I just picked MW up with her suitcases (yes, plural) and her son & dog. The son & dog aren’t coming on the trip, they’re just joining us as far as the Georgetown train station, then they’re walking home.
We’re waiting in the station parking lot for LR’s train. Years (and years) ago, I took VIA from Toronto to Georgetown (it must have been after the last GO train of the day had left). We stopped in Brampton, then, just at Norval I gathered my stuff, stood up, and moved to the door, ready to disembark. The train seemed to still be moving quite quickly when, out of the corner of my eye, I saw the conductor jump up with a start, grab her walkie-talkie, and start running towards me. It seems they had forgotten they had a passenger for Georgetown, and were barrelling right though town non-stop. She managed to get the engineer to stop the train just past the station. She walked me to the very last door of the train, apologising profusely, and I had to jump down onto the track and walk 20’ back to the very edge of the platform and climb up. Not really VIA’s finest moment.
Well, the train seemed to be coming very quickly into the station, but it did indeed stop this time, and eventually LR arrived on board the Reid Sisters’ Sunseeker Express.
Let the fun begin!