tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18600515.post8217386663795375450..comments2023-07-02T09:22:57.566-05:00Comments on Confessions of a Train Geek: Double Wrapped Math! 2 X 150 = VIA 1Canadian Train Geekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05525092107895665275noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18600515.post-65684671649999467612017-07-16T17:11:00.978-05:002017-07-16T17:11:00.978-05:00Thanks, James. The Canadian is one of the few trai...Thanks, James. The Canadian is one of the few trains that looks as good leaving as it does coming!Canadian Train Geekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05525092107895665275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18600515.post-6100598499286714542017-07-16T16:41:04.233-05:002017-07-16T16:41:04.233-05:00Great photos, Steve. I especially liked that one o...Great photos, Steve. I especially liked that one of the Canadian going away with the fantastic sky and clouds above.<br />Keep up the great work<br />Cheers<br />James Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00617405330403559218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18600515.post-67965502199847997282017-06-25T23:20:30.058-05:002017-06-25T23:20:30.058-05:00Hi Lee! Thanks for your message and I like your ph...Hi Lee! Thanks for your message and I like your photos of the train.. I heard it went through Winnipeg but I missed it. Maybe I was in Italy or maybe I was just working. Can't catch them all!<br /><br />Thanks for following my blog! I should have a pair of posts coming out this week.Canadian Train Geekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05525092107895665275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18600515.post-9239536280018867432017-06-25T22:56:54.340-05:002017-06-25T22:56:54.340-05:00Yet another great post Steve, although I still can...Yet another great post Steve, although I still can't say I'm overly fond of the Canada 150 wrap. I guess I've still got another six months for it to try to grow on me, and perhaps it looks better in person than in pictures.<br /><br />Three locomotives on the Canadian may certainly be unusual, but I lucked out a couple months ago and happened to catch it leaving Winnipeg for points west with four units on the front end and a Rocky Mountaineer car in tow. First time I'd ever seen a Rocky Mountaineer in person and I have to say that it's a mighty sharp looking unit. I got a picture of the four units and the Rocky car, but it's a terrible one. Taking it while driving truck around a corner in the snow with the train on the passenger side will do that, apparently. The picture may be terrible, but it's on Flickr ( http://bit.ly/2sGPOC0 ) if you want to see it.<br /><br />I always enjoy your posts and look forward to each one. Keep it up!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11355062367755767178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18600515.post-14337263638525866912017-05-24T15:03:06.701-05:002017-05-24T15:03:06.701-05:00Hi Anonymous, I think all of the double decker Roc...Hi Anonymous, I think all of the double decker <i>Rocky Mountaineer</i> cars have that platform / deck on one end.<br /><br />The <i>Rocky</i> doesn't really have an end car... sometimes you'll see the generator "baggage" car on the end. I'm a little surprised they don't have any kind of end dome or panoramic type car.<br />Canadian Train Geekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05525092107895665275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18600515.post-19861566616172424072017-05-24T14:25:17.978-05:002017-05-24T14:25:17.978-05:00Is Rocky Mountaineer #9525a end car? i noticed it ...Is Rocky Mountaineer #9525a end car? i noticed it had a large open deck facing the loco. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18600515.post-16113732118512589532017-05-17T10:42:39.571-05:002017-05-17T10:42:39.571-05:00Hi DaveM they certainly are covering over bumps an...Hi DaveM they certainly are covering over bumps and scrapes! I believe they do a bit of cleanup and repair before applying the wraps but I imagine the P42s get more bangs and scrapes due to the higher speed running they do.Canadian Train Geekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05525092107895665275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18600515.post-75815452034601213222017-05-16T22:37:50.960-05:002017-05-16T22:37:50.960-05:00The wraps on the F40PH look ok. But on the P42...The wraps on the F40PH look ok. But on the P42's, it looks like they are trying to cover over a bunch of bumps and scrapes.<br /><br />DaveMDaveMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14058463713656836821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18600515.post-84313602782307291582017-05-16T10:39:34.541-05:002017-05-16T10:39:34.541-05:00I think they are growing on me too! I'd like t...I think they are growing on me too! I'd like them to wrap a stainless car or two but I don't think that will happen.<br /><br />Trains and grain elevators together are nerdvana for me.Canadian Train Geekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05525092107895665275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18600515.post-41808911539597630592017-05-16T10:37:53.001-05:002017-05-16T10:37:53.001-05:00I think the Canada 150 trains are growing on me! ...I think the Canada 150 trains are growing on me! Cool to see 2 of them together. I like the shot with the grain elevator...trains and elevators just go together so well. Jennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12021355195598601028noreply@blogger.com