Explaining The Mystery Of Train's Early Run, Published 17 May 1958 ‘L. B. Miskell writes all the way from Goose Bay, Labrador, to dispute my statement that a train could arrive in Toronto 15 minutes ahead of time. ‘With some acerbity, he says that if I can
borrow a rule book from the railway, I will find out that a train “must not
arrive more than five minutes in advance of their schedule time of arrival at
any station”.
‘Former Canadian Pacific Brakeman Miskell, who is
now WO1 Miskell, RCAF, evidently never made the Friday afternoon trip to
Toronto. If he had done so, he would know that CPR 263 often carried as
many as a dozen coaches to Brockville. This being too much to add to the
already heavy CNR No. 15, due soon, the Caadian National makes up an Advance
15. The CNR engine, baggage car and maybe one coach is already on
track,. The shunter backs in the Ottawa section, and then the train takes
off as Advance 15. Thus this first section of the International Limited
runs 15 minutes ahead all the way, and arrives at Toronto Union at 9:30 p.m.,
standard instead of 9:45 p.m. I hope this answers brakeman-warrant officer
Miskell. |