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Viewing Album:  Along the E&N
 
By:Michael Batten
Dates:8/26/1977 - 8/5/2008
Album Info:A selection of scenes along my favorite railroad, the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway on Vancouver Island
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E&N train 1
Title:  E&N train 1
Description:  CP RDC2 9103 eases to a stop at Cowichan Station BC with train number 1, for Nanaimo and Parksville. Service between Parksville and Courtenay was suspended at this time due to the condition of two bridges on the line.
Photo Date:  8/26/1977  Upload Date: 1/17/2012 12:17:13 PM
Location:  Cowichan Station, BC
Author:  Michael Batten
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CP 9103(RDC2)
Views:  298   Comments: 0
E&N train 1
Title:  E&N train 1
Description:  CP Rail RDC2 9103 and RDC1 9067 with E&N train 1 at Nanaimo BC. Date is approximate; sometime in August 1978.
Photo Date:  8/15/1978  Upload Date: 1/17/2012 4:39:21 PM
Location:  Nanaimo, BC
Author:  Michael Batten
Categories:  Roster,Passenger
Locomotives:  CP 9103(RDC2) CP 9067(RDC1)
Views:  647   Comments: 0
E&N train 2
Title:  E&N train 2
Description:  CP Rail RDC1 9067 leads E&N train 2 at Qualicum Beach BC. Date is approximate; sometime in August 1978.
Photo Date:  8/15/1978  Upload Date: 1/17/2012 4:46:27 PM
Location:  Qualicum Beach, BC
Author:  Michael Batten
Categories:  Roster,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CP 9067(RDC1) CP 9103(RDC2)
Views:  616   Comments: 0
LV on the E&N
Title:  LV on the E&N
Description:  VIA "RDC5" 9306 running as the second car of VIA train 198 at Nanaimo BC. This car was originally Lehigh Valley RDC2 41, became CP 9116 in 1958, was rebuilt to this configuration and renumbered to 9306 for Montreal commuter service in 1975, and was rebuilt by VIA as RDC1 6143 in 1981. The lead car is ex-CP RDC1 9064, still in its classic "hockey mask" colours.
Photo Date:  10/4/1980  Upload Date: 1/6/2012 11:57:04 AM
Location:  Nanaimo, BC
Author:  Michael Batten
Categories:  Roster,Passenger
Locomotives:  VIA 9064(RDC1) VIA 9306(RDC2)
Views:  1765   Comments: 0
VIA train 198
Title:  VIA train 198
Description:  VIA "RDC5" (rebuilt RDC2) 9306, showing the baggage compartment reconfigured as passenger space for Montreal commuter service. This car was later rebuilt to RDC1 6143. Note the smaller phase 2 end windows on the rebuilt end of this phase 1 car; the other end retains the larger phase 1 windows.
Photo Date:  10/4/1980  Upload Date: 1/17/2012 4:52:57 PM
Location:  Nanaimo, BC
Author:  Michael Batten
Categories:  Roster,Passenger
Locomotives:  VIA 9306(RDC2)
Views:  520   Comments: 0
Nanaimo coffee break
Title:  Nanaimo coffee break
Description:  No food service on the train, but passengers on the daily southbound E&N service (VIA train 198) can enjoy coffee and snacks from the catering truck on the platform during the station stop at Nanaimo BC.
Photo Date:  10/31/1981  Upload Date: 1/7/2012 10:31:55 AM
Location:  Nanaimo, BC
Author:  Michael Batten
Categories:  Roster,Passenger
Locomotives:  VIA 6134(RDC1)
Views:  437   Comments: 0
Island survivor
Title:  Island survivor
Description:  VIA train 199, running with RDC1 6133, at Nanaimo BC. This car was still assigned to Vancouver Island service in 2011; I rode it as recently as 2008.
Photo Date:  3/27/1982  Upload Date: 1/7/2012 10:45:56 AM
Location:  Nanaimo, BC
Author:  Michael Batten
Categories:  Roster,Passenger
Locomotives:  VIA 6133(RDC1)
Views:  608   Comments: 0
Waiting for the train
Title:  Waiting for the train
Description:  The classic CPR station at Parksville BC, built in 1910.
Photo Date:  3/27/1982  Upload Date: 1/17/2012 7:24:26 PM
Location:  Parksville, BC
Author:  Michael Batten
Categories:  Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  123   Comments: 0
VIA 198
Title:  VIA 198
Description:  VIA RDC1 6133 brings southbound train 198 into Parksville BC.
Photo Date:  3/27/1982  Upload Date: 1/17/2012 7:30:45 PM
Location:  Parksville, BC
Author:  Michael Batten
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  VIA 6133(RDC1)
Views:  508   Comments: 0
Victoria arrival
Title:  Victoria arrival
Description:  Passengers alight from VIA train 198 at the E&N's Catherine Street station.
Photo Date:  6/2/1983  Upload Date: 1/7/2012 11:41:14 AM
Location:  Victoria, BC
Author:  Michael Batten
Categories:  Roster,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  VIA 6134(RDC1)
Views:  382   Comments: 0
To the roundhouse
Title:  To the roundhouse
Description:  VIA RDC1s 6134 and 6125 head to the Victoria roundhouse after arriving from Courtenay with train 198. RDC1 6125 was built by CC&F in 1958 as an RDC2, and ran for many years on Vancouver Island as CP 9199 before being rebuilt to "RDC5" 9302 for Montreal commuter service. VIA subsequently rebuilt the car again to an RDC1 configuration.
Photo Date:  6/2/1983  Upload Date: 1/7/2012 11:47:20 AM
Location:  Victoria, BC
Author:  Michael Batten
Categories:  Roster,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  VIA 6125(RDC1)
Views:  492   Comments: 0
Rolling through Langford
Title:  Rolling through Langford
Description:  VIA RDC1 6134 leads train 198 through Langford BC.
Photo Date:  6/5/1983  Upload Date: 1/7/2012 12:15:36 PM
Location:  Langford, BC
Author:  Michael Batten
Categories:  Roster,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  VIA 6134(RDC1)
Views:  400   Comments: 0
Back on home turf
Title:  Back on home turf
Description:  VIA RDC1 6125 leads train 199 at Nanaimo BC. This car formerly ran on the Island as CP RDC2 9199 before being rebuilt to "RDC5" 9302 for Montreal commuter service. VIA rebuilt it to this confirguration, and returned it to Vancouver Island service.
Photo Date:  12/31/1989  Upload Date: 1/7/2012 12:21:04 PM
Location:  Nanaimo, BC
Author:  Michael Batten
Categories:  Roster,Passenger
Locomotives:  VIA 6125(RDC1) VIA 6134(RDC1)
Views:  1138   Comments: 0

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