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Quotes from my trips:
The following are various quotes either said to me or by me on my trips.
“Are you sure you don’t have a wordsearch book?” Young Ruby who was seated near me on train 39.
“I’ll sell it {
Farewell to Amtrak’s Three Rivers:
“You didn’t have a problem, did you?” Member of the high school dance club on the Three Rivers after the conductor stopped them from practicing their routine in the aisle.
Trip on lounge car “Glenfraser”:
“Were you the one asking about this train?” Railfan on Glenfraser shortly after I entered the car, on a post I made a week earlier on the Canadian Passenger Rail Yahoo group.
“Grandma, don’t listen to what this man says” Annoying kid to his grandmother after I asked him to stop bothering me or I would tell his grandmother.
Trip on the Breeze:
“The train leaves at
Farewell to VIA’s
“You make a better door than rug.” Me to a child throwing a tantrum in the aisle of the sleeper.
Washago trip:
“It, {the Northlander} has never run on time since it changed to the new schedule.” A Local railfan, while I was calling to find out the status of the Northlander.
“As Donald Trump would say: You’re fired!” My unsuccessful attempt to tell off someone who kept asking me for $10.00.
“At least homeless people are smarter here than
“I work at Burger King, making flame broiled whoppers…” Employees
at a Burger King in
“Were you the guy taking pictures last year?” Timmins Transit driver after they saw me photographing buses.
“There’s never a Wal-Mart around when you need it!” Me as I looked for a store that sold memory sticks for my digital camera.
“It’ll go when I put my camera away.” My friend Mark while we
were awaiting the Maple Leaf to depart
“Does Wal-Mart say you can go to the
“If you miss it, {the Canadian}, I may be able to put you on a hotshot freight east.” My friend Fred, telling Mark and me “Plan B” if we didn’t get to the station in time.
“Next stop, Oshawa-uhh
“Are the lens polarized?” Person in street mistaking my family for
vendors at a sunglasses stand near
“I’m sitting next to a fat guy!” Me telling a conductor where to look when he was to give me my seat check.
“If you get lost in Cartier, you’ve got problems!” Fellow passenger on VIA’s Sudbury-White River train when I asked about how far away from the train station is the bus stop.
“We were at the Comfort Inn; It’s a Yellow Cab thing.” Taxi driver explaining why they were 10 minutes late. (I was staying at the Days Inn and told them I was there.)
“At some points, the train can do 90 MPH; faster than what we’re doing now!” Dan while the Adirondack was sitting for 45 minutes waiting for a northbound CP freight to pass us.
Parry Sound trip:
“I hope we derail!” A girl who was part of family heading to
Carnival de Quebec by Train:
“Either the freezing rain has started, or this castle is melting!” Me in an ice castle as it started to rain.
“No wonder there’s no Green Line service past
Orillia trip:
“Are you ready for the drum solo?” Weird Al Yankovic during the concert. The “drum solo” turned out to be two notes!
“That could be the other one! {Locomotive painted and lettered for the CNW}” Karl moments after we saw CNW Dash 9 #8701.
“Either we’re approaching
Surprise
“Jerry! Jerry! Jerry!” Me when I heard someone shouting while waiting for Canadian Customs to finish clearing the Maple Leaf.
“This train is getting shorter all the time!” Amtrak employee in
Chaleur trip 2009:
“I’m going for a ride!” Me to Canadian Public Transit Discussion Board user SMS when RTL Classic #9-007 pulled up.
STO 7901 Charter:
“It will be called an altercation with the wash-rack.” Fellow charter attendee after our charter bus broke the mirror of STO Nova Classic #9402.
“Why are you taking pictures of yourself?” Woman at Metro Transit’s Bridge Terminal as I was photographing a bus.
Montreal 2009/Westjet trip:
“Those not going to
Chaleur trip 2010:
“Don’t forget to get back on!” VIA crewmember as I was filming the Chaleur coupling up to the Ocean.
“First time I’ve manually wyed a trolleybus!” Fellow charter attendee after we finished dealing with the problem of dead wires.
Washington-Lancaster trip:
“This isn’t as easy as
TTS 2010 Transportation Weekend:
“Someone needs to mow the Classic!” Me when I saw former STM Classic #13-068 with grass all over its front end.
Cardinal dome trip:
“What happens in the dome stays in the dome.” Another railfan’s remark to an Amtrak conductor in the dome car.
“Still fighting the system like a true modern day Robin Hood.” John Schneider and Tom Wopat’s slight change to the song “Good Ol’ Boys”; the theme song to the show “Dukes of Hazzard”.
“Last silver train.” VIA employee when the Ocean arrived into
“I haven’t seen anything older than 1994!” Me during my search for an 11-000 or 12-000 series Classic.
“We’ve lost the {
“If I see the Orion {T754} in service tomorrow, I’ll buy a lottery
ticket!” Me to the
driver of our charter in
Amtrak 40th Anniversary trip:
“We had four drivers call in sick this morning, so we’re scrambling.”
“This is my bus!” Me pointing to the Maple Leaf after Doug Shields told me that I should line up for the GO bus outside.”
“This is my house and I am not famous!” Local resident reacting to our charter at one of our photo stops.
Farewell to VIA trains 68 and 69:
“What happened to all the passengers? Did you scare them off?” VIA conductor to me after seeing how empty the coach was.
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