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I was staring at Dan's post from his collection thinking this looks really familiar.. then it clicked. I had done something very similar in pretty much the same location a few years ago. While I assume Dan's photo is on the GO side of Mimico, all the changes there over the years confuse me. Feel free to let me know where Dan's photo is relative to mine as mine was on the east side of TMC. Pictured is the VIA RDC "deadline" which has since been gutted/sold/removed. I was on assignment for the day to VIA Rail and took the opportunity to get a tour of the grounds while in the area. Taken with full permission of course. While I wish for sun, it came out later in the day while I was still around. I think the high vantage point was a much better choice than ground level despite the rarity of me getting permission to be there.
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Caption: I was staring at Dan's post from his collection thinking this looks really familiar.. then it clicked. I had done something very similar in pretty much the same location a few years ago. While I assume Dan's photo is on the GO side of Mimico, all the changes there over the years confuse me. Feel free to let me know where Dan's photo is relative to mine as mine was on the east side of TMC. Pictured is the VIA RDC "deadline" which has since been gutted/sold/removed. I was on assignment for the day to VIA Rail and took the opportunity to get a tour of the grounds while in the area. Taken with full permission of course. While I wish for sun, it came out later in the day while I was still around. I think the high vantage point was a much better choice than ground level despite the rarity of me getting permission to be there.

Photographer:
Stephen C. Host [1500] (more) (contact)
Date: 3/15/2016 (search)
Railway: VIA Rail (search)
Reporting Marks: VIA 6135, 6148, 6105 (search)
Train Symbol: Not Provided
Subdivision/SNS: VIA Toronto Maintenance Centre (search)
City/Town: Toronto (Mimico) (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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3 Comments
  1. Brundle
    January 10, 2023 at 9:03 pm

    Amazing, I thought the 6105 looked familiar. Myles Roach just posted the same RDC. Are these things operationally ended? This end is all blanked off, on Myles, it has all that is needed for operation. Like the ones to the right of 6105.

  2. Jacob Patterson
    January 10, 2023 at 11:54 pm

    VIA’s RDC’s are intended to operate in sets. Any units that have been rebuilt now only have a cab on the one end. Great shot Steve. The high vantage point gives a nice scene of the area but the composition here is great.

  3. MrDan
    January 11, 2023 at 6:21 am

    Very good Stefan!

    Jacob is correct, when IRSI/CAD was rebuilding the latest units for VIA a few years back, the “deleted” the rear cab and made them single-ended units. They also removed the passenger steps from the front end.
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