Comments on: VIA RDC-1 6109 trails a sister RDC operating on train #652 as they depart downtown Toronto in a cloud of Detroit Diesel exhaust, heading eastbound over the Lower Jarvis St. rail viaduct and past the Crombie Park apartments. According to period timetables, #652 “The Ontarian” was a daily (except Saturday) Toronto-Kingston run departing 13:00 from Toronto’s Union Station. One of the many runs still handled by Budd RDC’s or “Railiners” (in CN parlance) at the time. VIA 6109 was one of many RDC’s purchased secondhand by CN: originally built for the Chicago & Eastern Illinois as their “RDC-1″, and purchased by CN in 1964. After serving for VIA, 6109 was sold to Ferrocarriles de Cuba with a few others in 1998. Charles O. Begg photo, Dan Dell’Unto collection. http://www.railpictures.ca The BEST Canadian photos on the Internet, eh? Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:22:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: harricottbay http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=35751#comment-30410 harricottbay Sat, 08 Dec 2018 20:35:31 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/VIA-6109-on-652-at-Jarvis-St.-Toronto-ON-06-08-1980-uk-DDcoll-docu0055-v180exs-copyr.jpg#comment-30410 My very first VIA Rail ride was on the Halifax-Sydney 605 on September 16, 1988 which was operated using RDC's. I have loved them ever since. My very first VIA Rail ride was on the Halifax-Sydney 605 on September 16, 1988 which was operated using RDC’s. I have loved them ever since.

]]> By: Driver8666 http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=35751#comment-30387 Driver8666 Fri, 07 Dec 2018 13:23:23 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/VIA-6109-on-652-at-Jarvis-St.-Toronto-ON-06-08-1980-uk-DDcoll-docu0055-v180exs-copyr.jpg#comment-30387 No way in hell you can advertise for Du Maurier now. Lol. Nice pic though. Before the concrete jungle. No way in hell you can advertise for Du Maurier now. Lol.

Nice pic though. Before the concrete jungle.

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