PRESIDENT:	DR. GLENN CARTWRIGHT	(514) 398-1033 (days)	click here to send email
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SECRETARY:	MICHEL LORTIE	(514) 844-4636	click here to send email
TREASURER:	STEPHEN WRAY	(514) 889-2444	click here to send email
DIRECTOR:	ROBERT COX	(514) 731-9202	.
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"Steam train to Wakefield  resumes" - update:

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NEW AMT TRAIN SERVICE TO EXPORAIL

NEW CIT BUS SERVICE TO/FROM EXPORAIL

All departures to Exporail from Porte (gate) 13,  1000 de la Gauchetière, downtown Montreal.  The buses are air-conditioned. Journey time  is 43 minutes.  Click here to find schedules.

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Subscribe to the: High Speed Rail Canada Citizens' Advocacy Group

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Le Groupe TRAQ (Transport by Rail in Quebec)  

Le Groupe  TRAQ is a division of  the Canadian  Railway Museum (EXPORAIL) and is affiliated with Transport 2000 Canada and with Transport 2000 Québec. The Group  brings a major contribution to  the Service of Arts and Culture of the city of Lévis.  As well, TRAQ  sponsors   shows and  exhibitions of miniature trains  “G garden”, and outings for  fans of “gang cars”, known as  “draisines”.  Additionally, the Group  organizes an annual symposium and railway exhibition for the province of Québec with the cooperation of  the Québec Ministry of Transport and Transport Canada.  Click the link above for more information.

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SOLD OUT:  Steam in the Snow:  On January 3, 2009 the Conway Scenic Railway in North Conway, New Hampshire featured a photographer's special of Steam in the Snow with locomotive  7470.  For those who wish to  follow by car next year or photograph by the wayside, there are some details here.

 

 

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CP's Holiday Train  -

If you missed it in Montreal in 2008, you can read about it here.

Watch for it again in 2009.

Beginning Thursday, October 2, 2008, through Tuesday, November 11, 2008, passengers riding Amtrak's Adirondack train, which operates between New York City and Montreal, will once again have the unique opportunity to experience the spectacular view afforded by the historic "Great Dome" car between Albany and Montreal.

Named for their design that features an upper level with windows on all sides as well as overhead, dome cars provide passengers with panoramic views of passing scenery. The dome car is temporarily assigned to the Adirondack, and provides views of fall foliage and Lake Champlain as the train travels through upstate New York and across the border into Canada. The refurbished vintage "Great Dome" car seats 90 passengers and is 85 feet long. The dome section runs the full length of the car, an unusual feature, since the more common type of dome encompassed less than half the length of the car.

"The arrival of the "Great Dome" car into New York State is certainly welcome news for our passengers who plan to travel through the Empire region," said Mike DeCataldo, Amtrak's General Superintendent, Northeast Division. "I encourage all New York residents and our friends in Canada to take advantage of this rare opportunity to witness and experience train travel in a unique and breathtaking manner," he added.

The car will operate northbound from Albany to Montreal on Thursdays, Saturdays and Mondays. It returns south from Montreal on Fridays, Sundays, and Tuesdays. No trips are made on Wednesdays. All passengers traveling on the Albany-Montreal segment of the route are welcome to enter the dome car to enjoy the view. Seats in the dome car are not reserved and are available on a first-come, first-served basis.

About the "Great" Dome Car

The only remaining dome car in Amtrak service, car number 10031, which is a Great Dome car previously used on the Chicago-Seattle Empire Builder when the train was operated by the Great Northern Railway and the Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad (later the Burlington Northern Railroad).

It was among six similar Great Dome cars built in 1955 by the Budd Company for the Great Northern and carried the name "Ocean View," car number 1391. All six of the cars were conveyed to Amtrak in 1971, with this car first being given the number 9361. It was renovated in 1985, renumbered 9300, and used in daily service on the Amtrak Auto Train to and from the Washington, D.C., and Orlando, Fla., areas through 1994.

According to a website hosted at www.trainweb.org, four others of this series of Great Domes survive. The "Glacier View" is in use by the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (the successor to the Burlington Northern and the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway) as an inspection and theatre car; Grand Luxe Rail Tours owns the former "Mountain View" and "River View" cars and has renamed them "New Orleans" and "Copper Canyon" for their nationwide tours, frequently using Amtrak crews and locomotives. The former "Prairie View" is owned by Holland America Westours and has been renamed "Deshka" for use in Alaska.

Great Dome 10031 is usually used in charter service on the West Coast and rarely operates east of the Rocky Mountains.

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Time	Attraction
2:00 PM	Welcome featuring the Spirit Train Band
2:30 PM	Rosen and Olympians Emilie Heymans, Joannie Rochette, Karine Sergerie & Eve Routhier
3:00 PM	Meet Paralympian Paul
4:00 PM	La Bottine Souriante
4:15 PM	On stage prize giveaways
5:15 PM	Aboriginal Celebration featuring Sierra Noble and Matthew Mukash
5:45 PM	Spirit Train Band
6:00 PM	Colin James and the Spirit Train finale

Events Unique to Montreal

The Vancouver 2010 Mascots, Miga, Sumi and Quatchi are touring the Spirit Train Village for 20 minutes at the top of every hour between 3pm and 6pm

 

Get autographs and photos with your Canadian Olympic and Paralympic Athletes in front of the GE and RONA tent between 2:30pm – 4:30pm

ENERGIE 94.3, TEAM 990 and Q92 will be broadcasting live on location.

La Bottine Souriante is a folk band from Quebec specializing in traditional Quebecois music, often with a modern twist. Formed in 1976, they have toured extensively through North America and Europe. As well as the traditional accordion, fiddle, guitar, piano and double bass, the band added a four-piece horn section in 1990 which gives an element of jazz to the music. In 1998, they contributed a song to the Canadian Celtic music compilation by The Chieftains, Fire in the Kitchen. The group's name means "the smiling boot", which refers to the appearance of a work boot with worn-out soles. They have received three Canadian Juno awards and several Felix awards from the Quebec recording industry.

First Nations show Grand Chief Matthew Mukash was born 100 miles northeast of the Eeyou Community of Whapmagoostui, on the land where his family has lived traditionally for many generations. He is a fiddler who has performed on True North concerts and recordings as well as many shows in the James Bay area.

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