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An afternoon down at VIA's Brockville Station finds CN RS18 3125 and a VIA 6600-series B-unit handling train #54 for Montreal, while 6793 sits on the station pocket track in charge of #44's consist for Ottawa. Both ran from Toronto as a combined eastbound #44-54 consist until arriving at Brockville, where the consist would be split, a spare unit at the station would couple to #44's cars, and each separate train would then continue on to its respective destination.

After the 1981 cuts to VIA, equipment from The Canadian ran between Toronto and Montreal on corridor trains #53 and #54, hence the stainless steel ex-CP equipment from The Canadian shown in today's consist of VIA #54 running through (there's more information on this arrangement on Trackside Treasures).
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Caption: An afternoon down at VIA's Brockville Station finds CN RS18 3125 and a VIA 6600-series B-unit handling train #54 for Montreal, while 6793 sits on the station pocket track in charge of #44's consist for Ottawa. Both ran from Toronto as a combined eastbound #44-54 consist until arriving at Brockville, where the consist would be split, a spare unit at the station would couple to #44's cars, and each separate train would then continue on to its respective destination.

After the 1981 cuts to VIA, equipment from The Canadian ran between Toronto and Montreal on corridor trains #53 and #54, hence the stainless steel ex-CP Budd cars from The Canadian shown in today's consist of VIA #54 running through (there's more information on this arrangement on Trackside Treasures).

Photographer:
Bill Thomson [715] (more) (contact)
Date: 07/01/1984 (search)
Railway: VIA Rail (search)
Reporting Marks: CN 3125, VIA 6793 (search)
Train Symbol: VIA 54, 44 (search)
Subdivision/SNS: VIA Brockville Station - CN Kingston Sub (search)
City/Town: Brockville (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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  1. Any idea what the second car (behind the baggage car) is Bill, or others? It seems to have an unusual window configuration.

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