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VIA used the higher speed Turbos for a few trains a day between Montreal and Toronto in 1978. Here we see a westbound almost at the end of it's trip near the Rouge River crossing west of Pickering. It was a fun ride to snag a seat in the bubble and watch the speedometer push toward 100 mph for the just over 4 hour trip.
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Caption: VIA used the higher speed Turbos for a few trains a day between Montreal and Toronto in 1978. Here we see a westbound almost at the end of it's trip near the Rouge River crossing west of Pickering. It was a fun ride to snag a seat in the bubble and watch the speedometer push toward 100 mph for the just over 4 hour trip.

Photographer:
Dave Beach [47] (more) (contact)
Date: 05/28/1978 (search)
Railway: VIA Rail (search)
Reporting Marks: VIA (search)
Train Symbol: 61 (search)
Subdivision/SNS: CN Kingston Sub (search)
City/Town: Pickering (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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4 Comments
  1. Extra 1014
    January 23, 2017 at 12:38 am

    Boy! This one tops my weekend of viewing rail photos. Thanks for posting this Turbo picture.

  2. Stephen C. Host
    January 23, 2017 at 3:29 pm

    Very nice

  3. crr200
    January 23, 2017 at 6:34 pm

    Along with 100 mph, also meant to bring notice to the jointed rail.

  4. Stephen C. Host
    February 24, 2019 at 6:40 pm

    Amazing they achieved those speeds on joint rail.
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