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VIA 693 The Hudson Bay backed into Churchill, MB at 09:30 on this fabulous fall morning of September 28, 2023. By 11:00 all passengers had detrained and baggage had been off-loaded leaving the station platform empty except for a few bags of trash and used sleeping car linens. The grain silos and elevator sit dormant in the background, but, substantial trackwork including ties, rail, and fresh heavily dumped ballast on several yard tracks and the two leads going to the once busy dumper tracks suggest there may be some new business anticipated in Churchill. It was so nice to make the journey from Winnipeg to Churchill and return without the annoying 'buffer car' tacked on to the tail end of the train. :-)
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Caption: VIA 693 The Hudson Bay backed into Churchill, MB at 09:30 on this fabulous fall morning of September 28, 2023. By 11:00 all passengers had detrained and baggage had been off-loaded leaving the station platform empty except for a few bags of trash and used sleeping car linens.
The grain silos and elevator sit dormant in the background, but, substantial trackwork including ties, rail, and fresh heavily dumped ballast on several yard tracks and the two leads going to the once busy dumper tracks suggest there may be some new business anticipated in Churchill.
It was so nice to make the journey from Winnipeg to Churchill and return without the annoying 'buffer car' tacked on to the tail end of the train. :-)

Photographer:
Paul O'Shell [406] (more) (contact)
Date: 09/28/2023 (search)
Railway: VIA Rail (search)
Reporting Marks: VIA 6441, VIA 6451 (search)
Train Symbol: VIA 693 (search)
Subdivision/SNS: Churchill, Herchmer Sub., Mile 509.8 (search)
City/Town: Churchill (search)
Province: Manitoba (search)
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2 Comments
  1. harricottbay
    October 7, 2023 at 10:29 pm

    Unreal Paul! So delighted to see the Skyline Dome in the consist! – Ken

  2. Paul O'Shell
    October 17, 2023 at 11:59 am

    Thanks Ken.
    I spent each day from 05:30 (dark) until 20:30 (dark) in the Skyline dome. With only a handfull of passengers for most of the journey, it was easy to move from front to back for facing and trailing photos. My fellow travelers didn’t mind my jumping around to get all the pics I wanted. In return, I answered as many of their ‘railroad’ questions as possible.
    Too bad they don’t have a window cleaning service in Churchill, as the bugs make a pretty big mess on the leading dome windows on the northbound trip.
    The consist of VIA 693/692 on this day was
    VIA 6458
    VIA 6457
    VIA 8602 Baggage
    VIA 8103 Coach
    VIA 8134 Coach
    VIA 8515 Skyline
    VIA 8205 Chateau Closse Sleeper
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