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Everyone is on board, the step box has been tossed into the vestibule, and the doors are closed and locked for today's departure of the Pukatawagan Mixed. PRLX 2265 & PRLX 2669 pull this unique consist passed VIA Rail's #691 equipment parked at the far left of the frame, while equipment department employees give the Puk a roll-by inspection as it leaves the station. First car in the consist is KRC 9631 (ex-VIA 9631, exx-CN 9631) Class BE-73-H, a 73' 6" baggage car. Second up behind the power is KRC 5649 (ex-VIA 5649, exx-CN-5649) a dayniter coach built by CC&F in 1954 and converted to this combination baggage/coach in 1998.
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Caption: Everyone is on board, the step box has been tossed into the vestibule, and the doors are closed and locked for today's departure of the Pukatawagan Mixed. PRLX 2265 & PRLX 2669 pull this unique consist passed VIA Rail's #691 equipment parked at the far left of the frame, while equipment department employees give the Puk a roll-by inspection as it leaves the station. First car in the consist is KRC 9631 (ex-VIA 9631, exx-CN 9631) Class BE-73-H, a 73' 6" baggage car. Second up behind the power is KRC 5649 (ex-VIA 5649, exx-CN-5649) a dayniter coach built by CC&F in 1954 and converted to this combination baggage/coach in 1998.

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Paul O'Shell [406] (more) (contact)
Date: 03/16/2023 (search)
Railway: Keewatin Railway (search)
Reporting Marks: PRLX 2265, PRLX 2269 (search)
Train Symbol: Pukatawagan Mixed (search)
Subdivision/SNS: The Pas, Wekusko Sub. Mile 0.0 (search)
City/Town: The Pas (search)
Province: Manitoba (search)
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7 Comments
  1. First954
    April 8, 2023 at 11:47 am

    The KRC 9631 would have started life as CN 9250 before CN renumbered it to 9631.

  2. Paul O'Shell
    April 8, 2023 at 12:49 pm

    My thanks First954 for that additional info. :-)

  3. terry.oshell
    April 10, 2023 at 8:05 am

    No need for buffers with that passenger equipment. Was the interior retro-VIA?

  4. Paul O'Shell
    April 10, 2023 at 8:32 am

    I don’t think there’s a need for buffers on the Budd equipment either (but don’t get me started!) :-)
    The interior of this particular coach on the Puk Mixed would toss you right back into the 1970′s. It was a typical day-niter configuration with seats in red cloth & vinyl, carpeted overhead luggage racks, and some fake woodgrain paneling at the car ends.
    I’ve got several interior shots of the coach and baggage car I’d like to post but I need to prep them first.
    Stay tuned!

  5. railwayguy
    April 10, 2023 at 10:39 am

    Paul, this must be the last regularly scheduled Mixed train in Canada. Sure brings back memories of all the different mixed trains I rode many years ago in Ontario on the CNR, CPR, ONR and once in Newfoundland. This train the only one that I have seen in VIA blue. Too bad they don’t show its schedule in VIA on-line timetable. Thanks for sharing, John

  6. Jacob Patterson
    April 10, 2023 at 4:42 pm

    Schedule here on the Keewatin Railway website: https://www.krcrail.ca/train-schedules

  7. Paul O'Shell
    April 10, 2023 at 8:27 pm

    Thanks for that extra info Jacob.
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