Comments on: Three distinct car bodies Three builders MLW 1960 built RS-18m CN #3152, one of six modified (1967) for Tempo train service ( 3152 renumbered from CN 3856), geared for 80 m.p.h., engine ALCO designed 251B V12. BBD 1980 built LRC-2 VIA #6900 geared 125 m.p.h., engine modified by MLW from an ALCO design 16-251F rated at 3700 H.P. MLW 1959 built FPA-4 VIA #6784 ( ex CN 6784) geared 93 m.p.h., engine ALCO designed 251B V12. the background: an unidentified GMD FP9A Inside the CN Spadina Roundhouse, January 23, 1983 Kodachrome by S.Danko. What’s interesting: in 1982-3 VIA modified some Tempo cars electrical to 480 volts from 575 volts allowing the LRC 6900 series units to power the Tempo trains. VIA returned the six leased RS-18m’s to CN, ending the RS-18m’s careers. In 1983 two RS-18m’s were leased to GO Transit: CN 3152 and 3154. All RS-18m’s retired by the end of 1983. sdfourty http://www.railpictures.ca The BEST Canadian photos on the Internet, eh? Sun, 10 May 2026 04:21:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: harricottbay http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=48935#comment-55013 harricottbay Wed, 21 Dec 2022 01:52:01 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/img835-2-1280x936.jpg#comment-55013 Three distinct car bodies. Three builders. One great capture. Three distinct car bodies. Three builders. One great capture.

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