Comments on: VIA 6448 and three conventional “Blue Fleet” cars idle at Niagara Falls, ON, on a damp and foggy June day in 1992. This VIA consist was substituted for the usual Amtrak equipment on train 97/98 the “Maple Leaf”, due to an ongoing Amtrak strike. My dad and I rode this train from Toronto to Niagara Falls, returning to the brand-new Aldershot station, and I remember being disappointed by this substitute consist- the Amtrak equipment was stored at VIA’s Toronto Maintenance Facility with a former GO GP40TC on the point, which I was really hoping to hitch a ride behind. Alas, it never happened, but looking back at the ex-CN conventional equipment now brings back other nostalgic memories…I can still smell the interiors. http://www.railpictures.ca The BEST Canadian photos on the Internet, eh? Thu, 07 May 2026 18:15:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Stephen C. Host http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=53686#comment-59863 Stephen C. Host Tue, 16 Jan 2024 01:18:04 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/VIA6448.jpg#comment-59863 Nice shot Nice shot

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