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Caption: VIA 6519 is waiting to depart Edmonton with an eastbound passenger train. Is that first item a power unit?

Photographer:	richard hart [200] (more) (contact)
Date:	00/11/1981 (search)
Railway:	VIA Rail (search)
Reporting Marks:	VIA 6519 (search)
Train Symbol:	Not Provided
Subdivision/SNS:	Wainwright (search)
City/Town:	Edmonton (search)
Province:	Alberta (search)
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3 Comments

mberry

February 10, 2014 at 7:18 pm

It’s a steam generator car.
MrDan

February 10, 2014 at 8:07 pm

Neat, CN (and later VIA) liked to use steam generator cars for their greater steam generating capacity (two large SG’s are inside ‘em, vs one or two smaller ones in the F-units).
Spallumcheen

February 10, 2014 at 10:46 pm

Thanks for the info gents, I thought it was possibly a heating unit but had not seen one like that before.

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mberry

February 10, 2014 at 7:18 pm

It’s a steam generator car.

MrDan

February 10, 2014 at 8:07 pm

Neat, CN (and later VIA) liked to use steam generator cars for their greater steam generating capacity (two large SG’s are inside ‘em, vs one or two smaller ones in the F-units).

Spallumcheen

February 10, 2014 at 10:46 pm

Thanks for the info gents, I thought it was possibly a heating unit but had not seen one like that before.