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VIA 6250
Title:  VIA 6250
Description:  With a rare RDC4 in the lead, west bound train #186 VIA 6250 is less than an hour out of Sudbury, ONT. on its way west to White River, ONT.
Photo Date:  9/17/1995  Upload Date: 12/1/2006 1:50:19 AM
Location:  Windy Lake, ON
Author:  Jack D. Kuiphoff
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger
Locomotives:  VIA 6250(RDC4)
Views:  1181   Comments: 3
VIA 6215
Title:  VIA 6215
Description:  Via train 186 arrives in Sudbury, ON
Photo Date:  7/23/1999  Upload Date: 3/19/2006 1:45:40 PM
Location:  Sudbury, ON
Author:  Robert Smith
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VIA 6215(RDC2) VIA 6250(RDC4)
Views:  1013   Comments: 0
Via 6250
Title:  Via 6250
Description:  The crew for Via train 186 walks to their train before switching over to the station to load passengers and gear.
Photo Date:  7/24/1999  Upload Date: 3/8/2006 9:39:18 PM
Location:  Sudbury, ON
Author:  Robert Smith
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VIA 6250(RDC4) VIA 6215(RDC2)
Views:  1755   Comments: 2
Via 6205
Title:  Via 6205
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/2/2003  Upload Date: 7/30/2006 3:36:29 PM
Location:  White River, ON
Author:  R`bert Smith
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VIA 6205(RDC2) VIA 6250(RDC4)
Views:  1167   Comments: 3
Via 6250
Title:  Via 6250
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/16/2006  Upload Date: 5/25/2007 6:47:44 PM
Location:  Capreol, ON
Author:  Tim Ball
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  VIA 6250(RDC4)
Views:  1172   Comments: 1
VIA 6250
Title:  VIA 6250
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/4/2007  Upload Date: 10/9/2007 5:07:02 PM
Location:  Sudbury, ON
Author:  Chris van der Heide
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  VIA 6250(RDC4)
Views:  777   Comments: 1
Via 6250
Title:  Via 6250
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/4/2007  Upload Date: 10/9/2007 5:07:35 PM
Location:  Sudbury, ON
Author:  Chris van der Heide
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  VIA 6250(RDC4)
Views:  869   Comments: 1
Via 6250
Title:  Via 6250
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/4/2007  Upload Date: 10/9/2007 5:09:26 PM
Location:  Sudbury, ON
Author:  Chris van der Heide
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  VIA 6250(RDC4)
Views:  661   Comments: 0
Via 6250
Title:  Via 6250
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/4/2007  Upload Date: 10/9/2007 5:08:30 PM
Location:  Sudbury, ON
Author:  Chris van der Heide
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  VIA 6250(RDC4)
Views:  879   Comments: 0
VIA 185
Title:  VIA 185
Description:  The Budds are ready to depart
Photo Date:  1/26/2010  Upload Date: 1/31/2010 1:02:18 PM
Location:  Sudbury, ON
Author:  Gregory L. Smith
Categories:  Roster,Winter,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  VIA 6205(RDC2) VIA 6250(RDC4)
Views:  925   Comments: 1
VIA 185
Title:  VIA 185
Description:  Departing Sudbury
Photo Date:  1/26/2010  Upload Date: 1/31/2010 1:03:03 PM
Location:  Sudbury, ON
Author:  Gregory L. Smith
Categories:  Winter,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  VIA 6205(RDC2) VIA 6250(RDC4)
Views:  809   Comments: 0
VIA 185
Title:  VIA 185
Description:  Departing Sudbury
Photo Date:  1/26/2010  Upload Date: 1/31/2010 1:03:40 PM
Location:  Sudbury, ON
Author:  Gregory L. Smith
Categories:  Winter,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  VIA 6205(RDC2) VIA 6250(RDC4)
Views:  931   Comments: 1
VIA Budd's leaving the yard for the station
Title:  VIA Budd's leaving the yard for the station
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/25/2010  Upload Date: 7/26/2010 10:21:44 AM
Location:  Sudbury, ON
Author:  Gregory L. Smith
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  VIA 6205(RDC2) VIA 6250(RDC4)
Views:  772   Comments: 0
VIA Budd's head for the station
Title:  VIA Budd's head for the station
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/25/2010  Upload Date: 7/26/2010 10:22:08 AM
Location:  Sudbury, ON
Author:  Gregory L. Smith
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  VIA 6205(RDC2) VIA 6250(RDC4)
Views:  714   Comments: 0
Action at Sudbury
Title:  Action at Sudbury
Description:  VIA 185 loads while CP U56 switches
Photo Date:  5/25/2010  Upload Date: 7/26/2010 10:22:42 AM
Location:  Sudbury, ON
Author:  Gregory L. Smith
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  VIA 6205(RDC2) CP 5905(SD40-2) CP 5863(SD40-2) VIA 6250(RDC4)
Views:  902   Comments: 1
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:  680   Comments: 0
VIA 6250
Title:  VIA 6250
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/28/2013  Upload Date: 9/29/2013 11:00:19 PM
Location:  Sudbury, ON
Author:  Bob Keenan
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  VIA 6250(RDC4)
Views:  675   Comments: 0
VIA 6250
Title:  VIA 6250
Description:  VIA 6217 being moved around the Sudbury Yard
Photo Date:  4/22/2014  Upload Date: 4/25/2014 9:55:42 AM
Location:  Sudbury, ON
Author:  Ken Reiss
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Passenger
Locomotives:  VIA 6250(RDC4)
Views:  825   Comments: 0
RDC's approach the station for loading
Title:  RDC's approach the station for loading
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/25/2023  Upload Date: 1/1/2024 4:51:38 PM
Location:  Sudbury, ON
Author:  Paul Leach
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VIA 6250(RDC4)
Views:  62   Comments: 0
Via RDC 6251
Title:  Via RDC 6251
Description:  sitting and waiting for the next trip
Photo Date:  12/6/2013  Upload Date: 10/11/2015 2:17:56 PM
Location:  Jasper, AB
Author:  Patrick Oxtoby
Categories:  Roster,Passenger
Locomotives:  VIA 6251(RDC4)
Views:  764   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:  371   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:  438   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:  355   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:  377   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:  472   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:  359   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:  357   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:  396   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:  366   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:  384   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:  339   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:  382   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:  365   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:  341   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:  380   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:  428   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:  391   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:  486   Comments: 0

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