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VIA Rail train #54 (lead by FPA4 6779 and an FPB4) and train #44 (with FP9 6526 on point) are both waiting to depart from Brockville station for Montreal & Ottawa respectively, on June 1st 1982. Note the stainless steel dome cars in #54's consist - this was when VIA's Canadian was was added to #54 to carry on to Montreal. The trailing FPB4 is likely either 6866 or 6867, both of which lasted longer that the others in CN zebra stripes (6866 lasted until retirement and was never repainted VIA).
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Caption: VIA Rail train #54 (lead by FPA4 6779 and an FPB4) and train #44 (with FP9 6526 on point) are both waiting to depart from Brockville station for Montreal & Ottawa respectively, on June 1st 1982. Note the stainless steel dome cars in #54's consist - this was when VIA's Canadian was was added to #54 to carry on to Montreal. The trailing FPB4 is likely either 6866 or 6867, both of which lasted longer that the others in CN zebra stripes (6866 lasted until retirement and was never repainted VIA).

Photographer:
Bill Thomson [715] (more) (contact)
Date: 06/01/1982 (search)
Railway: VIA Rail (search)
Reporting Marks: VIA 6779, 6526 (search)
Train Symbol: VIA 54, 44 (search)
Subdivision/SNS: Brockville station - CN Kingston Sub (search)
City/Town: Brockville (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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6 Comments
  1. PRR5406
    January 21, 2018 at 10:39 am

    Lucky shot! Well planned and executed!

  2. DaveA
    January 21, 2018 at 11:34 am

    There can never be too many shots like this from Brockville!!

  3. mberry
    January 21, 2018 at 11:39 am

    Love it!

  4. Stephen C. Host
    January 21, 2018 at 8:06 pm

    This is great! Thanks for sharing.

  5. Marcus Stevens
    January 21, 2018 at 9:58 pm

    Beautiful shot!

  6. BradKetchen
    August 25, 2020 at 9:07 am

    The spur to the right with the open door box car, where did it lead to? I’m not seeing it on https://www.openrailwaymap.org/ or any current config here: https://rac.jmaponline.net/canadianrailatlas/?autozoom=region;-8887290;5349812;7405;4319
    Lovely shot btw. I happened on to it exploring the Railway tunnel there in Brockville.
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