By Staff, Bay Today; October 28, 2018
Forty years ago Monday, VIA Rail Canada was born as an operating railway when it assumed the operation of The Canadian, the Super Continental and the other remaining Western Canadian passenger trains from Canadian Pacific and Canadian National.
“The sad reality is the high hopes of the Canadian public and the railroaders who diligently maintained those trains were dashed almost at the outset,” says Chris West, founder of the All Aboard St. Marys citizens’ rail action committee. “Those not privy to what was going on behind the scenes in Ottawa were totally misled. We were told by politicians and bureaucrats this was the start of a rail renaissance.
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