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Canada 'S Railway Magazine Rail and Transit MAY-JUNE 1976 $1.75 Canada 's Railway Magazine Rail and Transit MAY-JUNE 1976 FORMERLY U. C. R. S. NEWSLETTER ""The reports of our death are greatly exaggerated." Cvrth Campben You've probably heard all kinds of rumours, theories, stories. lYIosI of Vrce Pfepident Paspenpcr Marketing which have one depresslngly recurrent theme: CN wants out of the passenger train business. Out of the business? Out of the question I Today. In 1976. CN is more committed than ever to one basic belief: a country as big as Canada needs to count the train high up among the various means of moving people from one place /1' to another. That's why CN is actually increasing the number of passenger trains operating in many areas. Not in every area, but in those where more trains are needed. Like in the Toronto-Ottawa-fvlohtreai triangle. And southwestern Ontario. At the same time. CN is dramatizing its overall commitment by the introduction of a new concept in Canadian passenger train travel: VIA. VIA is a spectacular visual symbol, in blue and yellow, that sets CN passenger trains apart from all other rail operations. The big, bold new look of VIA is now appearing on our Turbo; soon VIA will be as familiar a symbol across Canada as the CN logo is now. But VIA means more than a new coat of paint. It stands for a renewed dynamism in passenger train service as a whole. Moreover. CN has added Passenger Service Assistants to the staff of some trains. Not every train, but on longer-distance trains, where it makes sense. Like the Transcontinental and fvlaritimes service. Also. CN is continuing to do everything possible to keep train fares at a reasonable, affordable level. And the famous Red. White and Blue fare system, along with such things as the SSPIus plan, mean that train travel is still a relative bargain for Canadians. Finally, and most importantly, CN is scheduling and deploying every single functioning piece of passenger equipment—engines, coaches, Rapidos. Tempos, Turbos—so that we can increase our service to the travelling public. And at the same time help reduce CN's current deficit in passenger operations. In short, the CN story for 1976 is this. Ivlore trains where trains make sense, fvlore service where it makes sense. And fair fares everywhere. Because at CN. the passenger train business is alive. And well. We're going all out to get you wliere you're going. WACSSS urn \Railand Transit) 0\ erg WA EDITORIAL OFFICES; P.O. BOX 93, ISLINGTON, ONTARIO WA WA H9A ItXl SPECIAL ISSUE MAY AK 1976 VOLUME 1 NLMRER 'I IlUOff ISSUE flO. 361 FRONT COVER C. II. artist drawing of what new VIA colours 1 will look like I'M A BELIEVER Editorial by J.T. Robbie D PRESIDENT'S REMARKS Remarks by Robert A. Bondeen 6 President and Chief Executive Officer C.N. VIA What it is 7 EDITORIAL ST,AFF; C.N.R. RECORD OF CREATIVE CHANGE 7 J,T, ROBBIE- Kditoi- TORONTO - KINGSTON - OTTAWA - MONTREAL Via train 10 Managing Lditor TORONTO - LONDON - SARNIA - WINDSOR Via train 13 Rditor's Searetary B,A, RYAN- FAREWELL M,W. ROSCHLAU Assoc. Prod. Editor It has been great, hard work, fun, long hours, wonderful and even sometimes discouraging, but all in all it has been fantastic being your Traction Dept. i-tditor Editor and Publication Co-ordinator Director of the Upper Canada Railway Society. Even though it seems longer, it has been only three years R,W, LAYTON Electric Rail Editor since 1 took over the operation of the U.C.R.S. Newsletter. (Remember it was June 1974 before a September-October 1973 issue was mailed.) D. W, SMITH Feature Staff Reporter 1 took over in March of 1974 with little help and very little know• Diesel Notes Editor P. PATENAUDE ledge of producing a magazine. Times have changed. Background work and articles are now being readied for the rest of this year and a good staff Staff Reporter J,D, MORGAN has been formed. The full time job, however, of Publication Director has finally caught up with me. E. A. WICKSON Staff Photo.prapher My five year old son Jason asked me a couple of weeks ago "Daddy R. REKIEL Staff Photocraplier will you quit the Railway Club." Puzzled I asked why. "So you can take Joe (my oldest boy) and me to our baseball games, and you can be home J. LARAWAY Staff Typist because 1 never hardly see you." What could I say. He was right. I have thought about this long and hard and I must say farewell Editorial responsibility for the although 1 hate to. My family and my job have suffered from the long contents of RAIL AND TRANSIT lies hours. 1 wish 1 could afford to volunteer my time. I have personally solely with the editor and his enjoyed being your elected officer. department editor. The changes have been many since 1 took over as Editor -- colour, Ttie contents of this mapasine are new departments and, of course, the name change to Rail and Transit are protected by copyright and repro• only a few. My memories (ask another member aboard) of the private car duction thereof is strictly prohi• trips are a story in themself. The nev; friends made, the places and bited without '.v-ritten perm.ission things I've had the opportunity to do will now all be fond memories. of the editor. This, however, doesn't mean I will not help the new Publication Co-ordinator or Rail and Transit Editor or even be the new Director's Editor only. Ho matter what, I will help the new man (not like past Editors). He will not have to learn everything hy himself as 1 did. 1 RAIL .AND TRANSIT is publishe.-i bi• will most certainly he a contributor to Rail and Transit. monthly by tlie Upper Canada Railway Societ;.! and subscriptions may be A special May issue - my last issue - a new challenge for a new obtained from the pjublislier at P.O. co-ordinator. This my last issue 1 dedicate it to, as always, all my Box 122, Postal Station "A", Toronto friends who have helped to make Rail and Transit, Canada's Railway Ontario I-i5W 1A2. The Upper Canada Rail-way Society has been engaged Magazine. My staff - Mike, Dave, Ron, Ted, Pierre, Dave, Robin and John; in publishing railway material since my secretary who is my sister Bev Ryan; my brother Mike; the greatest its conception in 19ia and that of Canadian railway man ever, my grandad, retired C.N.R. engineer Tom its prodecc-ssor is 1935. Wakeling of Lindsay, Ontario; the memory of my mother and her mother who have both departed us since I've taken over as editor; my boys and my wife, Joe, Jason and Mary; and, of course, the man who used to take me to watch trains as early as 1 can remember, my dad, J. A. Robbie. Thank you and farewell. -30- Mm Turbo RIGHT: Personally, I do not believe that I will erg ever receive another slip of paper with so much meaning. The document was issued to everyone who had the honour to be a passenger aboard the Turbo when this re• cord speed was reached. It was the first time that a Canadian speed record was re• Official Canadian Railway Speed Record corded both in miles and kilometres per hour with passengers aboard. (J.T. Robbie) 22Apnl1976 as aboard Turbo wheff'Siicw Canadian railway speed BELOW: record was established, while operaling as Passenger Gil passengers are happily ushered aboard Extra 153 East between miles 104 and 84 on CN s Club St. Denis by a helpfully energetic Kingston Subdivision Cil trainman at Ottawa's beautiful new Union Station. Cars such as this are to be painted in the new Blue with yellow trim paint scheme in the near future, Speed aft^ined7^/f>^^f^y^ as normal maintenance require them to be overhauled. (CU Public Relations, Toronto) \-mN/ CTsJ I^resident and Chief Executive Olficer EDITORIAL I M A BELIEVER "If God had intended man to fly, he wouldn't have given us the railroad" was a statement of Norman Depoe from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in the ohserva- tion deck of the leading end of the special Canadian National Turho on 22 April 1976. The special run of the Turho had just reached a speed of lLO.6 miles per hour. Earlier in the morning, "before "boarding the special train in Toronto, I remem• ber having great optimism about the future of rail passenger service in Canada, es• pecially as far as the Canadian National is concerned. However, I had never expected the CN to go as far as, or take as giant a step towards improving and promoting pas• senger service as they have now done. At first sight of Turbo's new paint scheme, I was momentraily breathless, knowing that the news conference ahead would have to be of immense importance. As we departed Toronto Union Station, the event seemed to me like departing from the past and heading towards the future of Canadian railway passenger travel. At the press conference in the rear of the train with CN President, Dr. Robert A. Bandeen and Garth C. Campbell, Vice-President of Passenger Marketing, CN's whole new future image was explained to us in full detail. A whole new company working within the CNR had been formed, solely in charge of passenger services - VIA - heralding the birth of a new era at CN.
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