Comments on: VIA 6519 is waiting to depart Edmonton with an eastbound passenger train. Is that first item a power unit? http://www.railpictures.ca The BEST Canadian photos on the Internet, eh? Thu, 07 May 2026 22:12:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Spallumcheen http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=13555#comment-4565 Spallumcheen Tue, 11 Feb 2014 03:46:08 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/DSC_0192-edited.jpg#comment-4565 Thanks for the info gents, I thought it was possibly a heating unit but had not seen one like that before. Thanks for the info gents, I thought it was possibly a heating unit but had not seen one like that before.

]]> By: MrDan http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=13555#comment-4563 MrDan Tue, 11 Feb 2014 01:07:36 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/DSC_0192-edited.jpg#comment-4563 Neat, CN (and later VIA) liked to use steam generator cars for their greater steam generating capacity (two large SG's are inside 'em, vs one or two smaller ones in the F-units). Neat, CN (and later VIA) liked to use steam generator cars for their greater steam generating capacity (two large SG’s are inside ‘em, vs one or two smaller ones in the F-units).

]]> By: mberry http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=13555#comment-4562 mberry Tue, 11 Feb 2014 00:18:02 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/DSC_0192-edited.jpg#comment-4562 It's a steam generator car. It’s a steam generator car.

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