Did you know Via Rail has a fleet of British Rail Gauge train cars?

They obtained them from a failed sleeper service through the Chunnel in the 90s. I rode with them on the Montréal to Halifax rail service called The Ocean. Part of a big rail journey I took this summer across eastern Canada and Europe.

@rail #trains #railways #viarail #halifax

  • jobbies@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    2 months ago

    It sounds like it would have been successful had we gotten our shit together. Although Paris to Glasgow would’ve been grim in the 90s.

    In Manchester, there was a huge building constructed as a maintenance depot for the Eurostar and Nightstar trains that even had “Eurostar habite ici” printed on the side

    Oh really, where abouts?

    • rmuk@feddit.ukEnglish
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      2 months ago

      As per that there Wikipedia it was in Longsight though in fairness it does sound like it was put to some use eventually.

      it would have been successful if we had gotten our shit together

      Agreed. I wonder if people in the 2060s will be saying the same about the castrated version of HS2 we’re fucking up today?

      • jobbies@lemmy.zipEnglish
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        2 months ago

        I wonder if people in the 2060s will be saying the same about the castrated version of HS2

        There will be a Chinese or Japanese version of Race Across the World where a team boards HS2 at old oak common thinking it’ll take them all the way to Inverness. How dissapointed they are when the service terminates a few miles up the road at Brum.