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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: |
294 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: |
1063 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: |
361 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: |
259 Comments: 2 |
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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: |
376 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: |
443 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: |
359 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: |
310 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: |
383 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: |
477 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: |
362 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: |
363 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: |
400 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: |
370 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: |
387 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: |
343 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: |
389 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: |
369 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: |
345 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: |
384 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: |
435 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: |
393 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: |
490 Comments: 0 |
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