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Thru most of the 1980s we witnessed many VIA units running with a plain nose rather than what I think was the more attractive "VIA". This is an example; VIA 6793 running westward past Bayview with what appears to be a freshly painted snout. I neglected to mark the train number on this image but by the look of it was probably the mid-afternoon number 83.
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Caption: Thru most of the 1980s we witnessed many VIA units running with a plain nose rather than what I think was the more attractive "VIA". This is an example; VIA 6793 running westward past Bayview with what appears to be a freshly painted snout. I neglected to mark the train number on this image but by the look of it was probably the mid-afternoon number 83.

Photographer:
A.W.Mooney [2136] (more) (contact)
Date: 10/15/1986 (search)
Railway: VIA Rail (search)
Reporting Marks: VIA 6793 (search)
Train Symbol: #83 (search)
Subdivision/SNS: CN Dundas Sub. (search)
City/Town: Hamilton West (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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6 Comments
  1. Aitch
    November 18, 2021 at 8:30 pm

    That’s an interesting perspective on a fondly remembered location. It looks so different. I like it ! Definitely not repeatable today unless one is willing to risk a big fine…. or jail. :-)

  2. awmooney
    November 18, 2021 at 8:41 pm

    Yeah…………you can block the tracks by building a fire out of pallets and lumber and get away with it…..but oh, don’t you dare walk around there with a camera !!! ;o)

  3. Stephen C. Host
    November 19, 2021 at 10:39 am

    A nice angle. I wish I got close ups of that sign.. but it was gone by around 2005 or 2006..

  4. Stephen C. Host
    November 19, 2021 at 10:39 am

    Aitch it’s only a $550 fine :)

  5. Aitch
    November 19, 2021 at 12:11 pm

    SHC: which I’d happily pay if I could go back in time to 1986 and get a shot like this. ;-)

  6. awmooney
    November 19, 2021 at 12:30 pm

    Oh boy…don’t even start on a subject like that!!! Heck, I would have even liked to be born sooner; but then I probably would have croaked by now….. :o )
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