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Caption: The little trains that did.
Via Rail train # 161 readies to depart* Ste-Foy for Gare du Windsor.
Throughout the mid eighties all Quebec City trains terminated / originated at Ste- Foy due to road and related construction near the Gare du Palais.
For two plus decades, the seventies under the CP Rail flag (trains #151 to #156) and the eighties under the VIA flag (#159 through #164), the CPR / CP Rail Budd Cars shuttled the 175 north shore CP Rail miles six times a day between Gare du Palais and Gare du Windsor.
Notably, by eliminating some intermediate stops CP Rail scheduled ( 1976 timetable) the single Budd Car trains #152 and #154 at 3 hours for the 175 mile run including FIVE intermediate stops! That is an average 58.7 m.p.h. !
( as a comparison the CN Rapido, with multiple road (cab) units, Bonaventure to Union, scheduled 5 hours for 335 miles including TWO intermediate stops ( 1969 timetable) for an average 67 m.p.h. )
( * or is this #160 arriving? Either way those are Via Rail train numbers that have not been seen for decades! )
At Ste- Foy, P.Q., June 26, 1984, Kodachrome by S.Danko.
P S [ So it is with some amusement that October 2015 VIA decides to 'test' Budd Cars out of Ottawa ! ( although arguably some Via Rail crews probably have never seen nor know what a Budd Car is !! ]
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![The little trains that did.
Via Rail train # 161 readies to depart* Ste-Foy for Gare du Windsor.
Throughout the mid eighties all Quebec City trains terminated / originated at Ste- Foy due to road and related construction near the Gare du Palais.
For two plus decades, the seventies under the CP Rail flag (trains #151 to #156) and the eighties under the VIA flag (#159 through #164), the CPR / CP Rail Budd Cars shuttled the 175 north shore CP Rail miles six times a day between Gare du Palais and Gare du Windsor.
Notably, by eliminating some intermediate stops CP Rail scheduled ( 1976 timetable) the single Budd Car trains #152 and #154 at 3 hours for the 175 mile run including FIVE intermediate stops! That is an average 58.7 m.p.h. !
( as a comparison the CN Rapido, with multiple road (cab) units, Bonaventure to Union, scheduled 5 hours for 335 miles including TWO intermediate stops ( 1969 timetable) for an average 67 m.p.h. )
( * or is this #160 arriving? Either way those are Via Rail train numbers that have not been seen for decades! )
At Ste- Foy, P.Q., June 26, 1984, Kodachrome by S.Danko.
P S [ So it is with some amusement that October 2015 VIA decides to 'test' Budd Cars out of Ottawa ! ( although arguably some Via Rail crews probably have never seen nor know what a Budd Car is !! ]](http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/67750002-2-1280x852.jpg "The little trains that did.
Via Rail train # 161 readies to depart* Ste-Foy for Gare du Windsor.
Throughout the mid eighties all Quebec City trains terminated / originated at Ste- Foy due to road and related construction near the Gare du Palais.
For two plus decades, the seventies under the CP Rail flag (trains #151 to #156) and the eighties under the VIA flag (#159 through #164), the CPR / CP Rail Budd Cars shuttled the 175 north shore CP Rail miles six times a day between Gare du Palais and Gare du Windsor.
Notably, by eliminating some intermediate stops CP Rail scheduled ( 1976 timetable) the single Budd Car trains #152 and #154 at 3 hours for the 175 mile run including FIVE intermediate stops! That is an average 58.7 m.p.h. !
( as a comparison the CN Rapido, with multiple road (cab) units, Bonaventure to Union, scheduled 5 hours for 335 miles including TWO intermediate stops ( 1969 timetable) for an average 67 m.p.h. )
( * or is this #160 arriving? Either way those are Via Rail train numbers that have not been seen for decades! )
At Ste- Foy, P.Q., June 26, 1984, Kodachrome by S.Danko.
P S [ So it is with some amusement that October 2015 VIA decides to 'test' Budd Cars out of Ottawa ! ( although arguably some Via Rail crews probably have never seen nor know what a Budd Car is !! ]")
Nice, Christmas Eve of 1960 I rode (with my family of course, I was only
from Ottawa West to Lachute in a CP Dayliner. I don’t recall it was going that fast. It’s amazing how, with a smaller population base, the railways were able to offer passenger trains to so many spots – many of which aren’t even served by a bus today.
I see a smiley where I thought I typed the numeral 8. Steve Host, is there not an edit function? Of course, someone should also edit St Foy into LA Belle Province.