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Built 3/1955

Budd Serial number 6014

Acquired from CP in 1982.

This unit, along with VIA Rail No. 6143, made the final passenger trip on the DAR with the Halifax to Yarmouth run of the "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.^[1]

VIA RDC 6147 in Yarmouth 2nd January 1990
Last VIA RDC Passenger Run on the DAR January 14, 1990.
Meteghan Station with a crowd greeting No. 6147 on the last eastbound, Yarmouth to Halifax passenger run, Train No. 154, January 14, 1990.
VIA Rail RDC No. 6143 and VIA Rail RDC No. 6147 about to depart Halifax, the last passenger train on the DAR, Jan. 14, 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 the DAR January 14, 1990.
+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.
 File:VIA-151 6143 6147 last train to Yarmouth 1740 14 January 1990.jpg|[[VIA6143|VIA Rail RDC No. 6143]] and [[VIA6147|VIA Rail RDC No. 6147]] about to depart [[Halifax]], [[The Last Train|the last passenger train]] on the DAR, Jan. 14, 1990.
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