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Caption: VIA 693 has boarded and is only minutes away from a 12:05 on-time departure. Sitting in the Winnipeg, MB train shed, the only step box left on the platform for boarding is at the vestibule door of my sleeper VIA 8202 Chateau Bienville. The reflectorized red paddle stuck in the knuckle indicates last car in the train. The VIA on-board Service Manager Don was most accommodating to me and all the other passengers on this trip. He kept us informed of upcoming stops where we could get off and stretch our legs, get some fresh air (or have a smoke), and/or take some photos (which as you can tell by my many recent posts, I always did) :-) Departing Winnipeg on this last day of July there was in a light rain for the first couple of hours which took away the opportunity for some clear well lit shots from inside the train. By the time we reached Dauphin however, the sky had cleared, the sun was out, and things were looking up.
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Nice view. I prefer seeing the illuminated electric marker lights on the rear of a passenger train.
The electric tail end markers were not lit once that I observed on my trips to or from Churchill. You can clearly see in this photo of VIA 8202 Chateau Bienville where the original oil burning marker lamp hanger brackets have been removed and patched over with a stainless steel plate. On my return trip from Churchill to Winnipeg, I noticed my sleeper VIA 8229 Chateau Viger still had the marker lamp hanger brackets mounted on the end of the car!