Came across this odd little pop-up at a newspaper site. It's for a contest of some sort, with transportation provided by VIA Rail, Canada's equivalent of Amtrak.

Odd in that the Turbo does not exist any more, yet they use it in the promo materials. Here's a screen grab for your amusement.

Andrew

MasonJar Wrote:Came across this odd little pop-up at a newspaper site. It's for a contest of some sort, with transportation provided by VIA Rail, Canada's equivalent of Amtrak.

Odd in that the Turbo does not exist any more, yet they use it in the promo materials. Here's a screen grab for your amusement.

Andrew

HAHA. Most people won't know the difference. One time I was on the Grand Canyon Railway, and the two old ladies in the seat behind me had a few cocktails. I overheard one ask the other whether the train was being pulled by a steam or diesel engine , and that she didn't know how o tell the difference. The other lady said "I think it is a diesel engine, because steam engines are those old fashioned looking ones. Eventually, they had to ask the coach attendant, who had to go ask the conductor for the answer (of course I knew and could have said something, but sometimes it is more fun to just listen and chuckle to myself). VIA could put a steam engine on the ad, and most people would still be clueless. A train is a train. Blast from the past, though. Are any of those turbos preserved anywhere?