VIA Rail Safety Day 2015

[DragonHeart]

I was helping out at VIA Halifax with the safety day onbord the train VIA was giving out Free Rides and we had 2100 ppl and about 7000 visitors came to the station it was a huge event.

Here the Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6xptTAalUI anyone who didn't go you missed out on a grate event.

[downeastrailfan]

I volunteered as well. The public response was much more than anticipated.

We had the Dartmouth model rr club, Lego trains, Operation Lifesaver, tours of the F40 cab with a driver, and trains rides.

There were 21 volunteers and VIA would like to double that number next year, so if you live local, keep it in mind.

[Dan Conlin]

I popped over from work at lunch (we worked the weekend at Pier 21 getting ready for tomorrow's reopening) and it was crazy busy. Great to see. Amazing what the word of mouth about "free train rides" will do! I'd be happy to help out net year, maybe run my DAR G scale trains.

Dan

[DragonHeart]

Word form the wise if your planning on running your train keep a eye on it at all times, I had a mine set up and it ended up getting removed by little fingers and dissmaled for the remander of the day I was out on the train at the time. Next your I'll buy a cheap train set at Walmart so if it gets racked i wont care bemuse its not my good set.

In this Video you'll see me driving a hand cart I think that's what thay are called you don't see too many of them anymore not in working order its at the end of the video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HS780jV ... XA&index=1

[downeastrailfan]

Nelson,

David Othen and I decided it would be best to dismantle your set and put it away. When I discovered what was happening, the kids had already pulled off trucks, couplers, and there were a lot of small parts laying around. Some of the parents thought that it was there for this purpose!

Young kids need much more robust trains, like a Brio set. I remember when I worked at a library, the Brio trains were very popular.

[DragonHeart]

Thanks for doing that any longer and i prolbey be throwing out most of it.

On another note next weekend may 16th 17th & 18th the long weekend of may I'm planing on going up to Windsor on the bike to take pics its I'm leaving a round 6:30am form my place and heading up to Mount Uniacke and going form there along the old line if anyone interested in coming along for the hike your welcome to join me. You can meet up with me for a bit if you want as well this will be a 3 day trip I'm leaving Saturday morning and returning Monday sometime.