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Acquired from CP in 1982.
 
Acquired from CP in 1982.
  
This unit, along with [[VIA6143|VIA Rail No. 6143]], made [[The Last Train|the final passenger trip on the DAR]] with the Halifax to Yarmouth run of the [[Evangeline|"Evangeline" Dayliner service ]] on January 14, 1990. The return trip to Halifax, without passengers, in the early morning hours of January 15, marked the last trip made by an RDC on the DAR.<ref>[[:Category:David Othen|David Othen]], ''[[Dominion Atlantic Railway The Final 25 Years]]'', page 43</ref>
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This unit, along with [[VIA6119|VIA Rail No. 6119]], made [[The Last Train|the last Yarmouth to Halifax passenger trip on the DAR]] with Train 154 of the [[Evangeline|"Evangeline" Dayliner service ]] on January 14, 1990.
  
 
==Gallery==
 
==Gallery==
 
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File:DAR - VIA RDC 6147 - Jon Archibald - Yarmouth - 2January1990.jpg | VIA RDC 6147 in Yarmouth 2nd January 1990
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File:DAR - VIA RDC 6147 - Jon Archibald - Yarmouth - 2January1990.jpg | VIA RDC 6147 in Yarmouth 2nd January 1990.
File:VIA - RDC 6119 6147 - Last Passenger Train - Yarmouth - 14th January 1990.JPG | Last VIA RDC Passenger Run on DAR Jan 1990
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File:VIA - RDC 6119 6147 - Last Passenger Train - Yarmouth - 14th January 1990.JPG | Last VIA RDC Passenger Run on the DAR with RDCs [[VIA6119|No. 6119]] and [[VIA6147|No. 6147]] at [[Yarmouth]], January 14, 1990.
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File:Blinn7.jpg|[[Meteghan Station]] with a crowd greeting [[VIA6147|No. 6147]]  on [[The Last Train|the last eastbound, Yarmouth to Halifax passenger run]], Train No. 154, January 14, 1990.
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File:Blinn10.jpg|Leaving [[Meteghan Station]] for the final time on [[The Last Train|the last eastbound, Yarmouth to Halifax run]], with RDC [[VIA6147|No. 6147]] vanishing into the east, January 14, 1990.
 
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==References and Footnotes==
 
==References and Footnotes==
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
  
 
[[Category:RDC]]
 
[[Category:RDC]]

Latest revision as of 17:58, 29 April 2021

VIA Rail Budd Rail Diesel Car RDC-1 No. 6147.

Built 3/1955

Budd Serial number 6014

Acquired from CP in 1982.

This unit, along with VIA Rail No. 6119, made the last Yarmouth to Halifax passenger trip on the DAR with Train 154 of the "Evangeline" Dayliner service on January 14, 1990.

Gallery

References and Footnotes


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