does Anyone Remember the Canadian? Author: YukonYeti CP 1412 Cathedral September, 1976 - Unknown
CP 1411 East of Field, BC June 3, 1978 T. Moungovan CP 1407 Lower Spiral Tunnel September, 1978 R. Jennings    Date: 08/27/16 06:43 Re: Does Anyone Remember the Canadian? Author: YukonYeti CP 1407 Morants Curve September, 1978 R. Jennings
CP 1407 Hector September, 1978 - Yukon Yeti CP 1403 Toronto March 10, 1979 - Unknown    Date: 08/27/16 06:46 Re: Does Anyone Remember the Canadian? Author: YukonYeti CP 8525 Divide June, 1979 R. Jennings
CP 1414 Banff September 21, 1978 - Yukon Yeti CP 1413 Field, BC July 25, 1981 - Seidl    Date: 08/27/16 06:49 Re: Does Anyone Remember the Canadian? Author: YukonYeti CP 8514 August 14, 1979 - Location and photographer unknown
SD meets the Canadian - Calgary September 15, 1978 - Yukon Yeti CP 5025 Hector June 25, 1988 J. Seidl (A relatively rare GP35 assists)    Date: 08/27/16 06:52 Re: Does Anyone Remember the Canadian? Author: YukonYeti CP 5738 John Canyon May, 1984 R. Jennings (SD40-2 Assist)\
VIA 6311 Glenogle June, 1986 R. Jennings VIA 6312 Near Lake Louise September, 1986 R. Jennings    Date: 08/27/16 06:55 Re: Does Anyone Remember the Canadian? Author: YukonYeti VIA 6553 Golden, BC October, 1983 R. Jennings
VIA 6553 Leanchoil May 15, 1983 G. Powell VIA 6405 Jasper June, 1980 R. Jennings    Date: 08/27/16 06:57 Re: Does Anyone Remember the Canadian? Author: YukonYeti VIA 1409 Revelstoke June, 1981 R. Jennings
VIA 6446 Ashcroft, BC July 7, 2012 - Yukon Yeti The True Canadian heading off into the Sunset - Calgary, September 15, 1978 - Yukon Yeti Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/27/16 07:01 by YukonYeti.    Date: 08/27/16 07:18 Re: Does Anyone Remember the Canadian? Author: refarkas Beautiful train, spectacular scenery, great images!!! Thanks for posting these.
Bob Date: 08/27/16 07:19 Re: Does Anyone Remember the Canadian? Author: 4489 CP-1409. At Dorval QC.
Date: 08/27/16 07:26 Re: Does Anyone Remember the Canadian? Author: King_Coal Worthy topic for a thread. Managed to get a brief ride on a mini-Canadian from Ottawa to Montreal. Had a buffet dome all to myself. Didn't think about it as a business proposition at the time, just a great ride. Thanks for posting your collection of photos!
Date: 08/27/16 07:29 Re: Does Anyone Remember the Canadian? Author: The_Chief_Way Well, too bad some of the original photographers are lost to time. I love the pure GP-9 consist. If you can't have a perfect A-B-A consist, bring on the Geeps !
But, thanks for posting. Lots to see here. Date: 08/27/16 08:05 Re: Does Anyone Remember the Canadian? Author: ntharalson Yes, I remember the "Canadian" and that all Geep consist had to be rare.
I rode the train in 1975 out of Vancover and we had FP9 1405 and a Geep. At Calgary, the gGeep came off and the 1406 got added! (Numerologists should be having a field day here.) We overnighted in Montreal and on our #1, the 1405 had been replaced by an FP7. Great trip although the same menu got old about the fifth day. Nick Tharalson, Marion, IA Date: 08/27/16 08:27 Re: Does Anyone Remember the Canadian? Author: RailThunder Great shots of many different eras. Thanks for sharing!
Date: 08/27/16 08:50 Re: Does Anyone Remember the Canadian? Author: krm152 Truly a post of wonderful photos! Photo #8 and Photo #10 are my favorites.
ALLEN Date: 08/27/16 10:41 Re: Does Anyone Remember the Canadian? Author: wag216 Favorite? All of your shots are wonderful. Thanks for giving us a great show! wag216
Date: 08/27/16 12:09 Re: Does Anyone Remember the Canadian? Author: ShastaDaylight Dear Yukon,
Thanks for sharing these wonderful photos of Canada's greatest passenger train, and a personal favorite of mine. My favorite image is the first one when CP used the fancy lettering on the sides of those beautiful maroon and grey F-units! The food on board, and the attitude of the staff were always great, and even in the early years of VIA, it was still a wonderful train. Hated it when the real "Canadian" was discontinued and the name and equipment moved to the CN "Super Continental" routing. That is still a nice train, but the route is not nearly as spectacular as the CP mainline. The original CP and VIA "Canadian" ranked up there with America's finest trains, and today's train is still far better than anything Amtrak operates... Thanks again! ShastaDaylight Date: 08/27/16 12:11 Re: Does Anyone Remember the Canadian? Author: 41 LOVE IT!!
 Date: 08/27/16 12:22 Re: Does Anyone Remember the Canadian? Author: andersonb109 Pretty amazing that basically the same equipment as was introduced in 1955 can be ridden today (or at least 3 days a week/2 in Winter) albeit it on a mostly different routing. In fact, the equipment looks in better shape today then they were in the later years under CP ownership. Long may this continue, and hopefully a return to the CP Ontario routing that has been rumored.
Date: 08/27/16 15:56 Re: Does Anyone Remember the Canadian? Author: mp51w Yukon Yeti knows! It's a damn shame that this route isn't available to the average Canadian to enjoy on an affordable passenger train!
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