Comments on: At track speed: VIA CN #655, daily except Saturday, with RDC-3 / RDC-9 / RDC-1 combo, The view from the Bee Bridge, CN Newtonville crossovers in the background. September 3, 1978 Kodachrome by S.Danko interesting: #655 (late afternoon) and #652 (noon hour) were un-named fast Budd Car runs, Kingston – Union 158 miles in 2:45, with five intermediate stops, The’ Ontarian’ Budd Car trains #651 (early am) & # 656 (evening). and for the Siemens Venture fans: note the Budd Cars 12 light weight axles, at track speed: 90 mph, on jointed rail. RDC-3 weight 231,000 pounds, with 51% weight on two driving axles; Siemens Venture car weight 112,000 pounds each plus Siemens Charger loco weight: 260,000 pounds. Three RDC ‘s weight approximately 686,000 pounds on 12 axles ; VIA Venture five car train weight approx 820,000 pounds on 24 axles. More: VIA #652 sdfourty http://www.railpictures.ca The BEST Canadian photos on the Internet, eh? Mon, 11 May 2026 01:27:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Stephen C. Host http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=56107#comment-63774 Stephen C. Host Tue, 25 Feb 2025 21:09:21 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/img966-2-1280x813.jpg#comment-63774 This is great! This is great!

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