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Budd Serial number 6503 | Budd Serial number 6503 | ||
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| + | CPR Nos. CP 9303, 9110 | ||
Acquired from CP in 1982. | Acquired from CP in 1982. | ||
| − | This unit, along with [[VIA6143|VIA Rail No. 6143]], made the last trip from Halifax to Yarmouth on January 14, 1990. The return trip to Halifax in the early morning hours of January 15, marked the last trip made by an RDC on the DAR. | + | This unit, along with [[VIA6143|VIA Rail No. 6143]], made the last trip from [[Halifax]] to [[Yarmouth]] on January 14, 1990. The return trip to Halifax in the early morning hours of January 15, marked the last trip made by an RDC on the DAR. |
| + | Later sold to Dallas Area Rapid Transit. | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:VIA-151 6143 6147 last train to Yarmouth 1740 14 January 1990.jpg|[[VIA6143|VIA Rail RDC No. 6143]] and [[VIA6145|VIA Rail RDC No. 6145]] about to depart [[Halifax]], [[The Last Train|the last passenger train]] on the DAR, Jan. 14, 1990. | File:VIA-151 6143 6147 last train to Yarmouth 1740 14 January 1990.jpg|[[VIA6143|VIA Rail RDC No. 6143]] and [[VIA6145|VIA Rail RDC No. 6145]] about to depart [[Halifax]], [[The Last Train|the last passenger train]] on the DAR, Jan. 14, 1990. | ||
| + | File:Blinn1.jpg|Cab of RDC [[VIA6145|VIA No. 6145]] at [[Yarmouth]], having just arrived with [[The Last Train|last passenger train]] on the DAR. Engineer is believed to be Willis Forsythe, January 14, 1990. | ||
| + | File:Blinn2.jpg|Cab of RDC [[VIA6145|VIA No. 6145]] at [[Yarmouth]], having just arrived with [[The Last Train|last passenger train]] on the DAR, January 14, 1990. | ||
| + | File:Blinn3.jpg|Willis Forsythe in cab of RDC [[VIA6145|VIA No. 6145]] at [[Yarmouth]], having arrived with [[The Last Train|the DAR's last passenger train]], just before the RDC returned to [[Halifax]] empty about 2 am, January 14/15, 1990. | ||
| + | Blinn4.jpg|Allison Durky testing wheels of RDC [[VIA6145|VIA No. 6145]] at [[Yarmouth]] before it returned to Halifax empty, ending passenger service on the DAR, January 14/15, 1990. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==References and Footnotes== | ==References and Footnotes== | ||
| − | + | [https://barraclou.com/rail/viarail/6100.html "Via Rail Canada Budd Rail Diesel Cars picture roster", Barraclou.com] | |
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[[Category:RDC]] | [[Category:RDC]] | ||
Latest revision as of 18:18, 24 April 2021
VIA Rail Budd Rail Diesel Car RDC-1 No. 6145.
Built 9/1956
Budd Serial number 6503
CPR Nos. CP 9303, 9110
Acquired from CP in 1982.
This unit, along with VIA Rail No. 6143, made the last trip from Halifax to Yarmouth on January 14, 1990. The return trip to Halifax in the early morning hours of January 15, marked the last trip made by an RDC on the DAR.
Later sold to Dallas Area Rapid Transit.
Gallery
VIA Rail RDC No. 6143 and VIA Rail RDC No. 6145 about to depart Halifax, the last passenger train on the DAR, Jan. 14, 1990.
Cab of RDC VIA No. 6145 at Yarmouth, having just arrived with last passenger train on the DAR. Engineer is believed to be Willis Forsythe, January 14, 1990.
Cab of RDC VIA No. 6145 at Yarmouth, having just arrived with last passenger train on the DAR, January 14, 1990.
Willis Forsythe in cab of RDC VIA No. 6145 at Yarmouth, having arrived with the DAR's last passenger train, just before the RDC returned to Halifax empty about 2 am, January 14/15, 1990.
Allison Durky testing wheels of RDC VIA No. 6145 at Yarmouth before it returned to Halifax empty, ending passenger service on the DAR, January 14/15, 1990.
References and Footnotes
"Via Rail Canada Budd Rail Diesel Cars picture roster", Barraclou.com
