Passenger Trains > The evening rush hour in Montreal

F59PHI AMT 1320 will leave downtown Montreal at 1715 with AMT 93 for Candiac, while F59PH AMT 1343 will leave at 1740 with AMT 25 for Vaudreuil. Photo from December 13, 2016.

Michael Berry

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The poor passengers using Gare Lucien l'Allier (the former Windsor Station).  The trains have been out from beneath the old train shed for more than 40 years.  I'm not surprised that CP never built canopies to protect the commuters from the elements, cheap as they were toward the end of their passenger service, but I'm surprised that AMT hasn't sprung for platform canopies.  The passengers at the ex-CN Gare Centrale have it luxurious by comparison in their covered station.

Impressive set of horns!

mp51w Wrote:
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> Impressive set of horns!

Noise By-laws in communities adjacent to some of the overnight lay-over facilities do not permit testing of the horns before the first run in the morning....so an extra set “just in case”

ghCBNS Wrote:
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> mp51w Wrote:
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> > Impressive set of horns!
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> Noise By-laws in communities adjacent to some of
> the overnight lay-over facilities do not permit
> testing of the horns before the first run in the
> morning....so an extra set “just in case”

And if they both fail?  I was always told that they had an extra set for emergency use only.

4489 Wrote:
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> And if they both fail?  I was always told that
> they had an extra set for emergency use only.

This is beginning to sound a lot like the joke about the statistician who always brings a bomb in his carry-on bag whenever he flies somewhere.

Ray



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/15/16 10:04 by Ray_Murphy.

Do cab cars on the UTDC-style bi-levels and the "Comets" have 2 sets of horns ?

Ray_Murphy Wrote:
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> 4489 Wrote:
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> > And if they both fail?  I was always told that
> > they had an extra set for emergency use only.
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> This is beginning to sound a lot like the joke
> about the statistician who always brings a bomb in
> his carry-on bag whenever he flies somewhere.
>
> Ray

Ray I worked with a guy who I honestly think believed that.