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==Dominion Atlantic Railway Budd Rail Diesel Car RDC-1 No. 9072.==
 
==Dominion Atlantic Railway Budd Rail Diesel Car RDC-1 No. 9072.==
*Built 6/1958
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*Built 6/1958<ref name=RF>Mountain Railway Web Site, ''http://www.mountainrailway.com/Roster%20Archive/RDC/CP%209000/CP%209072.htm''</ref>
*Budd Serial no. 6905
 
  
Photographic and achival evidence indicates this unit was in D.A.R. service from August 1977 to June 1980.
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*Budd Serial no. 6905<ref name=RF/>
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Photographic and achival evidence indicates this unit was in D.A.R. service from [[:Image:Dayliner Kentville 1977.jpg|August 1977]] to [[:File:CPR9072 Berwick 1979.jpg|June 1980]].
  
 
Currently in use by VIA Rail on E&N line on Vancouver Island as No. 6135.
 
Currently in use by VIA Rail on E&N line on Vancouver Island as No. 6135.
  
 
==Operations==
 
==Operations==
9072 departed Halifax for Montreal on the rear of the Ocean on June 10, 1980.<ref>Scotian Railroad Society, ''[[Scotian Railroad Society 1980-06 News|News June 1980]]''
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9072 departed Halifax for Montreal on the rear of The Ocean<ref>Wikipedia, ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_(train) The Ocean]''</ref> on June 10, 1980.<ref>Scotian Railroad Society, ''[[Scotian Railroad Society 1980-06 News|News June 1980]]''
 
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==Gallery==
 
==Gallery==
 
<gallery>
 
<gallery>
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File:DAR - RDC 9072 - Middleton - Looking West - Mark Hymers Collection - Fall 1973.jpg | Pulling into Middleton Autumn 1973
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File:DAR - RDC 9072 - Middleton - Mark Hymers Collection - Fall 1973.jpg | Stopped in at Middleton Autumn 1973
 
Image:Dayliner Kentville 1977.jpg|[[CPR9072|No. 9072]] at Kentville eastbound in August 1977
 
Image:Dayliner Kentville 1977.jpg|[[CPR9072|No. 9072]] at Kentville eastbound in August 1977
 
Image:CPR9072 Yarmouth August 1978.jpg|[[CPR9072|No. 9072]] at [[Yarmouth]] in August 1978.
 
Image:CPR9072 Yarmouth August 1978.jpg|[[CPR9072|No. 9072]] at [[Yarmouth]] in August 1978.
 
File:CPR9072 Berwick 1979.jpg|[[CPR9072|No. 9072]] eastbound at [[Berwick]] in 1979.
 
File:CPR9072 Berwick 1979.jpg|[[CPR9072|No. 9072]] eastbound at [[Berwick]] in 1979.
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File:01350020.JPG|[[CPR9072|No. 9072]] arrives at [[Halifax]].
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File:9072 Windsor.jpg|[[CPR9072|No. 9072]] at [[Windsor_Station|Windsor Station]].
 
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
http://www.mountainrailway.com/Roster%20Archive/RDC/CP%209000/CP%209072.htm
 
  
 
[[Category:RDC]]
 
[[Category:RDC]]

Latest revision as of 20:01, 28 February 2022

Dominion Atlantic Railway Budd Rail Diesel Car RDC-1 No. 9072.

  • Built 6/1958[1]
  • Budd Serial no. 6905[1]

Photographic and achival evidence indicates this unit was in D.A.R. service from August 1977 to June 1980.

Currently in use by VIA Rail on E&N line on Vancouver Island as No. 6135.

Operations

9072 departed Halifax for Montreal on the rear of The Ocean[2] on June 10, 1980.[3]

Gallery

References and Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Mountain Railway Web Site, http://www.mountainrailway.com/Roster%20Archive/RDC/CP%209000/CP%209072.htm
  2. Wikipedia, The Ocean
  3. Scotian Railroad Society, News June 1980

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