Comments on: Nice old shot of the eastbound Budds coming down the hill from London back in the days before VIA was formed. I still think this concept was a great ‘people mover’ and do not understand with all the technology we have today that there are no modern versions of this rail diesel car in production. Pity I took no notes as per numbers… http://www.railpictures.ca The BEST Canadian photos on the Internet, eh? Tue, 23 Jun 2026 04:48:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: awmooney http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=41700#comment-40410 awmooney Wed, 10 Jun 2020 14:20:36 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/CN-Budds-HW1-edited.jpg#comment-40410 Thanks, Mr. Dan. I was hoping you had something to offer. I could read what looks like a "4" and a "5" on the number board but that was about it. Thanks, Mr. Dan. I was hoping you had something to offer. I could read what looks like a “4″ and a “5″ on the number board but that was about it.

]]> By: MrDan http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=41700#comment-40407 MrDan Wed, 10 Jun 2020 03:50:02 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/CN-Budds-HW1-edited.jpg#comment-40407 The leader looks like a 6450-series unit, which would make it a baggage/mail/RPO-only RDC-4. CN had a few in the corridor, this one is likely 6453 (as it has Phase 1 ends, and did time out of Spadina around 1975. The other Phase 1 RDC-4 CN had, 6450, was running out of Halifax NS in 1975). The leader looks like a 6450-series unit, which would make it a baggage/mail/RPO-only RDC-4. CN had a few in the corridor, this one is likely 6453 (as it has Phase 1 ends, and did time out of Spadina around 1975. The other Phase 1 RDC-4 CN had, 6450, was running out of Halifax NS in 1975).

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