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It is still early in the days of the newly formed 'VIA' system, and in this image one can only spot the B unit and a couple of coaches in the new paint scheme. Almost every day the late afternoon #75 impressed. Today is Aug 30/78, a Wednesday; and yet CN 6780, 4100 and 6864 have to deal with 10 coaches, a decent sized train. I spent a lot of time plopped on the hillside here. And no ticks back then, either.
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Caption: It is still early in the days of the newly formed 'VIA' system, and in this image one can only spot the B unit and a couple of coaches in the new paint scheme. Almost every day the late afternoon #75 impressed. Today is Aug 30/78, a Wednesday; and yet CN 6780, 4100 and 6864 have to deal with 10 coaches, a decent sized train. I spent a lot of time plopped on the hillside here. And no ticks back then, either.

Photographer:
A.W.Mooney [2189] (more) (contact)
Date: 08/30/1978 (search)
Railway: Canadian National (search)
Reporting Marks: CN 6780 (search)
Train Symbol: #75 (search)
Subdivision/SNS: CN Dundas Sub. (search)
City/Town: Bayview Junction (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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3 Comments
  1. Aitch
    November 24, 2021 at 11:00 am

    That’s a nice image of an important time in Canadian passenger train history. Everything had a no-frills, get ‘er done appearance.

  2. PRR5406
    November 25, 2021 at 9:35 am

    Most beautiful of all Diesel Electric designs.

  3. ngineered4u
    November 25, 2021 at 1:12 pm

    @PRR5406…second most beautiful in my opinion. Only the Alco PA1′s were more beautiful than the F/FP units :-)

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