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VIA Rail Canada
6767 with a fresh paint job in the early years of VIA. CN 3713 with freight.
6756 still in CN paint scheme leads VIA painted B unit
and consist around a sweeping curve at Kingston. 1/1979
This at first looks to be a CN passenger train. A closer look reveals the truth of this undated photo. That blue and yellow baggage car tells it is a VIA Rail train. Note mileage board on shed at left. M.115 on the Kingston Sub. is Prescott, ON.
CN 6762 painted VIA and lettered CN illustrates the interim period following creation of VIA in 1976 as a marketing scheme for federal government passenger service and the formal creation of VIA Rail Canada Inc. on April 1, 1978. Following which the CN initials were removed. Spadina roundhouse shop tracks in Toronto. May 24, 1977 Mike Woodruff Some early views of MLW "Alcos" doing what they did best. Smoking it up!
Sure looks like one heck of long locomotive! E8A 1898
just renumbered (6/80 ex VIA 1800) nee CP 1800 acq. 9/28/78.
Only Road Switcher on VIA. It was turned over by CPR to
fulfill requirements for a certain quantity of passenger units.
1418 GMD FP7A (ex CP 1418, nee 4060) with CP 8477 MLW
RS-10 and 1898.
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