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VIA RDC's
Title:  VIA RDC's
Description:  I believe this set is for sale along with the business train on the adjacent track.
Photo Date:  10/1/2006  Upload Date: 12/18/2006 9:49:39 PM
Location:  Toronto, CA
Author:  Marc Samuelson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VIA RDC(RDC1)
Views:  178   Comments: 0
VIA RDCs
Title:  VIA RDCs
Description:  Two VIA RDCs flank a RDC in CNR livery in Toronto in August 1979.
Photo Date:  8/15/1979  Upload Date: 7/18/2013 5:03:32 PM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  VIA RDC1(RDC1)
Views:  301   Comments: 0
VIA RDCs
Title:  VIA RDCs
Description:  Victoria, BC, July 1995.
Photo Date:  7/15/1995  Upload Date: 7/19/2013 7:18:10 PM
Location:  Victoria, BC
Author:  John Hepp
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  VIA RDC1(RDC1)
Views:  367   Comments: 2
Train 604 awaiting departure at Truro
Title:  Train 604 awaiting departure at Truro
Description:  Train 604 for Sidney, with RDC1s 6100/6131 and RDC2 6206, awaits departure time at Truro NS.
Photo Date:  5/15/1981  Upload Date: 1/6/2012 9:06:37 PM
Location:  Truro, NS
Author:  Michael Batten
Categories:  Roster,Passenger
Locomotives:  VIA 6100(RDC1) VIA 6131(RDC1) VIA 6206(RDC2)
Views:  951   Comments: 0
VIA 6100
Title:  VIA 6100
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/17/1989  Upload Date: 5/27/2010 11:13:17 AM
Location:  London, ON
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VIA 6100(RDC1)
Views:  1015   Comments: 1
VIA 6100
Title:  VIA 6100
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/17/1989  Upload Date: 5/27/2010 11:13:18 AM
Location:  London, ON
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VIA 6100(RDC1)
Views:  721   Comments: 0
VIA 6101
Title:  VIA 6101
Description:  VIA RDC-1 at Bayview Junction, Ontario.
Photo Date:  7/5/1980  Upload Date: 8/15/2019 5:06:02 PM
Location:  Bayview Junction, ON
Author:  C.W. Lahickey
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  VIA 6101(RDC1)
Views:  163   Comments: 1
VIA 6101 Budd (RDC1)
Title:  VIA 6101 Budd (RDC1)
Description:  VIA 6101 Budd (RDC1) waits at Ottawa, ON, station for two-hour trip to Montreal, Canada, July 4, 1984
Photo Date:  7/4/1984  Upload Date: 4/26/2013 8:59:04 PM
Location:  Ottawa, ON
Author:  Robert Proctor
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  VIA 6101(RDC1)
Views:  285   Comments: 0
VIA RDC
Title:  VIA RDC
Description:  An RDC rolls toward Central Station as it comes in for its final stop. The inbound trains did not get electric helpers due to being able to coast downgrade into the station. Seen about to enter the tunnel at Portal Heights.
Photo Date:  8/26/1985  Upload Date: 10/8/2014 3:27:19 AM
Location:  Montreal, QC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  VIA 6101(RDC1)
Views:  302   Comments: 0
VIA 6102
Title:  VIA 6102
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/11/1987  Upload Date: 5/7/2013 9:10:59 AM
Location:  Burlington, ON
Author:  Robert Farkas
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  VIA 6102(RDC1)
Views:  254   Comments: 3
VIA 6104
Title:  VIA 6104
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/9/1982  Upload Date: 2/23/2021 2:40:54 PM
Location:  Hamilton, ON
Author:  Tim Vermande
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VIA 6104(RDC1)
Views:  129   Comments: 0
VIA RDC1 6105
Title:  VIA RDC1 6105
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/27/1984  Upload Date: 1/4/2010 11:22:13 PM
Location:  London, ON
Author:  Alan Gaines
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  VIA 6105(RDC1)
Views:  1252   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:  641   Comments: 0
VIA 6217, VIA 6105, VIA 6219
Title:  VIA 6217, VIA 6105, VIA 6219
Description:  VIA 6217, VIA 6105, VIA 6219 being built as todays VIA #185
Photo Date:  4/22/2014  Upload Date: 4/25/2014 9:58:20 AM
Location:  Sudbury, ON
Author:  Ken Reiss
Categories:  Roster,Passenger
Locomotives:  VIA 6217(RDC2) VIA 6105(RDC1) VIA 6219(RDC2)
Views:  811   Comments: 1
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:  318   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:  371   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:  310   Comments: 0
Just a Bit of Glint
Title:  Just a Bit of Glint
Description:  Nothing throws off the glint like a set of Budd cars in the early morning sunshine.
Photo Date:  11/7/2017  Upload Date: 1/14/2018 5:38:49 PM
Location:  Bathurst, NB
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Yard,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  VIA 6105(RDC1) VIA 6208(RDC2)
Views:  266   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:  326   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:  405   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:  311   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:  304   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:  343   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:  316   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:  328   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:  289   Comments: 0
Heading West
Title:  Heading West
Description:  Next stop will be Petit-Rocher
Photo Date:  11/7/2017  Upload Date: 1/14/2018 5:43:53 PM
Location:  Bathurst, NB
Author:  Geoff Doane
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  VIA 6105(RDC1)
Views:  212   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:  323   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:  311   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:  299   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:  320   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:  377   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:  341   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:  426   Comments: 0
Just out of the station
Title:  Just out of the station
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/25/2023  Upload Date: 1/1/2024 12:38:01 PM
Location:  Sudbury, ON
Author:  Paul Leach
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VIA 6105(RDC1)
Views:  14   Comments: 0
VIA 6105
Title:  VIA 6105
Description:  VIA 6105 at Chapleau
Photo Date:  9/26/2023  Upload Date: 2/6/2024 10:09:08 PM
Location:  Chapleau, ON
Author:  Isaac Bryson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VIA 6105(RDC1)
Views:  21   Comments: 0
VIA 6106
Title:  VIA 6106
Description:  VIA RDC-1 at Toronto Ontario still in CN colors. Taken from Bathurst Street Bridge.
Photo Date:  7/6/1980  Upload Date: 8/15/2019 5:09:12 PM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  C.W. Lahickey
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  VIA 6106(RDC1)
Views:  112   Comments: 0
CN Spadina Yard
Title:  CN Spadina Yard
Description:  A few VIA RDC units head into the CN Spadina yards from Union Station. The unit on the right was ex-C&EI - built in 1955 with 44 seats and a snack bar.The unit on the far left was built in 1956 for the MKT then sold to the C&O in 1962 then on to the CN in 1965. It had 44 seats with a baggage/RPO section.
Photo Date:  12/12/1980  Upload Date: 11/5/2006 11:08:02 AM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Gary Morris
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VIA 6109(RDC1)
Views:  2234   Comments: 0
VIA RDC1 6109
Title:  VIA RDC1 6109
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/26/1984  Upload Date: 1/4/2010 11:23:03 PM
Location:  London, ON
Author:  Alan Gaines
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  VIA 6109(RDC1)
Views:  554   Comments: 0
VIA RDC1 6110
Title:  VIA RDC1 6110
Description:  VIA Rail RDC1 6110 at Toronto, Ontario, Canada on December 13, 1983, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. One source states that this was the original Budd demonstrator.
Photo Date:  12/13/1983  Upload Date: 8/10/2012 12:15:47 PM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  VIA 6110(RDC1)
Views:  868   Comments: 0
Via 6110
Title:  Via 6110
Description:  VIA RDC 6110 sits at the TMC yard in Toronto. See Comments.
Photo Date:  8/16/2005  Upload Date: 3/5/2006 10:52:14 PM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Andy Inserra
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  VIA 6110(RDC1)
Views:  1614   Comments: 3
VIA 6110
Title:  VIA 6110
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/17/2008  Upload Date: 8/26/2008 2:28:32 PM
Location:  Mimico, ON
Author:  Steven McKay
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VIA 6110(RDC1)
Views:  540   Comments: 0
VIA Yard
Title:  VIA Yard
Description:  With an LRC in the background
Photo Date:  7/23/2018  Upload Date: 11/7/2018 2:37:58 AM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Jonathan Hinely
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  VIA 6110(RDC1)
Views:  262   Comments: 0
VIA RDC1 6111
Title:  VIA RDC1 6111
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/27/1984  Upload Date: 9/14/2007 11:13:33 PM
Location:  Burlington West, ON
Author:  Alan Niebel
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  VIA 6111(RDC1)
Views:  775   Comments: 0
VIA 6111
Title:  VIA 6111
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/11/1989  Upload Date: 1/28/2012 12:40:20 PM
Location:  London East, ON
Author:  Jack Smith
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VIA 6111(RDC1)
Views:  470   Comments: 2
VIA 6110
Title:  VIA 6110
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/17/2008  Upload Date: 8/26/2008 2:25:32 PM
Location:  Mimico, ON
Author:  Steven McKay
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VIA 6111(RDC1) VIA 6138(RDC1)
Views:  760   Comments: 0
VIA 6113
Title:  VIA 6113
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/17/1989  Upload Date: 5/27/2010 11:13:19 AM
Location:  London, ON
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VIA 6113(RDC1)
Views:  927   Comments: 2
Via 6113
Title:  Via 6113
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/17/2008  Upload Date: 8/26/2008 2:22:25 PM
Location:  Mimico, ON
Author:  Steven McKay
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VIA 6113(RDC1)
Views:  1416   Comments: 0
VIA 6114
Title:  VIA 6114
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/11/1980  Upload Date: 3/5/2011 10:59:19 AM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Jack Smith
Categories: 
Locomotives:  VIA 6114(RDC1)
Views:  648   Comments: 0
Kitchener train
Title:  Kitchener train
Description:  There are two routes from London to Toronto. The main runs via Hamilton and up the lake shore, while the secondary route takes a more inland route via Kitchener. Those schedules were covered by trains of RDCs. This one is just in from Toronto.
Photo Date:  8/27/1982  Upload Date: 3/26/2013 1:15:55 AM
Location:  London, ON
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  VIA 6114(RDC1)
Views:  562   Comments: 0


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