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Caption:
R A P I D O
335 miles
scheduled five hours five minutes
scheduled average speed: 65.9 m.p.h.
three scheduled passenger stops: Guildwood, Kingston, Dorval
Toronto Union to Montreal Central
twice daily each direction
Remarkable given the technologies at that time: including jointed rail shared with freight traffic, dozens of level crossings, 1940 era signaling, 1950 era radios, max 90 m.p.h. track speed....
FP9A 6524, F7B 6618, FP9A 65xx in charge of VIA 62 , R A P I D O, approaching the Brimley Road crossing May 6 1979 Kodachrome by S.Danko
Notable:
faster than Rapido: image #7447 hmm...
noteworthy: The Sound: at full throttle you could hear those three GMD's for miles....
Sunday Rapido: 8 coaches ( 76 seats each), 2 cafe bar lounge ( 2500 series 'snack & beverage' service seating for 44), one Dayniter car ( 52 seats), one Club Car ( 38 seats) handling the marker lights: yields * 698 revenue passenger seats
Sunday service * hence the extra coaches – essentially the morning and afternoon train consists combined.
* 698 seats in an aircraft would require 3.7 DC-8 passenger jets
sdfourty
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