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Title: |
Cab VIA 6205 |
Description: |
A view of the engineers position in VIA RDC2 6205 |
Photo Date: |
9/23/2011 Upload Date: 9/23/2011 9:43:45 AM |
Location: |
White River, ON |
Author: |
Roger Litwiller |
Categories: |
InCab,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
VIA 6205(RDC2) |
Views: |
645 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Cab of VIA 6205 |
Description: |
Close view of the engineers controls of VIA RDC2 6205 |
Photo Date: |
9/23/2011 Upload Date: 9/23/2011 9:49:35 AM |
Location: |
White River, ON |
Author: |
Roger Litwiller |
Categories: |
InCab,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
VIA 6205(RDC2) |
Views: |
742 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Interior VIA 6205 |
Description: |
Interior view of VIA 6205, an RDC2 converted to baggage car on the Sudbury to White River route in Ontario, Canada. |
Photo Date: |
9/23/2011 Upload Date: 9/23/2011 9:59:48 AM |
Location: |
White River, ON |
Author: |
Roger Litwiller |
Categories: |
InCab,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
VIA 6205(RDC2) |
Views: |
699 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
VIA Train at White River, Ontario |
Description: |
VIA Rail Train departing White River, Ontario, Canada. Two RDC,s VIA 6205 in the lead with VIA 6215 behind. The ladder tracks of the White River yard are clearly visible in the foreground. |
Photo Date: |
9/23/2011 Upload Date: 9/23/2011 9:35:06 AM |
Location: |
White River, ON |
Author: |
Roger Litwiller |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Station,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
VIA 6205(RDC2) VIA 6215(RDC2) |
Views: |
824 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
VIA 6205 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
11/1/2011 Upload Date: 4/16/2012 12:18:33 PM |
Location: |
Sudbury, ON |
Author: |
Jonathon Riddell |
Categories: |
Roster,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
VIA 6205(RDC2) |
Views: |
366 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
VIA 6205 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
10/5/2012 Upload Date: 2/9/2015 8:41:24 PM |
Location: |
Sudbury, ON |
Author: |
Jonathon Riddell |
Categories: |
Roster,Night,Station,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
VIA 6205(RDC2) |
Views: |
310 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
VIA 6205 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
10/5/2012 Upload Date: 2/9/2015 8:42:44 PM |
Location: |
Sudbury, ON |
Author: |
Jonathon Riddell |
Categories: |
Roster,Night,Station,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
VIA 6205(RDC2) |
Views: |
298 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
VIA 6205 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
10/5/2012 Upload Date: 2/9/2015 8:47:15 PM |
Location: |
Sudbury, ON |
Author: |
Jonathon Riddell |
Categories: |
Roster,Night,Station,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
VIA 6205(RDC2) |
Views: |
386 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
WCRX 6205 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
12/4/2021 Upload Date: 6/13/2022 5:35:12 PM |
Location: |
St. Jacobs, ON |
Author: |
James Gardiner |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
WCRX 6205(RDC2) |
Views: |
161 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Train 604 awaiting departure at Truro |
Description: |
Train 604 for Sidney, with RDC1s 6100/6131 and RDC2 6206, awaits departure time at Truro NS. |
Photo Date: |
5/15/1981 Upload Date: 1/6/2012 9:06:37 PM |
Location: |
Truro, NS |
Author: |
Michael Batten |
Categories: |
Roster,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
VIA 6100(RDC1) VIA 6131(RDC1) VIA 6206(RDC2) |
Views: |
1035 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
VIA #6206 |
Description: |
RDC-2 62 seat coach-snack bar, built by Budd in January 1955 in Lot #9682-161 as B&M 70 seat RDC-2 #6200, sold in 1966 to CN as #D206, to #6206 in January 1969, to VIA, sold in 2000 to Industrial Rail Services in Moncton, NB, reported as scrapped in 2015. Scanned with an Epson V550 from an original Kodachrome 35mm slide. |
Photo Date: |
2/7/1982 Upload Date: 7/21/2016 3:53:00 AM |
Location: |
Halifax, NS |
Author: |
Glenn Courtney/John C. Benson Collection |
Categories: |
Passenger |
Locomotives: |
VIA 6206(RDC2) |
Views: |
760 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
A wave from the cab |
Description: |
I count at least four people in the cab of VIA RDC2 6206 on train 186 meeting the westbound Canadian at Esher ON. |
Photo Date: |
9/5/1984 Upload Date: 1/7/2012 6:27:56 PM |
Location: |
Chapleau, ON |
Author: |
Michael Batten |
Categories: |
Roster,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
VIA 6206(RDC2) |
Views: |
526 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
IRSI 6206 |
Description: |
At former CN Diesel Shop now owned by IRSI. IRSI went into receivership in 2012, this was scrapped in 2015. |
Photo Date: |
6/10/2006 Upload Date: 10/29/2008 7:22:30 PM |
Location: |
Moncton, NB |
Author: |
Tim Steeves |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
IRSI 6206(RDC2) |
Views: |
1182 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
IRSI 6206 |
Description: |
Parked at IRSI. This was scrapped in 2016, after Industrial Rail Sservices Inc. declared bankruptcy in 2012. |
Photo Date: |
6/14/2008 Upload Date: 4/7/2020 10:24:53 AM |
Location: |
Moncton, NB |
Author: |
Tm Steeves |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
IRSI 6206(RDC2) |
Views: |
97 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
IRSI 6206 |
Description: |
Parked at IRSI. This was scrapped in 2016, after Industrial Rail Services Inc. declared bankruptcy in 2012. |
Photo Date: |
12/5/2009 Upload Date: 4/8/2020 5:26:12 PM |
Location: |
Moncton, NB |
Author: |
Tim Steeves |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
IRSI 6206(RDC2) |
Views: |
90 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
VIA 6207 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
7/11/1981 Upload Date: 3/23/2013 8:26:03 AM |
Location: |
St Marys, ON |
Author: |
Jack Smith |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
VIA 6207(RDC2) |
Views: |
281 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
VIA RDC2 6207 |
Description: |
VIA Rail RDC2 6207, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, August 8, 1984, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Number 6207 was built by Budd in June 1956 as CP RDC2 9104 (c/n 6309), later becoming CN 6207, and anfter April 1, 1978 became VIA Rail 6207, then to Industrial Rail Services (Moncton, NB) in 2000. |
Photo Date: |
8/8/1984 Upload Date: 1/25/2011 12:15:23 PM |
Location: |
Toronto, ON |
Author: |
Chuck Zeiler |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
VIA 6207(RDC2) |
Views: |
481 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
VIA RDC2 6207 |
Description: |
VIA RDC2 6207 at Toronto, Ontario, Canada on August 8, 1984, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Note the Budd dome on the turntable in the left background. |
Photo Date: |
8/8/1984 Upload Date: 12/5/2012 11:37:26 AM |
Location: |
Toronto, ON |
Author: |
Chuck Zeiler |
Categories: |
Yard |
Locomotives: |
VIA 6207(RDC2) |
Views: |
438 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
IRSI 6207 |
Description: |
At the former CN Diesel Shop. IRSI went into receivership in 2012, this was scrapped in 2015. |
Photo Date: |
6/13/2009 Upload Date: 9/25/2009 7:57:42 PM |
Location: |
Moncton, NB |
Author: |
Tim Steeves |
Categories: |
RollingStock |
Locomotives: |
IRSI 6207(RDC2) |
Views: |
303 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
IRSI 6207 |
Description: |
Parked at IRSI. This was scrapped in 2015, after Industrial Rail Services Inc. declared bankruptcy in 2012. |
Photo Date: |
12/5/2009 Upload Date: 4/8/2020 5:54:12 PM |
Location: |
Moncton, NB |
Author: |
Tim Steeves |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
IRSI 6207(RDC2) |
Views: |
72 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
CN 6208 |
Description: |
CN 6208 |
Photo Date: |
7/7/1976 Upload Date: 12/14/2007 11:43:35 AM |
Location: |
Hamilton, ON |
Author: |
Tim Vermande |
Categories: |
Roster,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
CN 6208(RDC2) |
Views: |
1034 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
CN 6208 |
Description: |
exact date unknown |
Photo Date: |
7/1/1978 Upload Date: 5/31/2010 10:59:02 AM |
Location: |
Burlington, ON |
Author: |
Tim Vermande |
Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
CN 6208(RDC2) |
Views: |
476 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
CN 6208 |
Description: |
exact date unknown |
Photo Date: |
7/1/1978 Upload Date: 5/31/2010 10:59:20 AM |
Location: |
Burlington, ON |
Author: |
Tim Vermande |
Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
CN 6208(RDC2) |
Views: |
521 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
VIA 6208 |
Description: |
Eastbound |
Photo Date: |
6/21/1980 Upload Date: 9/9/2017 9:08:34 PM |
Location: |
Bayview Junction, ON |
Author: |
Robert Farkas |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
VIA 6208(RDC2) |
Views: |
305 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
VIA RDC2 6208 |
Description: |
VIA Rail RDC2 6208 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on August 8, 1984, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Number 6208 was built by the Canadian Car & Foundry under license from Budd in February 1958 for the Canadian Pacific as RDC2 9195 (c/n 6907), later becoming CN 6208, transferred to VIA Rail in 1978, then to Industrial Rail Services (Moncton, NB) in 2000. |
Photo Date: |
8/8/1984 Upload Date: 1/22/2011 2:21:28 PM |
Location: |
Toronto, ON |
Author: |
Chuck Zeiler |
Categories: |
Yard,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
VIA 6208(RDC2) |
Views: |
1075 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
VIA 6208 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
8/11/1987 Upload Date: 1/29/2013 11:41:08 PM |
Location: |
Burlington, ON |
Author: |
Robert Farkas |
Categories: |
Scenic |
Locomotives: |
VIA 6208(RDC2) |
Views: |
373 Comments: 3 |
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Title: |
VIA 6208 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
8/11/1987 Upload Date: 10/29/2017 10:16:32 PM |
Location: |
Burlington, ON |
Author: |
Robert Farkas |
Categories: |
Passenger |
Locomotives: |
VIA 6208(RDC2) |
Views: |
270 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
IRSI 6208 |
Description: |
Parked at IRSI. This was rebuilt and returned to VIA in 2013. |
Photo Date: |
6/14/2008 Upload Date: 4/7/2020 11:04:49 AM |
Location: |
Moncton, NB |
Author: |
Tim Steeves |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
IRSI 6208(RDC2) |
Views: |
185 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
IRSI 6208 |
Description: |
Parked at IRSI on shop trucks. This was rebuilt and returned to VIA in 2013. |
Photo Date: |
12/5/2009 Upload Date: 4/8/2020 5:39:59 PM |
Location: |
Moncton, NB |
Author: |
Tim Steeves |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
IRSI 6208(RDC2) IRSI 6219(RDC2) |
Views: |
165 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
RDCs |
Description: |
VIA 6105, 6208, and 6251, hitching a ride back to Toronto on the tail end of train 78. They had spent the previous week up in Windsor, ON |
Photo Date: |
5/25/2017 Upload Date: 11/13/2018 12:17:22 PM |
Location: |
Brantford, ON |
Author: |
James Gardiner |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
VIA 6105(RDC1) VIA 6208(RDC2) VIA 6251(RDC4) |
Views: |
399 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
VIA RDCs |
Description: |
The 3-car set was parked on a yard track overnight before testing in the morning. |
Photo Date: |
11/7/2017 Upload Date: 1/14/2018 5:33:18 PM |
Location: |
Bathurst, NB |
Author: |
Geoff Doane |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
VIA 6105(RDC1) VIA 6208(RDC2) VIA 6251(RDC4) |
Views: |
463 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Rolling Along the Yard Track |
Description: |
The engineer slowly moves the RDC consist eastward in the yard towards some crossings. |
Photo Date: |
11/7/2017 Upload Date: 1/14/2018 5:38:08 PM |
Location: |
Bathurst, NB |
Author: |
Geoff Doane |
Categories: |
Yard,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
VIA 6105(RDC1) VIA 6208(RDC2) VIA 6251(RDC4) |
Views: |
380 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Just a Bit of Glint |
Description: |
Nothing throws off the glint like a set of Budd cars in the early morning sunshine. |
Photo Date: |
11/7/2017 Upload Date: 1/14/2018 5:38:49 PM |
Location: |
Bathurst, NB |
Author: |
Geoff Doane |
Categories: |
Yard,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
VIA 6105(RDC1) VIA 6208(RDC2) |
Views: |
335 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Testing the Crossing Circuit |
Description: |
Everything appears to be working as expected, as the 3-car train moves across the road. |
Photo Date: |
11/7/2017 Upload Date: 1/14/2018 5:39:26 PM |
Location: |
Bathurst, NB |
Author: |
Geoff Doane |
Categories: |
Signal,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
VIA 6105(RDC1) VIA 6208(RDC2) VIA 6251(RDC4) |
Views: |
408 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
One Mile to Bathurst Station |
Description: |
One mile east of the station, the RDC test train is about to test another crossing. |
Photo Date: |
11/7/2017 Upload Date: 1/14/2018 5:39:54 PM |
Location: |
Bathurst, NB |
Author: |
Geoff Doane |
Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
VIA 6105(RDC1) VIA 6208(RDC2) VIA 6251(RDC4) |
Views: |
502 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Heading Back West |
Description: |
The RDC test train is about to test the crossings from the other end now. |
Photo Date: |
11/7/2017 Upload Date: 1/14/2018 5:40:31 PM |
Location: |
Bathurst, NB |
Author: |
Geoff Doane |
Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
VIA 6251(RDC4) VIA 6208(RDC2) VIA 6105(RDC1) |
Views: |
380 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
RDC Testing |
Description: |
Crews spent the morning testing crossing at various different speeds. |
Photo Date: |
11/7/2017 Upload Date: 1/14/2018 5:40:56 PM |
Location: |
Bathurst, NB |
Author: |
Geoff Doane |
Categories: |
Scenic,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
VIA 6251(RDC4) VIA 6208(RDC2) VIA 6105(RDC1) |
Views: |
385 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
On the Main Line at the Station |
Description: |
With the first batch of tests completed, the RDCs wait at teh station while the crews take a coffee break. |
Photo Date: |
11/7/2017 Upload Date: 1/14/2018 5:41:27 PM |
Location: |
Bathurst, NB |
Author: |
Geoff Doane |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Station,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
VIA 6105(RDC1) VIA 6208(RDC2) VIA 6251(RDC4) |
Views: |
419 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Golf Rd. Crossing |
Description: |
This is why we test. Rusty rails on the siding prevented the RDCs from shunting the crossing circuit. The gates stayed up. |
Photo Date: |
11/7/2017 Upload Date: 1/14/2018 5:42:03 PM |
Location: |
Bathurst, NB |
Author: |
Geoff Doane |
Categories: |
Signal,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
VIA 6105(RDC1) VIA 6208(RDC2) VIA 6251(RDC4) |
Views: |
393 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
More Glint on the Siding |
Description: |
After an unsuccessful test on the siding, the train moved forward to test from the other direction. |
Photo Date: |
11/7/2017 Upload Date: 1/14/2018 5:42:36 PM |
Location: |
Bathurst, NB |
Author: |
Geoff Doane |
Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
VIA 6105(RDC1) VIA 6208(RDC2) VIA 6251(RDC4) |
Views: |
412 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Heading West |
Description: |
Now it was time to do some high speed testing at crossings west of town. |
Photo Date: |
11/7/2017 Upload Date: 1/14/2018 5:43:14 PM |
Location: |
Bathurst, NB |
Author: |
Geoff Doane |
Categories: |
Scenic,Yard,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
VIA 6251(RDC4) VIA 6208(RDC2) VIA 6105(RDC1) |
Views: |
362 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Slow Speed Test |
Description: |
Each crossing was tested at 10, 25 and then 60 mph. The superelevation on this curve indicates that it can handle a high speed train. |
Photo Date: |
11/7/2017 Upload Date: 1/14/2018 6:46:14 PM |
Location: |
Pointe-Verte, NB |
Author: |
Geoff Doane |
Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
VIA 6105(RDC1) VIA 6208(RDC2) VIA 6251(RDC4) |
Views: |
408 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
More Glint |
Description: |
Going-away from Rue de la Gare |
Photo Date: |
11/7/2017 Upload Date: 1/14/2018 6:18:23 PM |
Location: |
Pointe-Verte, NB |
Author: |
Geoff Doane |
Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
VIA 6105(RDC1) VIA 6208(RDC2) VIA 6251(RDC4) |
Views: |
390 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Petit-Rocher Station |
Description: |
The test train rolls past the community train station. This building is maintained by the village, not VIA, at this flag stop on the route of the Ocean. |
Photo Date: |
11/7/2017 Upload Date: 1/14/2018 6:46:44 PM |
Location: |
Petit-Rocher, NB |
Author: |
Geoff Doane |
Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
VIA 6251(RDC4) VIA 6208(RDC2) VIA 6105(RDC1) |
Views: |
367 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
On the Main Line |
Description: |
The test train is travelling west next to the siding. In the distance is a spur to an aquaculture fish food plant. |
Photo Date: |
11/7/2017 Upload Date: 1/14/2018 6:22:50 PM |
Location: |
Petit-Rocher, NB |
Author: |
Geoff Doane |
Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
VIA 6251(RDC4) VIA 6208(RDC2) VIA 6105(RDC1) |
Views: |
406 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Fading Light |
Description: |
Later in the day the Test RDCs cross a small stream west of Petit-Rocher |
Photo Date: |
11/7/2017 Upload Date: 1/14/2018 6:32:01 PM |
Location: |
Petit-Rocher, NB |
Author: |
Geoff Doane |
Categories: |
Bridge,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
VIA 6251(RDC4) VIA 6208(RDC2) VIA 6105(RDC1) |
Views: |
453 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
60 MPH |
Description: |
The light was fading, but we stuck around for one last run past a pedestrian crossing at 60 mph. |
Photo Date: |
11/7/2017 Upload Date: 1/14/2018 6:34:47 PM |
Location: |
Beresford, NB |
Author: |
Geoff Doane |
Categories: |
Bridge,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
VIA 6251(RDC4) VIA 6208(RDC2) VIA 6105(RDC1) |
Views: |
411 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
High Speed Pass |
Description: |
The light was dim and the train was fast, resulting in some motion blur on this final pass. |
Photo Date: |
11/7/2017 Upload Date: 1/14/2018 6:36:05 PM |
Location: |
Beresford, NB |
Author: |
Geoff Doane |
Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
VIA 6251(RDC4) VIA 6208(RDC2) VIA 6105(RDC1) |
Views: |
515 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
B&M 6209 |
Description: |
B&M 6209 sits in Lincoln, it has seen better days before it kissed a derail |
Photo Date: |
6/14/2008 Upload Date: 6/15/2008 8:42:07 PM |
Location: |
Lincoln, NH |
Author: |
Billy Stone |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
BM 6209(RDC2) |
Views: |
670 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
MBTA 6209 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
7/27/2010 Upload Date: 1/28/2011 6:19:40 PM |
Location: |
Lincoln, NH |
Author: |
Christopher Kelliher |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
MBTA 6209(RDC2) |
Views: |
471 Comments: 0 |
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