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Ninety


Miles Per Hour Zone


Newtonville crossovers


VIA CN 6775 and two sisters....at track speed, 


Union Depot to Central Station, four intermediate passenger stops: five hours zero minutes.


Mile 278.3 Kingston Sub., May 13, 1979 Kodachrome by S.Danko.


Noteworthy: 


Second hand conventional equipment (hand me downs sold to VIA); 


1950's engineered rolling technologies (the 1958  FPA4's and the 1954  CC&F coaches), 


1940's signaling & engineered track (jointed rail),
 

and faster (time card) than today's billion $ Siemens Ventures....
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Ninety

Miles Per Hour Zone

Newtonville crossovers

VIA CN 6775 and two sisters....at track speed,

Union Depot to Central Station, four intermediate passenger stops: five hours zero minutes.

Mile 278.3 Kingston Sub., May 13, 1979 Kodachrome by S.Danko.

Noteworthy:

Second hand conventional equipment (hand me downs sold to VIA);

1950's engineered rolling technologies (the 1958 FPA4's and the 1954 CC&F coaches),

1940's signaling & engineered track (jointed rail),

and faster (time card) than today's billion $ Siemens Ventures....

Photographer:
sdfourty [709] (more) (contact)
Date: 05/13/1979 (search)
Railway: VIA Rail (search)
Reporting Marks: VIA CN 6775 (search)
Train Symbol: VIA CN 68 (search)
Subdivision/SNS: Newtonville (search)
City/Town: Newtonville (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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2 Comments
  1. Also noteworthy: they ran ON-TIME.

  2. Love it…always thought trains did faster speeds back when I was a kid then they do today.

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