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.
�I have nothing better to do!����������� Me
deciding to ride Amtrak train 355 to
�This is CSI Mumford.�������� Someone pointing out a damaged newspaper box that was apparently hit by a bus.
�Sounds like 16!������������������ Me when I heard a GM fishbowl engine start up.
�I would have liked to gone on the
Sarnia-London trip:
�If this were
�SWING!������ Fellow charter attendee as we passed by a golf course.
�You must really like buses!����������� Driver
of Cornwall Transit Classic #9137 while I was taking a few photos at the
transit center in downtown
Farewell to the Northlander;
�And I thought it was bad that raccoons got into the garbage!��� Me seeing a sign in Moosonee telling residents about precautions to prevent bears from getting into their garbage.
�My son�s really into trains.������������ Father
of a local railfan who I met while riding the Mattapan line in
�I have the same first and middle name as you!���� Jetblue employee who I was speaking with in regards to my lost suitcase.
Farewell to CTA�s 2200s Charter:
�We don�t speak of the curve.��������� My friend Greg as the charter train went around the curve that was the scene of the 1977 fatal El crash.
Bus History Association Convention 2013:
�This bus wasn't built when we first came here. Now it's
preserved!" Fellow charter attendee on ex STCUM 1985 GM Classic
#55-001.
�You picked the right day to visit��� Volunteer at the
�I remember when {the C-Train} ran from
VIA Rare mileage trip:
�I guess you're not flying on Jetblue in the foreseeable future." My
uncle in
�I didn�t know this was here.� �������� Me when I discovered the indoor water park across the street from the Windsor International Transit Terminal.
Streamliners at Spencer:
�If it was on this track, there would be a head on collision.�
Conductor
of the Maple Leaf to passenger asking what track the Lakeshore Limited would be
on.
"I feel like a celebrity."� Me after a member announced that I had ridden
BBC #189 in service in
Six Flags Make Up Trip:
�YYYYYEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!��� Me cheering after finally riding Kingda Ka; the world�s highest and North America�s fastest roller coaster.
�We've provided paper towels if the windows fog up, but if you don't breath, you won't have to use them."���� Tim from Discovery Tours on the charter.
�I have meat but no buns!�� Hot dog vendor as I had stopped only for a drink.
�Oh, there�s a steam train here!����� Person at my motel when I told them about #611.
�Close your eyes and pretend it�s a fishbowl!�������� Des as I was going to board Bombardier built bus KE35 which has the same engine as a TTC fishbowl.
�Lucky!��������� Me in line for VIA train #52 as people who were part of the Rapido special walked past me.
�Better get on bus fan!" ������ Helpful police officer allowing me to ride the historic Old Look on display for the 60th anniversary of Rosa Parks' refusal to move.
�We've never had a charter like this!" Fellow charter participate at the Northgate Mall photo stop when it
was snowing pretty heavily in April.
N&W #611 excursion 2016:
�Too bad I didn't know you yesterday. We could have switched {dome coaches}!" Me to someone who was on the #611 excursion the next day saying he wished he was in my car and I said I kinda wished I was in his.
San Francisco Trip:
�It usually runs frequently like the Pacific Electric {painted PCC}.�
����� Person at the
Comic Con
��B-I-N-G-O. And Bingo was exterminated.������� Dalek (from Doctor Who) on display at Comic Con that interacted with visitors.
�I�m going to Zellers!���������� Me as I arrived at one of two existent Zellers stores in 2017.
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Virginia Trip:
�By any chance were you at the Air and
Transit
�You don�t see this everyday!���������� Fellow charter attendee when we posed our Orion 6 with former Grand River Transit Orion 3 #534 which is privately owned.
Farewell to STM�s MR-63s:
�Nothing happens without a reason!"�������� Me to Mark after he got a Super NES Classic at a Toys R Us after I brought him to the restaurant with what I consider the best orange juice.
End of the Line for STM�s MR-63s:
"This is the last time I can touch them." ��� Transit fan as the now retired MR-63 was sitting in the station before returning to the yard.
�Ironic this Torontoian know more about this than these people!"��������� Me after I explained how to use the yellow buttons to open the doors on the commuter train.
�I cannot allow you to respond in similar fashion as people on the
river�. ��������� Conductor on the
California Zephyr explaining that sometimes people might show inappropriate
body parts.
"I'm the good witch of VIA Rail." � VIA employee in a wig and a witch hat
prior to reboarding the Maple Leaf in
�Room with a view of ION.������������� Me to Mark looking out the window of our hotel room at the new ION light rail line.
ERA Convention 2019:
�If you were here last week, 4614 was out everyday."�������� John Landrum after we learned PCC 4614 had more mechanical problems.
�This could be my last ride on a Classic {in revenue service}.����� Me while riding STO Classic #9136 on the second day of my trip.
"Now the moment of truth..."���������� Me right after I got to my hotel room checking McKinney
Avenue Transit Authority's website to see if PCC #4614 was running. It was and
I rode it.
Sudbury-Sault Ste. Marie Trip:
"This was the ship to last speak with the Edmund Fitzgerald"���� Me pointing out the ship Arthur M Anderson.
�Just like the old days!" ������ Me to a VIA employee mentioning there was no seat assignment on the train.
"This train paid for itself today!"��� Someone on the charter after everyone had
disembarked from the 12 bilevel coach
GO Train I had come in to
Sault Ste Marie Make-Up Trip:
"I didn't bring my fishing gear!"���� Me to an
Montreal-Gander Trip:
�Will we be landing soon?�������������� Seatmate on VIA train #62 who seemingly believes trains �land�.
"My partner was left behind!"��������� Me explaining to the Carnival employees on the �Glisse Urbaine� slide after coming down alone.
�Go break the kid�s fingers!������������ Passenger awaiting the reboarding of VIA train #98 as a kid played the piano badly. (Don�t worry, not one tried to!)
Chateau
"I feel like I'm at the cottage, not a luxury resort!"����������� Me to my mom after I came back to the Chateau Montebello.
St. Louis-Chicago Trip:
�I have a model railway! I know what I�m doing!������������� Me attempting to get others to stop interfering with me attempting to rerail a model of the Polar Express train.
Great Wolf Lodge Trip:
�If it�s free, I might as well take it!������������ Me when a Great Wolf Lodge employee offered me a free upgrade to my room.
�There it is and it�s got the new equipment.���������� Me when I first saw VIA train #43 come into view with the new Siemens Venture trainset.
�I wonder what CLRV I will ride first: 4024, 4034, 4068, or 4170?"������� Me after seeing CLRV #4034 at the
Farewell to Amtrak�s Capitol Limited:
�My train will be the last westbound Capitol Limited."���� My realization when I plotted what is in
store for the consist of the Capitol Limited as I
watched it deadhead to the yard in
Return to Great Wolf Lodge:
�Golf ball in the side pocket. Now
that's something I never thought I'd say!"���� Me while playing Ripley's Crazy Golf when I
saw one hole that included a pool table as part of the 7th hole.
