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Cab VIA 6205
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
Cab of VIA 6205
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
Interior VIA 6205
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
VIA Train at White River, Ontario
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
VIA 6205
Title:  VIA 6205
Description: 
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
VIA 6205
Title:  VIA 6205
Description: 
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
VIA 6205
Title:  VIA 6205
Description: 
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
VIA 6205
Title:  VIA 6205
Description: 
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
WCRX 6205
Title:  WCRX 6205
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/4/2021  Upload Date: 6/13/2022 5:35:12 PM
Location:  St. Jacobs, ON
Author:  James Gardiner
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WCRX 6205(RDC2)
Views:  161   Comments: 0
Train 604 awaiting departure at Truro
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
VIA #6206
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
A wave from the cab
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
IRSI 6206
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: 
Locomotives:  IRSI 6206(RDC2)
Views:  1182   Comments: 0
IRSI 6206
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
IRSI 6206
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
VIA 6207
Title:  VIA 6207
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/11/1981  Upload Date: 3/23/2013 8:26:03 AM
Location:  St Marys, ON
Author:  Jack Smith
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VIA 6207(RDC2)
Views:  281   Comments: 0
VIA RDC2 6207
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
VIA RDC2 6207
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
IRSI 6207
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
IRSI 6207
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
CN 6208
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
CN 6208
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
CN 6208
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
VIA 6208
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
VIA RDC2 6208
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
VIA 6208
Title:  VIA 6208
Description: 
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
VIA 6208
Title:  VIA 6208
Description: 
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
IRSI 6208
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
IRSI 6208
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
RDCs
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: 
Locomotives:  VIA 6105(RDC1) VIA 6208(RDC2) VIA 6251(RDC4)
Views:  399   Comments: 0
VIA RDCs
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
Rolling Along the Yard Track
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
Just a Bit of Glint
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
Testing the Crossing Circuit
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
One Mile to Bathurst Station
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
Heading Back West
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
RDC Testing
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
On the Main Line at the Station
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
Golf Rd. Crossing
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
More Glint on the Siding
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
Heading West
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
Slow Speed Test
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
More Glint
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
Petit-Rocher Station
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
On the Main Line
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
Fading Light
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
60 MPH
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
High Speed Pass
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
B&M 6209
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: 
Locomotives:  BM 6209(RDC2)
Views:  670   Comments: 0
MBTA 6209
Title:  MBTA 6209
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/27/2010  Upload Date: 1/28/2011 6:19:40 PM
Location:  Lincoln, NH
Author:  Christopher Kelliher
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MBTA 6209(RDC2)
Views:  471   Comments: 0


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