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| Title: |
VIA LRC PROTOTYPE |
| Description: |
This is one of the preliminary pre-production test runs for lightweight diesel-powered passenger trains that were planned for medium-distance inter-city service in the Canadian Provinces of Ontario and Quebec. |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/1972 Upload Date: 2/3/2025 5:10:41 PM |
| Location: |
Unknown, QC |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
VIA PROTOTYPE(LRC) |
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20 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
VIA LRC PROTOTYPE |
| Description: |
This is another pre-production test run of the LRC designed for VIA done between 1972-77. |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/1972 Upload Date: 2/3/2025 5:10:42 PM |
| Location: |
Unknown, QC |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
VIA PROTOTYPE(LRC) |
| Views: |
17 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
VIA LRC PROTOTYPE |
| Description: |
This is an overhead view of one of the test runs for the pre-production LRC (Light, Rapid, Comfortable) passneger train planned for VIA. sometime between 1972-77. |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/1972 Upload Date: 2/3/2025 5:10:43 PM |
| Location: |
Unknown, QC |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
VIA PROTOTYPE(LRC) |
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18 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
VIA PROTOTYPE |
| Description: |
Here is a close up view of the pre-production prototype LRC power unit being tested for use on VIA passenger service in the Canadian Provinces of Ontario and Quebec. This was taken sometime between 1972-77. |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/1972 Upload Date: 2/3/2025 5:10:44 PM |
| Location: |
Unknown, QC |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
VIA PROTOTYPE(LRC) |
| Views: |
21 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
VIA LRC PROTOTYPE |
| Description: |
Nice color shot of the pre-production test run of the light rail LRC being developed for VIA for use in the Canadian Provinces of Ontario and Quebec. This was taken sometime between 1972-77. |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/1972 Upload Date: 2/3/2025 5:10:45 PM |
| Location: |
Unknown, QC |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
VIA PROTOTYPE(LRC) |
| Views: |
21 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
VIA LRC |
| Description: |
Eastbound (Date and location approximate) |
| Photo Date: |
10/12/1986 Upload Date: 12/23/2011 1:58:08 PM |
| Location: |
Toronto, ON |
| Author: |
Robert Farkas |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
VIA LRC(LRC) |
| Views: |
965 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
VIA 6900 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
4/7/1983 Upload Date: 6/21/2010 11:20:01 PM |
| Location: |
Hammond, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Golden |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
VIA 6900(LRC) |
| Views: |
706 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Via 6900 |
| Description: |
EB at Bayview Jct. |
| Photo Date: |
8/7/1983 Upload Date: 12/11/2005 3:15:42 PM |
| Location: |
Bayview East, ON |
| Author: |
Stephen J. Benkovitz |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
VIA 6900(LRC) |
| Views: |
1402 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
VIA 6900 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
3/27/1984 Upload Date: 3/10/2016 4:31:05 AM |
| Location: |
Hamilton West, ON |
| Author: |
Robert Farkas |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
VIA 6900(LRC) |
| Views: |
251 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Pushing home |
| Description: |
VIA 6900 was on the rear of this eastbound that has just left Dorval as train 62. It will return later with a Toronto train. |
| Photo Date: |
9/6/1987 Upload Date: 5/26/2015 12:15:12 PM |
| Location: |
Dorval, QC |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
VIA 6900(LRC) |
| Views: |
243 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Returning west |
| Description: |
VIA 6900, the class unit we saw earlier, rolls into Dorval with train 69. |
| Photo Date: |
9/6/1987 Upload Date: 5/26/2015 12:30:55 PM |
| Location: |
Dorval, QC |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
VIA 6900(LRC) |
| Views: |
214 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Class unit |
| Description: |
VIA 6900, first of the LRC power units, leads a westbound at Dorion. |
| Photo Date: |
9/30/1989 Upload Date: 11/30/2015 4:35:36 AM |
| Location: |
Dorion, QC |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
VIA 6900(LRC) |
| Views: |
229 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
VIA 6901 at Windsor station ceremonial handover of first LRC train |
| Description: |
On July 1, 1981 the first LRC train was a ceremonially handed over VIA at Windsor Station. The LRC units were 6901 and 6904. |
| Photo Date: |
7/1/1981 Upload Date: 4/25/2015 11:14:33 AM |
| Location: |
Montreal, QC |
| Author: |
Jim Sandilands |
| Categories: |
Roster,Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
VIA 6901(LRC) |
| Views: |
512 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
VIA 6901 |
| Description: |
Eastbound |
| Photo Date: |
8/12/1982 Upload Date: 5/30/2015 9:43:48 AM |
| Location: |
St. Clair Beach, ON |
| Author: |
Robert Farkas |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
VIA 6901(LRC) |
| Views: |
360 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
VIA 6901 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
11/11/1982 Upload Date: 5/21/2011 7:12:05 PM |
| Location: |
Durand, MI |
| Author: |
Jack Smith |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
VIA 6901(LRC) |
| Views: |
338 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
VIA in Michigan |
| Description: |
Amtrak train #365 "International" westbound with VIA equipment. |
| Photo Date: |
12/16/1982 Upload Date: 12/25/2014 2:01:54 PM |
| Location: |
Kalamazoo, MI |
| Author: |
Gerald Grossman |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
VIA 6901(LRC) |
| Views: |
564 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
VIA at Battle Creek |
| Description: |
VIA #6901 and Tempo cars make up eastbound Amtrak train #364, the "International Limited", at Battle Creeks then-new station on 30 December 1982. |
| Photo Date: |
12/30/1982 Upload Date: 5/18/2015 12:17:35 PM |
| Location: |
Battle Creek, MI |
| Author: |
Gerald Grossman |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
VIA 6901(LRC) |
| Views: |
338 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
The International |
| Description: |
Amtrak/VIA westbound International stops to pick up passengers at East Lansing. When The International began in 1982, it operated using VIA Rail LRC Engines and "Tempo" cars, or Amtrak F40s and Amfleet cars. The VIA LRC engines and cars vanished from the train in 1990. From the collection of Dennis Schmidt |
| Photo Date: |
2/19/1983 Upload Date: 2/20/2006 10:12:16 AM |
| Location: |
East Lansing, MI |
| Author: |
Dennis Schmidt |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
VIA 6901(LRC) |
| Views: |
1279 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
VIA 6901 on AMTK #364 (The International) |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
10/10/1983 Upload Date: 9/7/2009 11:41:04 PM |
| Location: |
Hammond, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Golden |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
VIA 6901(LRC) AMTK 291(F40PHR) |
| Views: |
871 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AMTK #364--The International Limited |
| Description: |
VIA 6901 and AMTK 291 |
| Photo Date: |
10/14/1983 Upload Date: 3/8/2010 2:23:48 PM |
| Location: |
Hammond, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Golden |
| Categories: |
|
| Locomotives: |
VIA 6901(LRC) AMTK 291(F40PHR) |
| Views: |
705 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
VIA 6901 on Amtrak |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
10/30/1983 Upload Date: 9/24/2009 4:49:05 PM |
| Location: |
Hammond, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Golden |
| Categories: |
|
| Locomotives: |
VIA 6901(LRC) AMTK 291(F40PHR) |
| Views: |
669 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
VIA LRC 6901 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
5/27/1984 Upload Date: 9/14/2007 11:16:53 PM |
| Location: |
Burlington West, ON |
| Author: |
Alan Gaines |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
VIA 6901(LRC) |
| Views: |
642 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
VIA LRC-2 #6901 - VIA Rail |
| Description: |
This is one of the novel diesel locomotive LRC units built by the Bombardier Corporation in 1982. "LRC" is an acronym for "Light, Rapid, Comfortable" (in French: Léger, Rapide, et Confortable) According to Wikipeida "The LRC passenger cars feature active-tilt technology to reduce the forces on the passengers when a train travels at high speeds through curves. LRCs have reached speeds as high as 130 mph on test runs. On its only regular service route, the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor, wear concerns, signalling issues and conflicts with slower-moving freight trains limit this to 100 mph (160 km/h) or less." Retirements for the 31 locos started 10-15 years after the build dates with the last one running in 2001. Reuben S. Brouse slide |
| Photo Date: |
7/12/1984 Upload Date: 10/19/2020 5:35:20 PM |
| Location: |
Toronto, ON |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
VIA 6901(LRC) |
| Views: |
255 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CN S13 8514 |
| Description: |
CN S13 8514 at Toronto, Ontario, Canada on August 8, 1984, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. |
| Photo Date: |
8/8/1984 Upload Date: 5/13/2011 12:46:14 PM |
| Location: |
Toronto, ON |
| Author: |
Chuck Zeiler |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
CN 8514(S13) VIA 6901(LRC) |
| Views: |
784 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
VIA LRC 6901 |
| Description: |
VIA LRC 6901 at Toronto, Ontario, Canada on August 8, 0984, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. |
| Photo Date: |
8/8/1984 Upload Date: 6/28/2012 9:26:28 AM |
| Location: |
Toronto, ON |
| Author: |
Chuck Zeiler |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
VIA 6901(LRC) |
| Views: |
445 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Alco design |
| Description: |
An LRC train stops at London Ont as it makes its way to Windsor. |
| Photo Date: |
10/12/1984 Upload Date: 7/24/2014 2:29:10 AM |
| Location: |
London, ON |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
VIA 6901(LRC) |
| Views: |
365 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Headed for home |
| Description: |
An LRC cab leads this train on it last lap into Montreal. |
| Photo Date: |
8/26/1986 Upload Date: 12/10/2014 2:11:12 PM |
| Location: |
Dorval, QC |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
VIA 6901(LRC) |
| Views: |
339 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
VIA 6901 |
| Description: |
Eastbound |
| Photo Date: |
10/12/1986 Upload Date: 1/7/2015 11:20:57 AM |
| Location: |
Pickering, ON |
| Author: |
Robert Farkas |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
VIA 6901(LRC) |
| Views: |
277 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
VIA 6901 |
| Description: |
Eastbound |
| Photo Date: |
10/12/1986 Upload Date: 1/7/2015 11:13:33 AM |
| Location: |
Pickering, ON |
| Author: |
Robert Farkas |
| Categories: |
Bridge |
| Locomotives: |
VIA 6901(LRC) |
| Views: |
301 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Trailing unit |
| Description: |
The LRC trains were set up so that they could run with power on each end, and this was a common configuration. Train 67 has passed the camera and is slowing for its stop at Dorval with 6901 behind. |
| Photo Date: |
9/6/1987 Upload Date: 5/26/2015 12:32:43 PM |
| Location: |
Dorval, QC |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
VIA 6901(LRC) |
| Views: |
234 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Smoky start |
| Description: |
An LRC cab smokes as an Alco does while starting out of Dorval for Ottawa. |
| Photo Date: |
6/14/1989 Upload Date: 10/21/2015 12:21:54 PM |
| Location: |
Dorval, QC |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
VIA 6901(LRC) |
| Views: |
256 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
LRC east |
| Description: |
This LRC cab was arriving at Dorval as it headed for its final stop in Montreal. |
| Photo Date: |
6/15/1989 Upload Date: 10/28/2015 3:24:50 AM |
| Location: |
Dorval, QC |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
VIA 6901(LRC) |
| Views: |
316 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
VIA 6902 |
| Description: |
Leading train with TEMPO cars - date is approximate |
| Photo Date: |
7/15/1982 Upload Date: 8/16/2012 11:10:41 PM |
| Location: |
Brockville, ON |
| Author: |
Stephen Borleske |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
VIA 6902(LRC) |
| Views: |
435 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
VIA 6902 on #364--The International Limited |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
6/12/1983 Upload Date: 8/9/2011 8:29:26 PM |
| Location: |
Hammond, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Golden |
| Categories: |
|
| Locomotives: |
VIA 6902(LRC) |
| Views: |
392 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AMTK #364--The International Limited |
| Description: |
Led by VIA 6902 |
| Photo Date: |
6/12/1983 Upload Date: 10/16/2009 12:07:06 AM |
| Location: |
Hammond, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Golden |
| Categories: |
|
| Locomotives: |
VIA 6902(LRC) |
| Views: |
431 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
VIA 6902 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
8/11/1983 Upload Date: 12/22/2011 9:02:36 AM |
| Location: |
Bayview Jct, ON |
| Author: |
Jack Smith |
| Categories: |
|
| Locomotives: |
VIA 6902(LRC) |
| Views: |
316 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
VIA 6902 |
| Description: |
The grain and contrast are courtesy of&ASA 200 Kodachrome) |
| Photo Date: |
7/31/1987 Upload Date: 3/13/2018 7:07:12 PM |
| Location: |
Port Hope, ON |
| Author: |
Robert Farkas |
| Categories: |
Station |
| Locomotives: |
VIA 6902(LRC) |
| Views: |
247 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
LRC west |
| Description: |
Train 65 that had an F 40 leading carried this LRC cab on the other end. Mix and match was the order of the day on many occasions. |
| Photo Date: |
6/15/1989 Upload Date: 10/28/2015 3:26:55 AM |
| Location: |
Dorval, QC |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
VIA 6902(LRC) |
| Views: |
252 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
VIA 6902 |
| Description: |
Day of the month hs approximate. |
| Photo Date: |
10/13/1990 Upload Date: 10/31/2006 1:07:32 AM |
| Location: |
Burlington, ON |
| Author: |
Alex Simins |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
VIA 6902(LRC) |
| Views: |
895 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
VIA 6903 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
7/11/1983 Upload Date: 4/21/2011 8:22:22 PM |
| Location: |
Hamilton Junction, ON |
| Author: |
Jack Smith |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
VIA 6903(LRC) |
| Views: |
339 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Via 6903 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
8/1/1983 Upload Date: 12/21/2008 9:32:25 AM |
| Location: |
Bayview East, ON |
| Author: |
Jack Smith |
| Categories: |
|
| Locomotives: |
VIA 6903(LRC) |
| Views: |
403 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
VIA LRC-2 6903 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
5/27/1984 Upload Date: 7/19/2014 11:58:22 AM |
| Location: |
Bayview Junction, ON |
| Author: |
Alan Gaines |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
VIA 6903(LRC) |
| Views: |
238 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
LRC |
| Description: |
An LRC rolls toward downtown after making its Dorval stop. |
| Photo Date: |
8/26/1986 Upload Date: 12/9/2014 3:26:40 AM |
| Location: |
Dorval, QC |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
VIA 6903(LRC) |
| Views: |
347 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Night stop |
| Description: |
Train 66 from Toronto makes its Dorval stop as the last light goes |
| Photo Date: |
9/6/1987 Upload Date: 5/27/2015 4:11:33 AM |
| Location: |
Dorval, QC |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Night,Station,Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
VIA 6903(LRC) |
| Views: |
323 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Via 6903 6914 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
5/25/1990 Upload Date: 11/6/2006 9:37:00 PM |
| Location: |
Burlington, ON |
| Author: |
Alex Simins |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
VIA 6903(LRC) |
| Views: |
879 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
VIA 6904 at Windsor station ceremonial handover of first LRC train |
| Description: |
On July 1, 1981 the first LRC train was a ceremonially handed over VIA at Windsor Station. The LRC units were 6901 and 6904. |
| Photo Date: |
7/1/1981 Upload Date: 4/25/2015 11:14:57 AM |
| Location: |
Montreal, QC |
| Author: |
Jim Sandilands |
| Categories: |
Roster,Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
VIA 6904(LRC) |
| Views: |
562 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
VIA 6904 on #364--The International Limited |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
2/26/1983 Upload Date: 6/18/2010 9:55:43 PM |
| Location: |
Hammond, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Golden |
| Categories: |
|
| Locomotives: |
VIA 6904(LRC) |
| Views: |
497 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
VIA 6904 on #364--The International Limited |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
5/21/1983 Upload Date: 8/13/2011 12:08:36 AM |
| Location: |
Hammond, IN |
| Author: |
Tom Golden |
| Categories: |
|
| Locomotives: |
VIA 6904(LRC) |
| Views: |
315 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
VIA 6904 |
| Description: |
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| Photo Date: |
3/26/1984 Upload Date: 3/15/2013 10:33:59 PM |
| Location: |
Burlington, ON |
| Author: |
Robert Farkas |
| Categories: |
Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
VIA 6904(LRC) |
| Views: |
545 Comments: 3 |
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