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Viewing Album:  Canadian passenger trains
 
By:Tom Beckett
Dates:1/1/1981 - 1/31/2012
Album Info:VIA, Ontario Northland, Montreal and Toronto commuter trains, including Toronto Transit Commission
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Early train from Ottawa
Title:  Early train from Ottawa
Description:  Train 30 rolls across the Ottawa River as it rushes toward Montreal.
Photo Date:  9/30/1989  Upload Date: 11/30/2015 4:22:15 AM
Location:  Dorion, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  VIA 6435(F40PH-2)
Views:  187   Comments: 1
West to the capital
Title:  West to the capital
Description:  Train 33 rolls west to Ottawa early in the morning. The train set had just come in a little earlier as train 32. It's already turned and headed back.
Photo Date:  9/30/1989  Upload Date: 11/30/2015 4:25:11 AM
Location:  Dorion, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  VIA 6435(F40PH-2)
Views:  147   Comments: 0
More Ottawa
Title:  More Ottawa
Description:  Canadas capital was well served on Saturday. Heres train 32 rushing headlong for Montreal.
Photo Date:  9/30/1989  Upload Date: 11/30/2015 4:27:07 AM
Location:  Dorion, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  VIA 6436(F40PH-2)
Views:  125   Comments: 1
Corridor train
Title:  Corridor train
Description:  After a series of trains to and from Ottawa, finally a corridor train to Toronto, behind an F40 with conventional equipment.
Photo Date:  9/30/1989  Upload Date: 11/30/2015 4:31:29 AM
Location:  Dorion, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  VIA 6437(F40PH-2)
Views:  120   Comments: 0
Class unit
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:  170   Comments: 0
Well get the next one
Title:  Well get the next one
Description:  Two friends and I rode the Atlantic to Moncton from Montreal. We were going to board a connecting VIA train at Dorval-its easier to park there than downtown-but we found out VIA did not handle riders from there to Montreal, even if connecting. The agent said hed get us on one of the two trains that ran one after the other. This one was not it. Apparently the conductor was something of a pill, and wasnt willing to take "shorts." Fortunately, the second train was a better option, and we made our connection.
Photo Date:  9/30/1989  Upload Date: 11/30/2015 4:38:38 AM
Location:  Dorval, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  VIA 6908(LRC)
Views:  99   Comments: 0
Headed down the lake
Title:  Headed down the lake
Description:  An early morning westbound LRC speeds west after making a stop at Dorval.
Photo Date:  9/30/1989  Upload Date: 11/27/2015 3:23:07 AM
Location:  Dorion, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  VIA 6917(LRC)
Views:  167   Comments: 0
Drumhead
Title:  Drumhead
Description:  The obs end of Laurentide Park carries a VIA drumhead.
Photo Date:  10/1/1989  Upload Date: 12/2/2015 2:09:04 AM
Location:  Moncton, NB
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Station,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  104   Comments: 0
Connecting train??
Title:  Connecting train??
Description:  This VIA motorcoach was a connection from the Moncton station to somewhere in New Brunswick. There seemed to be quite a few connections here, as we will see.
Photo Date:  10/1/1989  Upload Date: 12/2/2015 1:32:33 AM
Location:  Moncton, NB
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Station,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  132   Comments: 0
Coming from the yard
Title:  Coming from the yard
Description:  A set of four RDCs rolls into the Moncton station from the yard. They will be broken up into two singles, and a pair, to cover connections to the Ocean and the Atlantic.
Photo Date:  10/1/1989  Upload Date: 12/2/2015 1:34:47 AM
Location:  Moncton, NB
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  VIA 6136(RDC1) VIA 6143(RDC1) VIA 6223(RDC2) VIA 6138(RDC1)
Views:  532   Comments: 0
First one to go
Title:  First one to go
Description:  VIA 6138 has been cut from the set of four that just arrived at the station, and will take on passengers for its outlying destination.
Photo Date:  10/1/1989  Upload Date: 12/2/2015 1:36:25 AM
Location:  Moncton, NB
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  VIA 6138(RDC1) VIA 6223(RDC2) VIA 6143(RDC1) VIA 6136(RDC1)
Views:  518   Comments: 0
Breaking them up
Title:  Breaking them up
Description:  The RDCs that came over from the yard have now been broken up and now are getting ready to take passengers from the Atlantic and the Ocean.
Photo Date:  10/1/1989  Upload Date: 12/2/2015 1:39:12 AM
Location:  Moncton, NB
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  VIA 6138(RDC1) VIA 6143(RDC1) VIA 6223(RDC2)
Views:  353   Comments: 0
RDCs and an F 40
Title:  RDCs and an F 40
Description:  The RDCs that will head out to connecting towns sit alongside the set out cars and power for the Ocean.
Photo Date:  10/1/1989  Upload Date: 12/2/2015 1:41:14 AM
Location:  Moncton, NB
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  VIA 6431(F40PH-2) VIA 6138(RDC1) VIA 6223(RDC2) VIA 6143(RDC1) VIA 6136(RDC1)
Views:  476   Comments: 1
VIA 6143
Title:  VIA 6143
Description:  One of four RDCs at the station, ready to roll for a main line connection.
Photo Date:  10/1/1989  Upload Date: 12/2/2015 1:42:55 AM
Location:  Moncton, NB
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  VIA 6143(RDC1)
Views:  150   Comments: 0
All kinds
Title:  All kinds
Description:  VIA inherited a variety of RDCs from CP, including this RDC 2 with a baggage compartment. It probably came in handy. VIA ran quite a few remote area services, and the trains were a means of getting not only people, but good, to some places that were not well served by other transportation.
Photo Date:  10/1/1989  Upload Date: 12/2/2015 1:45:18 AM
Location:  Moncton, NB
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  VIA 6223(RDC2)
Views:  440   Comments: 0
Back for a connection
Title:  Back for a connection
Description:  RDC 6223 has returned from its branchline run to connect with the Ocean and the Atlantic.
Photo Date:  10/1/1989  Upload Date: 12/2/2015 4:32:31 AM
Location:  Moncton, NB
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  VIA 6223(RDC2)
Views:  551   Comments: 0
Set out
Title:  Set out
Description:  The Ocean set off cars at Moncton to be picked up en route from Halifax, along with power. Here is such a set out at the station.
Photo Date:  10/1/1989  Upload Date: 12/2/2015 1:46:48 AM
Location:  Moncton, NB
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  VIA 6421(F40PH-2) VIA 6620(F9B)
Views:  250   Comments: 0
F 40s
Title:  F 40s
Description:  The Atlantic is at right, weve just gotten off and went to grab a shot while it was doing station work. The set off cars for the Ocean are at left. F40s were the big new power for VIA at the time.
Photo Date:  10/1/1989  Upload Date: 12/2/2015 1:48:47 AM
Location:  Moncton, NB
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  VIA 6431(F40PH-2) VIA 6440(F40PH-2)
Views:  198   Comments: 0
Nose on
Title:  Nose on
Description:  Close up of the nose of F40 6431.
Photo Date:  10/1/1989  Upload Date: 12/2/2015 1:51:23 AM
Location:  Moncton, NB
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  VIA 6431(F40PH-2)
Views:  118   Comments: 0
Ocean
Title:  Ocean
Description:  The Ocean set out cars sit in the sun at Moncton
Photo Date:  10/1/1989  Upload Date: 12/2/2015 2:03:32 AM
Location:  Moncton, NB
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  VIA 6431(F40PH-2) VIA 6618(F9B)
Views:  349   Comments: 0
Station side
Title:  Station side
Description:  The station side of the Ocean train set, now in nice light.
Photo Date:  10/1/1989  Upload Date: 12/2/2015 4:34:55 AM
Location:  Moncton, NB
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  VIA 6431(F40PH-2) VIA 6618(F9B)
Views:  269   Comments: 1
Classic nose
Title:  Classic nose
Description:  The nose of a VIA FP 9, a unit that will be added to the Ocean, poses at the station. The nose MU cable is ready to connect.
Photo Date:  10/1/1989  Upload Date: 12/2/2015 4:37:42 AM
Location:  Moncton, NB
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Station
Locomotives:  VIA 6504(FP9A)
Views:  175   Comments: 0
Classic power
Title:  Classic power
Description:  By this time, the FPA 4s were off the roster, but there were still quite a few FP9s running around. This one is at Moncton, where it will be added to the Ocean.
Photo Date:  10/1/1989  Upload Date: 12/2/2015 4:40:28 AM
Location:  Moncton, NB
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Station
Locomotives:  VIA 6504(FP9A)
Views:  276   Comments: 1
Obs view
Title:  Obs view
Description:  This is the view toward the rear of VIA dome/obs Laurentide Park, showing the lounge and a couple of riders enjoying the experience.
Photo Date:  10/1/1989  Upload Date: 12/2/2015 2:13:19 AM
Location:  Moncton, NB
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  104   Comments: 0
Mural
Title:  Mural
Description:  The Park series cars had a mural depicting the park they were named for in the interior of the car. This is the art inside Laurentide Park.
Photo Date:  10/1/1989  Upload Date: 12/2/2015 2:20:15 AM
Location:  Moncton, NB
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  83   Comments: 0
Rear platform
Title:  Rear platform
Description:  The rear of CN business car Enterprise, which was parked at Moncton. It was a CN car, even though painted for VIA.
Photo Date:  10/1/1989  Upload Date: 12/2/2015 4:50:40 AM
Location:  Moncton, NB
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Station,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  161   Comments: 1
Enterprise
Title:  Enterprise
Description:  This VIA busiess car was parked at Moncton.
Photo Date:  10/1/1989  Upload Date: 12/2/2015 4:51:20 AM
Location:  Moncton, NB
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Station,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  1155   Comments: 3
Laurentide Park
Title:  Laurentide Park
Description:  Laurentide Park sits at Moncton, about to go east on the Atlantic
Photo Date:  10/1/1989  Upload Date: 12/2/2015 2:21:33 AM
Location:  Moncton, NB
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Station,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  90   Comments: 0
Riding Mountain Park
Title:  Riding Mountain Park
Description:  The Atlantic was usually assigned Park series cars. This one was on the train we arrived on, shown at Moncton. It would be sold to a US buyer in 2005.
Photo Date:  10/1/1989  Upload Date: 12/2/2015 2:23:27 AM
Location:  Moncton, NB
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Station,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  504   Comments: 0
Trailing to Toronto
Title:  Trailing to Toronto
Description:  A VIA train from Windsor rolls toward Toronto, its second unit on the rear of the train.
Photo Date:  8/15/1991  Upload Date: 2/28/2015 4:34:42 AM
Location:  Bayview, ON
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  VIA 6426(F40PH-2)
Views:  232   Comments: 0
Scenic ride
Title:  Scenic ride
Description:  A Toronto bound VIA train rolls through Bayview Jct and onto the Oakville Sub.
Photo Date:  8/15/1991  Upload Date: 2/28/2015 4:36:36 AM
Location:  Bayview, ON
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  VIA 6442(F40PH-2)
Views:  139   Comments: 1
Late afternoon to Windsor
Title:  Late afternoon to Windsor
Description:  A late day train 69 gets underway from Dorval.
Photo Date:  8/31/1996  Upload Date: 5/5/2014 3:36:43 AM
Location:  Dorval, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  VIA 6406(F40PH-2)
Views:  188   Comments: 0
Taking on passengers
Title:  Taking on passengers
Description:  Train 65 loads at Dorval. It will soon rolling hard for Windsor with a set of LRC cars
Photo Date:  8/31/1996  Upload Date: 5/5/2014 3:40:11 AM
Location:  Dorval, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  VIA 6418(F40PH-2)
Views:  260   Comments: 0
LRC
Title:  LRC
Description:  The original LRC units turned out to be not so reliable, so VIA displaced them in favor of F40s. Heres one headed for Montreal at Dorval
Photo Date:  8/31/1996  Upload Date: 5/5/2014 3:47:01 AM
Location:  Dorval, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  VIA 6424(F40PH-2)
Views:  252   Comments: 0
Tourist train
Title:  Tourist train
Description:  Part of the tour we took was three days in Quebec, during which we visited Montmorenci Falls, a beautiful place with a restaurant right on the falls. It is also the western end of this tourist train, the Train de Charlevoix, which runs from here to La Malbaie. Its making its Montmorenci stop, waiting for outbound riders to go up the St Lawrence.
Photo Date:  10/2/2017  Upload Date: 12/14/2018 5:14:34 AM
Location:  Quebec City, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CHARLEVOIX 1023(DMU)
Views:  107   Comments: 0
Flag stop
Title:  Flag stop
Description:  The Train de Charlevoix rolls to a stop, flanked by the regional, Canadian, and Quebec flags.
Photo Date:  10/2/2017  Upload Date: 12/14/2018 5:33:36 AM
Location:  baie saint paul, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CHARLEVOIX 1034(DMU)
Views:  122   Comments: 2
Intermodal
Title:  Intermodal
Description:  The Train de Charlevois transfers to a mode you would not expect to see: this tram that takes part visitors up to the top of the falls. We see both forms of transport at Mont Morenci
Photo Date:  10/2/2017  Upload Date: 12/14/2018 5:22:02 AM
Location:  Quebec City, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  93   Comments: 0
End of the line
Title:  End of the line
Description:  The end of the passenger ride is here at La Malbaie, where they were using this interesting approach to a stepbox to get folks on and off the train.
Photo Date:  10/2/2017  Upload Date: 12/14/2018 6:05:16 AM
Location:  baie saint paul, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CHARLEVOIX 1031(DMU)
Views:  123   Comments: 1
Through the fall color
Title:  Through the fall color
Description:  The Train de Charlevoix approaches the Baie St Paul stop through a colorful stand of trees. Despite being into October, the trees were still quite colorful, and there were places that still had a lot of green.
Photo Date:  10/2/2017  Upload Date: 12/14/2018 5:36:21 AM
Location:  baie saint paul, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CHARLEVOIX 1034(DMU)
Views:  120   Comments: 1
Taking them on
Title:  Taking them on
Description:  We had 46 or so in our group, and there were other passengers there as well, so there was quite a crush to board at Baie St Paul. The train is popular on weekends, and there were only a few empty seats. The train serves limited food and liquor, and seems to be popular for folks in the Quebec City area for a day trip up the St Lawrence, which it is in sight of most of the distance we rode it.
Photo Date:  10/2/2017  Upload Date: 12/14/2018 5:45:37 AM
Location:  baie saint paul, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CHARLEVOIX 1031(DMU)
Views:  107   Comments: 1

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