Canadian Railroads > Photos of VIA #6434 being loaded aboard ship in Churchill

Here's an article with photos of the VIA locomotive being loaded aboard the M.V. Nunalik :

http://churchillpolarbears.org/2017/10/train-leaving-churchill-by-sea/

Does anyone know what ship that is ?

Bill Miller
Galt, ON

CCMF Wrote:
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> Does anyone know what ship that is ?

M.V. Nunalik

Thank-you !

Bill Miller
Galt, ON

What about the passenger cars? 

They're loaded on the same ship...the Park car is going on the top deck so they can sell tickets for those
looking for rare mileage :)



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/18/17 14:28 by DTrainshooter.

andersonb109 Wrote:
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> What about the passenger cars?

Here's the train:

6434 6402 bag 8601 coaches 8105 8118 Diner 8418 York sleeper 8222 Chateau Richelileu. 

There was talk for awhile that the townspeople of Churchill were going to hold the train hostage as "insurance" to assure that the rail line would be rebuilt.

Such a scenario is not unprecedented. When NdeM was being disbanded and the Mexican rail system was being privatised, many towns and cities were very angry about losing passenger and freight service, and many branch lines were being abandoned. Iguala, Guerrero, located on the Mexico City - Cuernavaca - Balsas branch, was one such town being so victimized. The townspeople "captured" a freight train out of anger and disgust. NdeM and the Government thought the easiest approach was to just let the townspeople have it and went ahead and abandoned the line.

The train remains there to this day.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/18/17 15:41 by CA_Sou_MA_Agent.

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DTrainshooter Wrote:
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> They're loaded on the same ship...the Park car is
> going on the top deck so they can sell tickets for
> those
> looking for rare mileage :)


No Park car!