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During the Turbo era, with eight daily (M-F) fast Montreal - Toronto trains (four Turbo, four Rapido (four each direction)), the morning daily, all stop, Toronto - Montreal, Toronto - Ottawa locals were the Lakeshore / Capital (afternoons Bonaventure / The Exec and overnight Cavalier) Here is the morning #44 / #54, Capital / Lakeshore with more than the usual 9 cars - an expanded consist. Interesting: VIA 6537 (ex CN 6537) powered the 1958 Royal Train west from Union. At the Lakeshore (Stephenson) Road wooden overpass, March 5, 1978 Kodak Tri X negative by S.Danko Montreal's finest
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During the Turbo era, with eight daily (M-F) fast Montreal - Toronto trains (four Turbo, four Rapido (four each direction)),

the morning daily, all stop, Toronto - Montreal, Toronto - Ottawa locals were the Lakeshore / Capital (afternoons Bonaventure / The Exec and overnight Cavalier)

Here is the morning #44 / #54, Capital / Lakeshore with more than the usual 9 cars - an expanded consist.

Interesting: VIA 6537 (ex CN 6537) powered the 1958 Royal Train west from Union.

At the Lakeshore (Stephenson) Road wooden overpass, March 5, 1978 Kodak Tri X negative by S.Danko

Montreal's finest

Photographer:
sdfourty [674] (more) (contact)
Date: 03/05/1978 (search)
Railway: VIA Rail (search)
Reporting Marks: VIA 6537 (search)
Train Symbol: VIA #44 / #54 (search)
Subdivision/SNS: CN Kingston Subdivision mile 284 (search)
City/Town: Newcastle (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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