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VIA 6448 and three conventional "Blue Fleet" cars idle at Niagara Falls, ON, on a damp and foggy June day in 1992. This VIA consist was substituted for the usual Amtrak equipment on train 97/98 the "Maple Leaf", due to an ongoing Amtrak strike. My dad and I rode this train from Toronto to Niagara Falls, returning to the brand-new Aldershot station, and I remember being disappointed by this substitute consist- the Amtrak equipment was stored at VIA's Toronto Maintenance Facility with a former GO GP40TC on the point, which I was really hoping to hitch a ride behind. Alas, it never happened, but looking back at the ex-CN conventional equipment now brings back other nostalgic memories...I can still smell the interiors.
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Caption: VIA 6448 and three conventional "Blue Fleet" cars idle at Niagara Falls, ON, on a damp and foggy June day in 1992. This VIA consist was substituted for the usual Amtrak equipment on train 97/98 the "Maple Leaf", due to an ongoing Amtrak strike. My dad and I rode this train from Toronto to Niagara Falls, returning to the brand-new Aldershot station, and I remember being disappointed by this substitute consist- the Amtrak equipment was stored at VIA's Toronto Maintenance Facility with a former GO GP40TC on the point, which I was really hoping to hitch a ride behind. Alas, it never happened, but looking back at the ex-CN conventional equipment now brings back other nostalgic memories...I can still smell the interiors.

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GO564 [8] (more) (contact)
Date: 06/00/1992 (search)
Railway: VIA Rail (search)
Reporting Marks: VIA 98 (search)
Train Symbol: VIA 98 (search)
Subdivision/SNS: Niagara Falls/Grimsby Sub (search)
City/Town: Niagara Falls (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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  1. Stephen C. Host
    January 15, 2024 at 8:18 pm

    Nice shot
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