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Operating in weekend VIA service to help handle the Christmas holiday crowds, a borrowed GO consist with GP40TC 506 leading a string of bilevel cars crosses the Grand River at Paris on VIA #70, heading eastbound on CN's Dundas Sub on a cold Saturday morning (if running on time it would have been around 8:44 - 9:00am, according to the timetable). According to other photos, this particular consist had a GP40TC at each end (500 and 506), sandwiching nine bilevels.

Bill McArthur photo, Dan Dell'Unto collection slide.
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Caption: Operating in weekend VIA service to help handle the Christmas holiday crowds, a borrowed GO consist with GP40TC 506 leading a string of bilevel cars crosses the Grand River at Paris on VIA #70, heading eastbound on CN's Dundas Sub on a cold Saturday morning (if running on time it would have been around 8:44 - 9:00am, according to the timetable). According to other photos, this particular consist had a GP40TC at each end (500 and 506), sandwiching nine bilevels.

Bill McArthur photo, Dan Dell'Unto collection slide.

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Bill McArthur photo, Dan Dell'Unto coll. [932] (more) (contact)
Date: 12/27/1980 (search)
Railway: VIA Rail (search)
Reporting Marks: GO 506 (search)
Train Symbol: VIA 70 (search)
Subdivision/SNS: Paris - CN Dundas Sub (search)
City/Town: Paris (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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