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  @forajc2 ай бұрын

  The video quality looks good to me. Summer of 1965 my family went from Toronto to Vancouver on the "Canadian" CP route through Banff. Came back Vancouver to Toronto on the "Super Continental" CN route through Jasper. Wow what great memories.

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  @wardy98px110 ай бұрын

  Love those f units

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  @brody2097 Жыл бұрын

  "Promosm"

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  @Richard-yt3fs Жыл бұрын

  Rode the super contential in 1971 from Vancouver to Toronto and had a upper berth on leave from the military, was quite the ride for a 18 year old

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  @robertramsay5963 Жыл бұрын

  Thanks for sharing your experience. I've never taken a berth, always a roomette on those long trips.

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  @trainrover Жыл бұрын

  maybe it'd been the 900-mile detour from Ton o' rot -- ended up plying Lake Superior's dual-tracked gorgeous north shore..! -- that let that intensely bright prairie sun give my adolescent self nasty vertigo when we stepped off the train after three days spent aboard it, it'd crippled me...we'd missed two trains from Montreal to hook up to because we were 27 hours late...and that horde of yankee retirees aboard, freaking out about Skylab possibly crashing onto them AT ANY MOMENT

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  @robertramsay5963 Жыл бұрын

  That's quite the story.

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  @trainrover Жыл бұрын

  and now -- of all times (since) -- telling that many must've survived the great depression ever so comfortably if Skylab's nasty prospect signify grueling hardship...those retirees' flippancy still bewilders me, I suppose

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  @robertramsay5963 Жыл бұрын

  Those words are sung to a magnificent little melody.

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  @martinfehr9043 Жыл бұрын

  Oh for a thousand tongues to sing!!

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  @frankgarrett242 Жыл бұрын

  Make sure to give the one finger salute! 9:36

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  @robertramsay5963 Жыл бұрын

  Thanks for sharing your memory.

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  @James_Knott Жыл бұрын

  Many years ago, I took the Super from Toronto to Vancouver and back. I used to work for CN Telecommunications, so I had a pass that got me on the train, but I had to pay for the sleeper. As I recall, back in those days, they had separate Toronto and Montreal trains in the summer, but joined them in Capreol, Ont. during the winter. When my work had me in town, my co-workers and I had to pass through the train, when we went for coffee in the morning.

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  @DominionRail2 жыл бұрын

  Despite the sound not being true to the film the horn (Holden m3h) at 0:24 is a horn cp and cn would use on their f units

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  @Terrys-Steam-and-Cobi2 жыл бұрын

  Loved it.

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  @robertramsay59632 жыл бұрын

  I'm glad you enjoyed it.

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  @CarlosAdrianoCaleon2 жыл бұрын

  Excellent job on this nice short video!

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  @robertramsay59632 жыл бұрын

  Thank you. It was an exciting afternoon.

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  @merc340sr2 жыл бұрын

  Took this train for the first time June 1977 from Winnipeg to North Bay ON, when it was Canadian Pacific. Scenery was the best on CP tracks in Northern Ontario i.e. along the north shore of Lake Superior. (VIA Canadian travels on the more northern CN tracks.) My seat was in the Skyline Dome car, in the front section where half the car had regular coach seats . The snack bar was at the back of the car.

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  @robertramsay59632 жыл бұрын

  Yes, it was an interesting trip along the shore of Lake Superior. I didn't know CP's Skyline cars used to have coach seats where now there are tables and seating for the snack bar.

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  @richardhammer65592 жыл бұрын

  Attention : Canadian National super continental ,train number 1, is arriving from the east to Hinton, Jasper, Kamloops, and Vancouver. All Aboard

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  @robertramsay59632 жыл бұрын

  You remind me of the call to board in Winnipeg's Union Station: Train No. 1, the Super Continental is now ready for boarding, to Saskatoon, Edmonton, etc. That was the exciting moment when I knew CN would take care of me all the way to Vancouver.

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  @LeitoTrenes2 жыл бұрын

  Nice video. Liked. Suscrito

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  @ManoNegraCG3 жыл бұрын

  The world's most beautiful train. People may disagree, but my younger self holding a toy Super C wouldn't have it any other way.

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  @robertramsay59633 жыл бұрын

  Cool, that you had a model of the Super C. Was it HO or N scale?

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  @QarlKittyOrgan3 жыл бұрын

  Thanks for featuring this. Was looking into this place and you gave me a really good scope of it. New organist friend here. Liked 👍

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  @n1thmusic2293 жыл бұрын

  Listen Everyone I'm a 2000s kid, I don't have the nostalgia everyone else is having but I wish I was there to see the Super Continental

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  @robertramsay59633 жыл бұрын

  Just enjoy the trains you see now. I pretty much missed out on the steam trains my dad admired, but I'm glad I was trackside to capture what was in front of me.

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  @Sun__19553 жыл бұрын

  🔥🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝❤️

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  @cnguy3948Official3 жыл бұрын

  My man, you're so lucky capturing amtraks, I barely even find these in the Vancouver area 🤣

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  @robertramsay59633 жыл бұрын

  Of course, all Amtrak service to Vancouver's been suspended for over a year now. At least we have VIA Rail once a week in both directions.

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  @cnguy3948Official3 жыл бұрын

  @@robertramsay5963 yes, but I barely even see via 😂

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  @cnguy3948Official3 жыл бұрын

  @@robertramsay5963 and it went like 🙈

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  @Sun__19553 жыл бұрын

  🔝🔝🔝🔝❤️❤️

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  @robertramsay59633 жыл бұрын

  I'm pleased that you enjoyed it. I must get out there again soon, see if any of the heritage fleet come that way.

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  @johnlanelli39683 жыл бұрын

  Must be the early days of the VIA Rail paint scheme from 1976-1977.

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  @robertramsay59633 жыл бұрын

  Yes, that seems about right though I don't have exact dates.

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  @homostudly3 жыл бұрын

  Hi Robert! Do you still have some of the super 8s in your possession? Im thinking of included a few shots of Via rail in a documentary I'm working on and these are great.

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  @robertramsay59633 жыл бұрын

  Hi Dave. Your project sounds interesting. Unfortunately, during one of my many moves, I trashed the Super 8 films. I projected them on the screen and used a rented video camera to make VHS tapes. I sent the tapes away to have the movies converted to DVD. What you see here is the DVD playing on my TV while I film it with my Canon point and shoot camera using movie mode--thus the extreme degradation of the images.

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  @mikeure15283 жыл бұрын

  as a child i used to walk to a nearby park (that wouldn't be unusual for a child in the 70's) by the tracks at a time i knew a train would be going by . the black and white train cars i am seeing in this video (and haven't seen since) are what i saw at the time. thanks for posting.

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  @robertramsay59633 жыл бұрын

  Thank you for sharing that memory. What city or town was that near?

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  @mikeure15283 жыл бұрын

  @@robertramsay5963 st catharines. the train connected niagara falls to toronto.

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  @robertramsay59633 жыл бұрын

  @@mikeure1528 Lucky you. You probably saw many more passenger trains than I did at our little country station, Rivers, MB.

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  @randysouthall50703 жыл бұрын

  Thank you for the video! I live in Winnipeg and my father was also a CNR conductor out of Winnipeg. Has brought back a lot of nice memories from my youth.

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  @robertramsay59633 жыл бұрын

  Thanks for the note. Did your father have lots of interesting railway stories?

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  @randysouthall50703 жыл бұрын

  Yes he did have a lot of stories. As a kid I was really interested in the railroad and he indulged me by answering my questions after each of his trips😀. He started braking in 1945 and retired in 1985, so was part of the transition from steam to diesel. So lots of stories 😀

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  @robertramsay59633 жыл бұрын

  @@randysouthall5070 Have you considered writing them down or recording them on CD for the rest of us to enjoy?

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  @randysouthall50703 жыл бұрын

  I have to admit that I have not really given this idea a lot of thought. Maybe when I retire I will consider this. One story which I can tell you relates to your video and involved both my father and I. Around the time your video was filmed, the train dispatchers office was located on the second floor of Union Station (there is no longer an RTC in Winnipeg). I was around 10 or so and on one occasion my father took me up to the dispatchers office. One of the dispatchers let me push the button that cleared the CTC sign for the west bound Super Continental at a station as it headed to Winnipeg. That was many years ago and I still remember it vividly 😄

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  @robertramsay59633 жыл бұрын

  @@randysouthall5070 That is definitely the sort of thing a 10 year old would remember. How thrilling for you, thinking of all those crew members and passengers depending upon you pushing the right button.

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  @anetajohnson84463 жыл бұрын

  When i was a kid , and train crazy! a view of the Cab, inside of the Engine, was the Holy Grail! and here you have it right on film! And to sit in the enginers seat, was like, winning the lottery!

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  @robertramsay59633 жыл бұрын

  Yes, that was exciting. I've since sat in the Engineer's seat in museum static displays, but it's not the same as having the prime mover idling behind you.

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  @MarilynCrosbie3 жыл бұрын

  The CPR Holiday train. Merry Christmas, Robert. kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZIl8zcSQotmvfqg.html

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  @harescrambles4613 жыл бұрын

  Historically this is priceless! I love our country! Stay safe all!

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  @harescrambles4613 жыл бұрын

  Great job on the video. Thank you for your time and letting me see this. Thank you!

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  @robertramsay59633 жыл бұрын

  I'm glad you enjoyed it.

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  @virginialoverproductions3 жыл бұрын

  Hey, look! It's Santa Barb- I mean White Rock!

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  @andrewmorrison853 жыл бұрын

  I’ve watched this video several times over the last year couple of years. Love it! Did you add in the audio and background music? If so, where did the music come from? Thanks.

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  @robertramsay59633 жыл бұрын

  Yes, the sound was added because the movies were super 8 silent. If you replay the video to 36 seconds you'll see the link to where I got the sounds.

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  @tk48states4 жыл бұрын

  In 1957 as a 12 yr old Boy Scout I went on a 2 week canoe trip in Algonquin Park, the CNR Montreal -Sudbury Line went through the park and every night the Westbound Montreal section of the Super passed, still daylight until nearly 10pm but I didn’t have a camera then, alas the train and the rail line are both gone.

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  @robertramsay59634 жыл бұрын

  Pity you didn't have a camera as you'd have taken some awesome photos of it passing through cottage country. At least you have the memories. Thanks for sharing that one.

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  @elevatorman11974 жыл бұрын

  Nice. I saw that for 11 months

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  @Greatdome994 жыл бұрын

  Re the MILW sleeper question, Yes. CN purchased some MILW Super Domes, Skytop Sleeper-observation cars and sleepers in 1964.

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  @robertramsay59634 жыл бұрын

  Thanks for the info. I knew about the superdomes and the skytop cars, but hadn't been aware of the sleepers until you and others have noted it here.

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  @garthvadr4 жыл бұрын

  I’ve never seen a side dump hopper car in action before. Amazing it doesn’t tip right over😳. White Rock is a rail fans dream. I love when a train goes by while walking on the promenade.

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  @robertramsay59634 жыл бұрын

  I'd never seen them in operation before, so it was a real treat.

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  @daveboydell28964 жыл бұрын

  The Westcoast Railway Museum in Squamish BC just completed restoring FP9 #6520 back to the CN Zebra scheme it's absolutely beautiful!

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  @dougieh41114 жыл бұрын

  This takes me back to my early teen years as I had a lot of what I saw here in HO scale. I would save my paper route money to buy those beautiful CN coaches and F units one at a time. Thanks for the memories!

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  @robertramsay59634 жыл бұрын

  Glad the movies I took in the past prompted happy memories. I had N Scale for awhile, including some CN coaches in the colours seen here, and a couple of F units.

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  @kurtpeyer56054 жыл бұрын

  Ich war 1975 auch auf dem CN „Super Continental“ als ich von Montreal nach Jasper in die „Jasper Park Lodge“, welche damals ein CN Hotel war,zur Arbeit fuhr. Super schöne Erinnerungen werden mit diesem Video wieder wach. Ich habe meine jetztige Frau durch CN in Jasper gefunden und leben jetzt wieder in der Schweiz. Ganz herzlichen Dank.

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  @robertramsay59634 жыл бұрын

  Vielen Dank für das Teilen Ihrer Erinnerungen. Ich schätze, viele junge Leute haben Sommerjobs in der Jasper Park Lodge und anderen Eisenbahnhotels gefunden. Und was für ein Bonus - Ihre Frau dort zu finden.

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  @robertramsay59634 жыл бұрын

  I've lost touch with Phillip. He moved to Mexico about 3 years ago and has disappeared.

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  @MrGreencheetah4 жыл бұрын

  Too cool!!! Great video!!!

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  @robertramsay59635 жыл бұрын

  There will be an organ-trumpet concert at 7 p.m. on Thursday, August 22, 2019. The address is: 2688 Penrith Avenue, Cumberland, BC.

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  @unteroktav5 жыл бұрын

  Another recording of thies piece: kzread.info/dash/bejne/Z6CVudNrftmdiqQ.html

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  @auroraxu30895 жыл бұрын

  Thanks for videoing the masterclass!

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  @robertramsay59635 жыл бұрын

  You are welcome. I didn't want to run out of memory of my SD card so I only recorded small portions of each event.

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  @harps19745 жыл бұрын

  That’s the first time I have seen the Ocean mixed What locomotive number and the name of the park car?

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  @robertramsay59635 жыл бұрын

  I knew someone would ask that! And I didn't take note. I'm not a very good train spotter.

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  @heavenscape5 жыл бұрын

  Some cars look so different

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  @robertramsay59635 жыл бұрын

  Yes, those are the European-built Renaissance cars. The coach I rode of that type had 2+1 seating, instead of the usual, 2+2. I had my own little cubby though, sort of like first class on an airliner of today.

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  @robinpayne1255 жыл бұрын

  Interesting that compared with modern VIA the trains are quite short

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  @robertramsay59635 жыл бұрын

  That's true. Today's transcontinentals are extremely long, such that they extend beyond the platforms. Providing "smoking" breaks requires making two stops, first for the front cars, then move ahead for the rest of the train to line up with the platform. Even then, one can be left standing in the weeds.

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  @ejdjfhtjekxc44074 жыл бұрын

  Robert Ramsay Yep, I took the Canadian in winter, it only had about 10-15 cars. but in the summer, it can be up to 30 cars long.

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  @davidlisowski52453 жыл бұрын

  By this point CP was losing huge amounts of money on the Canadian and would only run as many cars as they had to. Great to see those old photos of Woodman Jct west of Winnipeg with the old tower.

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  @MarilynCrosbie5 жыл бұрын

  Interesting videos, Robert. I've never traveled by train in Canada.

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  @robertramsay59635 жыл бұрын

  You must do so, if you want an agonizingly slow creep across the country, with time to examine every tree, every rock and every lake.

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  @davidlisowski52455 жыл бұрын

  Love when the Burrard or Bedford cars are on the tail end. Makes the train complete.

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  @cymru5075 жыл бұрын

  Grew up in Winnipeg in the 1950s, 60s and early 70s. Lots of familiar landmarks and the echoes of train whistles at all times of the day or night still bounce around in my brain. Thanks for posting this. Good job.