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To me it was a really sad state of affairs to realize that my favourite VIA, the late afternoon #75, was no longer a collection of power up front as in A-B-A or a combination of RS-18s and Cab units of sorts with 10-16 cars in tow but rather deteriorating to this puny #75 pictured here. This one, #6900 leader, was the first of the series 6900-6930 and for the most part the BBD LRC units were unreliable. An era of VIA that had me turned off going out for train #75 and moving on.................
Location is by the former Aldershot Cold Storage building just to the west of the Waterdown Road overpass.
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Caption: To me it was a really sad state of affairs to realize that my favourite VIA, the late afternoon #75, was no longer a collection of power up front as in A-B-A or a combination of RS-18s and Cab units of sorts with 10-16 cars in tow but rather deteriorating to this puny #75 pictured here. This one, #6900 leader, was the first of the series 6900-6930 and for the most part the BBD LRC units were unreliable. An era of VIA that had me turned off going out for train #75 and moving on................. Location is by the former Aldershot Cold Storage building just to the west of the Waterdown Road overpass.

Photographer:
A.W.Mooney [2133] (more) (contact)
Date: 04/11/1988 (search)
Railway: VIA Rail (search)
Reporting Marks: VIA 6900 (search)
Train Symbol: #75 (search)
Subdivision/SNS: CN Oakville sub. (search)
City/Town: Burlington (Aldershot) (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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  1. Great photo brings back some great memories. I enjoyed many relaxing “running to schedule” trips between Montreal and Toronto on 66/67 with these units doing the pulling and pushing.

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