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BM 6103
Title:  BM 6103
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/8/1984  Upload Date: 12/17/2012 12:36:14 AM
Location:  Boston North Station, MA
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories:  Roster,Station
Locomotives:  BM 6103(RDC1)
Views:  845   Comments: 2
VIA 6104
Title:  VIA 6104
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/9/1982  Upload Date: 2/23/2021 2:40:54 PM
Location:  Hamilton, ON
Author:  Tim Vermande
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VIA 6104(RDC1)
Views:  188   Comments: 0
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Budd RDC1 No. 6105
Title:  Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Budd RDC1 No. 6105
Description:  Ex Boston and Maine Railroad (BM)
Photo Date:  8/23/1980  Upload Date: 2/21/2009 4:30:16 PM
Location:  Boston South Station, MA
Author:  Bill Rogerson
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MBTA 6105(RDC1)
Views:  631   Comments: 0
IRSI 6105
Title:  IRSI 6105
Description:  Parked at IRSI. This was rebuilt and returned to VIA in 2013.
Photo Date:  6/14/2008  Upload Date: 4/7/2020 10:59:23 AM
Location:  Moncton, NB
Author:  Tim Steeves
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  IRSI 6105(RDC1)
Views:  107   Comments: 0
IRSI 6105
Title:  IRSI 6105
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 3:47:30 PM
Location:  Moncton, NB
Author:  Tim Steeves
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  IRSI 6105(RDC1)
Views:  102   Comments: 0
VIA 6250
Title:  VIA 6250
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/19/2013  Upload Date: 8/30/2013 8:40:39 PM
Location:  Chapleau, ON
Author:  Tyler Hoar
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  VIA 6250(RDC4) VIA 6105(RDC1)
Views:  717   Comments: 0
VIA 6217, VIA 6105, VIA 6219
Title:  VIA 6217, VIA 6105, VIA 6219
Description:  VIA 6217, VIA 6105, VIA 6219 being built as todays VIA #185
Photo Date:  4/22/2014  Upload Date: 4/25/2014 9:58:20 AM
Location:  Sudbury, ON
Author:  Ken Reiss
Categories:  Roster,Passenger
Locomotives:  VIA 6105(RDC1) VIA 6219(RDC2) VIA 6217(RDC2)
Views:  901   Comments: 1
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:  427   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:  494   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:  406   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:  364   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:  437   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:  529   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:  408   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:  410   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:  445   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:  413   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:  445   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:  385   Comments: 0
Heading West
Title:  Heading West
Description:  Next stop will be Petit-Rocher
Photo Date:  11/7/2017  Upload Date: 1/14/2018 5:43:53 PM
Location:  Bathurst, NB
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  VIA 6105(RDC1)
Views:  298   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:  444   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:  414   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:  388   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:  434   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:  482   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:  442   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:  542   Comments: 0
Just out of the station
Title:  Just out of the station
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/25/2023  Upload Date: 1/1/2024 12:38:01 PM
Location:  Sudbury, ON
Author:  Paul Leach
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VIA 6105(RDC1)
Views:  66   Comments: 0
CN 6106
Title:  CN 6106
Description:  At Spadina engine terminal (Date approximate)
Photo Date:  3/7/1970  Upload Date: 6/26/2013 9:51:21 PM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Robert Farkas
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CN 6106(RDC1)
Views:  1298   Comments: 2
CN 6109
Title:  CN 6109
Description:  CN 6109
Photo Date:  7/4/1976  Upload Date: 8/15/2007 9:23:42 AM
Location:  Burlington, ON
Author:  Tim Vermande
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CN 6109(RDC1)
Views:  820   Comments: 0
CN 6109
Title:  CN 6109
Description:  exact date unknown
Photo Date:  7/1/1978  Upload Date: 5/31/2010 10:58:47 AM
Location:  Burlington, ON
Author:  Tim Vermande
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CN 6109(RDC1)
Views:  1369   Comments: 1
VIA RDC1 6110
Title:  VIA RDC1 6110
Description:  VIA Rail RDC1 6110 at Toronto, Ontario, Canada on December 13, 1983, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. One source states that this was the original Budd demonstrator.
Photo Date:  12/13/1983  Upload Date: 8/10/2012 12:15:47 PM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  VIA 6110(RDC1)
Views:  952   Comments: 0
Via 6110
Title:  Via 6110
Description:  VIA RDC 6110 sits at the TMC yard in Toronto. See Comments.
Photo Date:  8/16/2005  Upload Date: 3/5/2006 10:52:14 PM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Andy Inserra
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  VIA 6110(RDC1)
Views:  1696   Comments: 3
4 FMRC RDCs
Title:  4 FMRC RDCs
Description:  4 ex-VIA RDCs stored at TMC.
Photo Date:  7/4/2008  Upload Date: 10/24/2009 3:00:47 PM
Location:  Mimico, ON
Author:  Tim Steeves
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard
Locomotives:  FMRC 6110(RDC1) FMRC 6138(RDC1) FMRC 6111(RDC1) FMRC 6113(RDC1)
Views:  961   Comments: 0
5 FMRC RDCs and 3 VIA LRCs
Title:  5 FMRC RDCs and 3 VIA LRCs
Description:  5 ex-VIA RDCs (now owned by Farmrail) and 3 of the 4 LRC locomotive still owned by VIA (the other one is in Montreal).
Photo Date:  7/4/2008  Upload Date: 10/24/2009 2:56:12 PM
Location:  Mimico, ON
Author:  Tim Steeves
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard
Locomotives:  VIA 6914(LRC) VIA 6917(LRC) FMRC 6113(RDC1) FMRC 6111(RDC1) FMRC 6138(RDC1) FMRC 6110(RDC1) FMRC 6214(RDC2) VIA 6919(LRC)
Views:  1730   Comments: 2
FMRC 6214
Title:  FMRC 6214
Description:  ex-VIA RDC-2 in storage.
Photo Date:  7/4/2008  Upload Date: 10/22/2009 7:05:27 PM
Location:  Mimico, ON
Author:  Tim Steeves
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard
Locomotives:  FMRC 6214(RDC2) FMRC 6110(RDC1)
Views:  971   Comments: 0
CN 6111
Title:  CN 6111
Description:  (Date approximate
Photo Date:  6/14/1972  Upload Date: 6/4/2012 9:14:55 PM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Robert Farkas
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CN 6111(RDC1)
Views:  338   Comments: 1
VIA RDC1 6111
Title:  VIA RDC1 6111
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/27/1984  Upload Date: 9/14/2007 11:13:33 PM
Location:  Burlington West, ON
Author:  Alan Niebel
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  VIA 6111(RDC1)
Views:  830   Comments: 0
VIA 6111
Title:  VIA 6111
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/11/1989  Upload Date: 1/28/2012 12:40:20 PM
Location:  London East, ON
Author:  Jack Smith
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VIA 6111(RDC1)
Views:  522   Comments: 2
FMRC 6111
Title:  FMRC 6111
Description:  Scan. Railiners in storage. 6111 sold to WCR (2020). 6113 sold to RPDX (2020). 3223 sold to WCRA (2006). Exact day unknown.
Photo Date:  10/1/2002  Upload Date: 10/13/2023 6:51:13 PM
Location:  Mimico, ON
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  FMRC 6111(RDC1) FMRC 6113(RDC1)
Views:  85   Comments: 0
VIA LRCs and FMRC RDCs.
Title:  VIA LRCs and FMRC RDCs.
Description:  Three of the remaining four LRCs that VIA still owns, and a string of stored Farmrail (ex-VIA) RDCs. Two of these LRCs have been scrapped, 6917 is now owned by the Toronto Railway Heritage Association and have gotten her back up and running in 2014, the first time in about 14 years.
Photo Date:  7/4/2008  Upload Date: 10/2/2009 6:58:34 PM
Location:  Mimico, ON
Author:  Tim Steeves
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard
Locomotives:  VIA 6914(LRC) VIA 6917(LRC) VIA 6919(LRC) FMRC 6113(RDC1) FMRC 6111(RDC1) FMRC 6138(RDC1)
Views:  1346   Comments: 1
CN 6113
Title:  CN 6113
Description:  CN 6113
Photo Date:  6/9/1975  Upload Date: 12/8/2007 11:37:04 AM
Location:  Hamilton, ON
Author:  Tim Vermande
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CN 6113(RDC1)
Views:  792   Comments: 1
CN 61113
Title:  CN 61113
Description:  Awaiting its next assignment in Toronto. Date is approximate.
Photo Date:  9/1/1978  Upload Date: 3/7/2009 8:41:36 AM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Randy Kotuby
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CN 6113(RDC1)
Views:  1121   Comments: 1
VIA 6113
Title:  VIA 6113
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/17/1989  Upload Date: 5/27/2010 11:13:19 AM
Location:  London, ON
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VIA 6113(RDC1)
Views:  996   Comments: 2
CN engine and fuel facility in Metairie
Title:  CN engine and fuel facility in Metairie
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/13/2007  Upload Date: 10/9/2017 11:46:15 AM
Location:  Metairie, LA
Author:  John Walker
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IC 9639(GP38-2) CN 6113(RDC1)
Views:  291   Comments: 0
Vandalism
Title:  Vandalism
Description:  RDC-1 6114 lies, wedged into the turntable pit at Boston Engine Terminal, the victim of a malicious act by an escaped mental patient who set the un-attended train in motion.
Photo Date:  3/15/1972  Upload Date: 2/13/2012 8:23:39 PM
Location:  Somerville, MA
Author:  David Hutchinson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BM 6114(RDC1)
Views:  1520   Comments: 1
CN 6114
Title:  CN 6114
Description:  CN Spadina Engine Facility
Photo Date:  6/12/1972  Upload Date: 5/31/2012 9:05:04 PM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Robert Farkas
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CN 6114(RDC1)
Views:  743   Comments: 2
CN 6114
Title:  CN 6114
Description:  With (Mexican) Pacifico MLWs in back (date approximate)
Photo Date:  6/12/1972  Upload Date: 6/7/2012 8:19:02 PM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Robert Farkas
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CN 6114(RDC1)
Views:  734   Comments: 3
CN 6114 (2)
Title:  CN 6114 (2)
Description:  Spadina Engine Facility (Mexican Pacifico MLWs included)(Date approximate)
Photo Date:  6/12/1972  Upload Date: 6/7/2012 8:29:21 PM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Robert Farkas
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CN 6114(RDC1)
Views:  570   Comments: 4
VIA 6114
Title:  VIA 6114
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/11/1980  Upload Date: 3/5/2011 10:59:19 AM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Jack Smith
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VIA 6114(RDC1)
Views:  703   Comments: 0


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