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Your Federal Government(s) killed the passenger train(s) - multiple times - per the “ forward planning budgets“ by multiple Feds: the Trudeau ( (Pierre brand ) 1982, then the Mulroney ( Brian brand ) governments 1990
The off in 1982 Havelock Budd cars, on again 1986 / then off - killed for good – January 1990.
The Via Rail June 1 1982 timetable states " Last trip September 6 ";
here is the second last VIA train 189 with Budd cars 6135 – 6211 ( ex CP Rail 9072 – ex CP Rail 9112 )
at Peterborough ( Peterboro ), September 5, 1982 Kodachrome by S.Danko.
at Pontypool
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Some of us remember how lucrative the passenger business was……..at least for ridership.
Thanks for this. I rode this train quite a few times.