tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8418509564641611370.post2958048387080709888..comments2024-03-17T08:29:33.849-03:00Comments on Tim's Train Travels: Cross-Canada Trip 2017 - DAY 8TimHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00432213761954945224noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8418509564641611370.post-55033382458751390832017-09-13T08:49:06.840-03:002017-09-13T08:49:06.840-03:00So back to that little salad - I'm now fairly ...So back to that little salad - I'm now fairly certain that it was in fact daikon! It sure looks the part, the description fits, and it is typically served in salads in that way.TimHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00432213761954945224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8418509564641611370.post-50514786752856254162017-08-04T09:15:41.674-03:002017-08-04T09:15:41.674-03:00Glad you enjoyed it! Yes, the original CPR route w...Glad you enjoyed it! Yes, the original CPR route would have been something amazing to ride, but I think the CN route is still a beautiful trip and worthwhile doing if you have the chance. <br /><br />Re: the salad - hmm, you may be on to something. It was really strange - it had a texture that was almost like a noodle, but not. I couldn't identify any clear flavour that gave me any indication of what it was. Perhaps I'll have to track down some celeriac to compare!<br /><br />The current Corridor schedule is a real embarrassment. The absolute fastest trip on that run is currently 4h49min. Train 64, which I was on, takes 5h17min. I remember when the express LRC runs were at 3h59min, and they still kept something comparable to that for the first while after the LRCs disappeared. The fact that the best performance they can manage now is an hour longer and they still struggle to stay on time, is just sad. How are we a country where the fastest passenger trains are a thing of decades past, and not now? Are we ever going to actually start *improving* our passenger rail system? That's a question for the politicians who hold the purse strings for VIA...TimHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00432213761954945224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8418509564641611370.post-31137513218326491362017-08-03T23:29:45.578-03:002017-08-03T23:29:45.578-03:00Hi Tim. Thank you very much for your report, it wa...Hi Tim. Thank you very much for your report, it was quite interesting to read. I always wanted to run the "real Canadian" on the CPR but I didn't that before it was cut. Maybe I will however run the Super Continental (or the actual Canadian) one day, who knows. Otherwise, to answer your question about the salad included with the lunch, my guess would be a celeriac (or celery root) salad. This is something that you could find relatively easily in France. Otherwise, on your comment about making up time in the corridor, I would like to remind than with the turbo, or even the LRC in the nineteens, it was possible to make the run between Montreal and Toronto in less than four hours. Now, you will be lucky to make the same run in less than five hours, so, even if it's true that they make a lot more stop during the run there is, I guess, some possibility to make up some times.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com