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Title: |
Telltale Alco |
Description: |
Train 34 arrives at Dorval behind an LRC unit with its telltale Alco smoke. |
Photo Date: |
9/6/1987 Upload Date: 5/26/2015 3:18:46 PM |
Location: |
Dorval, QC |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
VIA 6910(LRC) |
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135 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
VIA 27 |
Description: |
6910 proceeds as the 26 is well hidden in the siding at sunset. |
Photo Date: |
5/21/1989 Upload Date: 6/1/2013 7:53:43 PM |
Location: |
st-perpetue, QC |
Author: |
pierre fournier |
Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
VIA 6910(LRC) |
Views: |
274 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
VIA 6910 in Ontario Northern Rwy Yards |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
9/24/1989 Upload Date: 5/25/2010 12:58:33 PM |
Location: |
North Bay, ON |
Author: |
Marty Bernard |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
VIA 6910(LRC) |
Views: |
461 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
VIA 6910, Tr 129 Yhe Northland |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
9/24/1989 Upload Date: 5/25/2010 12:58:33 PM |
Location: |
North Bay, ON |
Author: |
Marty Bernard |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
VIA 6910(LRC) |
Views: |
349 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
VIA 6910, Tr 129 Yhe Northland |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
9/24/1989 Upload Date: 5/25/2010 12:58:35 PM |
Location: |
North Bay, ON |
Author: |
Marty Bernard |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
VIA 6910(LRC) |
Views: |
308 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
VIA LRC-2 6910 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
8/14/1990 Upload Date: 7/19/2014 11:54:07 AM |
Location: |
Montreal, QC |
Author: |
Alan Gaines |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
VIA 6910(LRC) |
Views: |
179 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
LRC #6910 |
Description: |
Former VIA LRC #6910 being Scrapped by IRSI at Moncton NB |
Photo Date: |
4/14/2008 Upload Date: 10/26/2008 6:55:04 PM |
Location: |
Moncton, NB |
Author: |
Jeremy MacPherson |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
VIA 6910(LRC) |
Views: |
745 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
IRSI 6910, 6213 |
Description: |
Parked at IRSI. 6910 and another LRC are ready to have their prime movers removed before final scrapping. The 6213 was scrapped in 2015, after Industrial!Rail Sservices Inc. declared bankruptcy in 2012. |
Photo Date: |
6/14/2008 Upload Date: 4/7/2020 10:56:42 AM |
Location: |
Moncton, NB |
Author: |
Tim Steeves |
Categories: |
Yard |
Locomotives: |
IRSI 6910(LRC) IRSI 6213(RDC2) |
Views: |
142 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
VIA 6911 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
8/14/1982 Upload Date: 6/2/2011 5:01:43 PM |
Location: |
Windsor, ON |
Author: |
John Lameck |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
VIA 6911(LRC) |
Views: |
333 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
VIA LRC 6911 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
5/26/1984 Upload Date: 9/14/2007 11:09:57 PM |
Location: |
Bayview Jct, ON |
Author: |
Alan Gaines |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
VIA 6911(LRC) |
Views: |
313 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
VIA LRC 6911 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
5/26/1984 Upload Date: 9/14/2007 11:09:28 PM |
Location: |
Bayview Jct, ON |
Author: |
Alan Gaines |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
VIA 6911(LRC) |
Views: |
369 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
LRC east |
Description: |
Train 66 with an LRC train set stops at Dorval. |
Photo Date: |
6/14/1989 Upload Date: 10/20/2015 5:07:15 AM |
Location: |
Dorval, QC |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
VIA 6911(LRC) |
Views: |
117 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Starting west |
Description: |
The telltale Alco smoke shows this LRC is starting west for Ottawa with train 37. |
Photo Date: |
6/15/1989 Upload Date: 10/23/2015 2:58:24 AM |
Location: |
Dorval, QC |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
VIA 6911(LRC) |
Views: |
113 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Passenger meet |
Description: |
VIA 37 and an eastbound commuter train on the CP meet at Dorval station. This was a common occurrence, as there was frequent traffic on both lines. The trick was to be in the right spot when the meet happened. |
Photo Date: |
6/15/1989 Upload Date: 10/23/2015 3:08:41 AM |
Location: |
Dorval, QC |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
VIA 6911(LRC) STCUM 1300(FP7A) |
Views: |
200 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
VIA LRC-2 6911 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
8/14/1990 Upload Date: 7/19/2014 11:54:39 AM |
Location: |
Montreal, QC |
Author: |
Alan Gaines |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
VIA 6911(LRC) |
Views: |
899 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Early westbound |
Description: |
A morning westbound LRC for Windsor rolls out of Dorval. |
Photo Date: |
8/26/1986 Upload Date: 12/9/2014 3:28:35 AM |
Location: |
Dorval, QC |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
VIA 6912(LRC) |
Views: |
235 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Long LRC set |
Description: |
The LRC train sets were often coupled back to back, creating a longer train with power on each end. Sometimes cars would be dropped, but the power kepv on. It didnt matter so much for the timekeeping, but did allow a quicker turn at the other end. LRC 6912 leads train 69 west. It has 6916 on the rear. |
Photo Date: |
6/14/1989 Upload Date: 10/21/2015 12:24:41 PM |
Location: |
Dorval, QC |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
VIA 6912(LRC) |
Views: |
217 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Meet at Dorval |
Description: |
An Alco design LRC train meets a classic on the CP, a commuter train led by an F unit. |
Photo Date: |
6/15/1989 Upload Date: 11/27/2011 3:08:53 AM |
Location: |
Dorval, QC |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
VIA 6912(LRC) STCUM 1306(FP7A) |
Views: |
471 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
6912 again |
Description: |
VIA 6912 leads the set that was running on train 69 for several days. The LRCs spent their time running between Montreal and either Toronto or Ottawa, so you saw the same sets over and over. I think I saw this one three times in the two days I spent there. |
Photo Date: |
6/15/1989 Upload Date: 10/23/2015 3:14:02 AM |
Location: |
Dorval, QC |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
VIA 6912(LRC) |
Views: |
152 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Pushing home |
Description: |
The flexibility of the LRC rets is apparent as we see train 62 from behind, another LRC cab pushing as the train heads for its terminus. |
Photo Date: |
6/15/1989 Upload Date: 10/13/2015 4:09:50 AM |
Location: |
Dorval, QC |
Author: |
Tom Becket
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Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
VIA 6912(LRC) |
Views: |
153 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Get a move on!! |
Description: |
This LRC powered eastbound from Ottawa must be anxious to get in, judging by the exhaust. |
Photo Date: |
8/26/1986 Upload Date: 12/10/2014 2:12:32 PM |
Location: |
Dorval, QC |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
VIA 6913(LRC) |
Views: |
182 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
VIA 6913 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
8/11/1987 Upload Date: 2/14/2020 8:27:58 AM |
Location: |
Toronto, ON |
Author: |
Robert Farkas |
Categories: |
Passenger |
Locomotives: |
VIA 6913(LRC) |
Views: |
118 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
VIA 6913 |
Description: |
Eastbound |
Photo Date: |
8/12/1987 Upload Date: 3/8/2021 2:28:26 AM |
Location: |
Bayview Junction, ON |
Author: |
Robert Farkas |
Categories: |
Passenger |
Locomotives: |
VIA 6913(LRC) |
Views: |
96 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
VIA 6913 |
Description: |
Eastbound |
Photo Date: |
8/12/1987 Upload Date: 1/9/2014 6:08:12 PM |
Location: |
Toronto, ON |
Author: |
Robert Farkas |
Categories: |
Passenger |
Locomotives: |
VIA 6913(LRC) |
Views: |
221 Comments: 3 |
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Title: |
VIA 6913 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
8/12/1987 Upload Date: 12/25/2014 12:05:48 PM |
Location: |
Bayview Junction, ON |
Author: |
Robert Farkas |
Categories: |
Passenger |
Locomotives: |
VIA 6913(LRC) |
Views: |
294 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
VIA 6913 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
3/12/1988 Upload Date: 7/13/2023 11:12:53 PM |
Location: |
Brookville, ON |
Author: |
andrew koenigsberg |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
VIA 6913(LRC) |
Views: |
55 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
VIA 6913 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
3/12/1988 Upload Date: 9/13/2015 9:07:27 PM |
Location: |
Brockville, ON |
Author: |
andrew koenigsberg |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
VIA 6913(LRC) |
Views: |
204 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
VIA LRC-2 6913 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
8/14/1990 Upload Date: 7/19/2014 11:55:07 AM |
Location: |
Montreal, QC |
Author: |
Alan Gaines |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
VIA 6913(LRC) |
Views: |
154 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Stop and roll |
Description: |
An Ottawa train behind an LRC makes its Dorval stop and rolls on |
Photo Date: |
8/26/1986 Upload Date: 12/10/2014 2:20:31 PM |
Location: |
Dorval, QC |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
VIA 6914(LRC) |
Views: |
256 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Last lap |
Description: |
Train 60 sets off for the last leg of its trip to Montreal with a puff of Alco smoke. |
Photo Date: |
6/15/1989 Upload Date: 10/28/2015 3:33:11 AM |
Location: |
Dorval, QC |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
VIA 6914(LRC) |
Views: |
163 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
VIA 6914 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
12/20/1989 Upload Date: 2/1/2008 11:06:20 AM |
Location: |
Brockville, ON |
Author: |
Sam Botts |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
VIA 6914(LRC) |
Views: |
645 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
VIA 6914 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
12/27/1989 Upload Date: 1/6/2011 11:17:58 PM |
Location: |
Brockville, ON |
Author: |
Sam Botts |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
VIA 6914(LRC) |
Views: |
380 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
VIA 6914 |
Description: |
VIA LRC 6914 is seen in it's second to last summer running train #66. The Metropolis. Through Kingston Ontario. |
Photo Date: |
7/18/2000 Upload Date: 2/21/2011 6:33:21 PM |
Location: |
Kingston, ON |
Author: |
Alex Pallo Jr. |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
VIA 6914(LRC) |
Views: |
364 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
VIA LRCs and FMRC RDCs. |
Description: |
Three of the remaining four LRCs that VIA still owns, and a string of stored Farmrail (ex-VIA) RDCs. Two of these LRCs have been scrapped, 6917 is now owned by the Toronto Railway Heritage Association and have gotten her back up and running in 2014, the first time in about 14 years. |
Photo Date: |
7/4/2008 Upload Date: 10/2/2009 6:58:34 PM |
Location: |
Mimico, ON |
Author: |
Tim Steeves |
Categories: |
RollingStock,Yard |
Locomotives: |
VIA 6914(LRC) VIA 6917(LRC) VIA 6919(LRC) FMRC 6113(RDC1) FMRC 6111(RDC1) FMRC 6138(RDC1) |
Views: |
1301 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
VIA LRC 6914 on CN 376 |
Description: |
VIA LRC 6914 on CN 376 |
Photo Date: |
9/25/2010 Upload Date: 9/26/2010 5:37:59 PM |
Location: |
Vaughan, ON |
Author: |
Dan Tweedle |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
VIA 6914(LRC) |
Views: |
622 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
VIA6914 |
Description: |
Next in line to be sracpped. |
Photo Date: |
10/3/2010 Upload Date: 10/4/2010 8:23:51 PM |
Location: |
Montreal, QC |
Author: |
Richard Marchi |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
VIA 6914(LRC) |
Views: |
531 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
VIA LRC2 6915 |
Description: |
VIA LRC2 6915, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, August 8, 1984, photo by Chuck Zeiler. Built by MLW in March 1982 (c/n M6109-16), it is pictured here with its intended LRC trainset. The following is from the book, 'A Centennial Remembrance', by Richard T. Steinbrenner: The objectives of the LRC (Light Rapid Comfortable) design were to produce a high-speed, lightweight, low center-of-gravity passenger train that overcame the deficiencies of the sucession of previous designs. Thus, the features of the LRC design were: - Power-banked coaches of 85 foot length, electro-hydraulically tilted up to 10 degrees on curves - Coaches 12 feet high with an underbody clearance of 8 inches, similar in dimensions to the TurboTrain, but with an air bag suspension and heavy acoustic insulation - Coaches constructed primarily of aluminum with a stressed skin exterior for light weight. Their 85 foot length provided greater spaciousness and minimized the claustrophobic feel of their predecessors - Individually-coupled cars, each with a vestibule on one end, providing flexibility for train consists, in both single-ended and double-ended operation - Matching low center-of-gravity locomotives - Train speeds of up to 120 mph, enabling 100 mph terminal-to-terminal speeds on existing mainlines with 4 degree curves. The locomotives were powered by a 16 cylinder 251F prime mover producing 3725 hp total, 2700 available for traction, as the locomotive supplied all of the power for train heating, lighting, and other utilities. This arrangement avoided the use of a separate power unit as existed on many other installations, and thus generated less noise than was typical with separate HEP power plants. But by 1988, VIA's operational assessment of the LRC was more favorable to the cars than the locomotives. Their complex electrical system was particularly cited as failure prone. At that point, VIA's expectation was only a 15-year life for its fleet, and indeed, by 1995 about 20 of the 30 locomotives were in storage. The LRC's only slightly outlived VIA's prediction, the last 7 operational locomotives were retired at the end of 2001. |
Photo Date: |
8/8/1984 Upload Date: 1/26/2011 3:40:53 PM |
Location: |
Toronto, ON |
Author: |
Chuck Zeiler |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
VIA 6915(LRC) |
Views: |
470 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
VIA 6915 |
Description: |
Leading #40 Capitol Rapido |
Photo Date: |
7/4/1985 Upload Date: 8/21/2012 10:58:35 PM |
Location: |
Brockville, ON |
Author: |
Stephen Borleske |
Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
VIA 6915(LRC) |
Views: |
285 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
VIA 6915 |
Description: |
(Date approximate) |
Photo Date: |
8/8/1985 Upload Date: 3/15/2012 12:14:58 PM |
Location: |
Port Hope, ON |
Author: |
Robert Farkas |
Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
VIA 6915(LRC) |
Views: |
324 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Trailing power and a classic station |
Description: |
A westbound recedes toward Windsor with the pushing LRC unit taking up the rear, and both units blowing some Alco smoke. The CP station at Dorval, built around 1890, is to the right. It's still open, serving commrter trains at the time of this photo. |
Photo Date: |
8/26/1986 Upload Date: 12/9/2014 3:30:14 AM |
Location: |
Dorval, QC |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
VIA 6915(LRC) |
Views: |
196 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Close up |
Description: |
A close up look at an LRC unit, making a stop at Dorval on its way west. |
Photo Date: |
8/26/1986 Upload Date: 12/9/2014 3:33:27 AM |
Location: |
Dorval, QC |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
VIA 6915(LRC) |
Views: |
600 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Train 63 |
Description: |
Train 63 rolls out of Dorval. Unlike train 65, this one has LRCs fore and aft. |
Photo Date: |
6/15/1989 Upload Date: 10/28/2015 3:34:58 AM |
Location: |
Dorval, QC |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
VIA 6915(LRC) |
Views: |
107 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
VIA LRC-2 6915 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
8/14/1990 Upload Date: 7/19/2014 11:55:33 AM |
Location: |
Montreal, QC |
Author: |
Alan Gaines |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
VIA 6915(LRC) |
Views: |
173 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Via 6915 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
12/31/2010 Upload Date: 12/6/2010 3:38:09 AM |
Location: |
Unknown, ON |
Author: |
Unknown |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
VIA 6915(LRC) |
Views: |
267 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Via 6915 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
12/31/2010 Upload Date: 12/6/2010 3:37:26 AM |
Location: |
Unknown, ON |
Author: |
Unknown |
Categories: |
Roster,Passenger |
Locomotives: |
VIA 6915(LRC) |
Views: |
285 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
VIA 6916 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
6/9/1982 Upload Date: 1/26/2021 7:18:25 PM |
Location: |
Hamilton, ON |
Author: |
Tim Vermande |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
VIA 6916(LRC) |
Views: |
206 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
VIA 6916 |
Description: |
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Photo Date: |
6/9/1982 Upload Date: 1/26/2021 7:17:58 PM |
Location: |
Hamilton, ON |
Author: |
Tim Vermande |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
VIA 6916(LRC) |
Views: |
179 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
And pushing |
Description: |
LRC cab 6916 assists&from the rear on this train 69. |
Photo Date: |
6/14/1989 Upload Date: 10/21/2015 12:26:02 PM |
Location: |
Dorval, QC |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
VIA 6916(LRC) |
Views: |
131 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Almost home |
Description: |
Train 62 is making its last stop before reaching the end of its trip at Montreal. The LRC trains were plentiful at this time, tke backbone of the Toronto-Montreal service. |
Photo Date: |
6/15/1989 Upload Date: 10/13/2015 4:04:44 AM |
Location: |
Dorval, QC |
Author: |
Tom Beckett |
Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
Locomotives: |
VIA 6916(LRC) |
Views: |
127 Comments: 0 |
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