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In the 80's, VIA ran 5 daily trains along the back route Toronto to London, all with various numbers of Budd Cars. It was all train order territory as well west of Georgetown. Here, 4 Budds are about to hammer the CP diamond on their way west. 

I was lucky enough to work these jobs quite a bit when I was hired by CN in 1982. 3 hours and 20 minutes to London, with some really fast running west of Kitchener. Times were good.
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Caption: In the 80's, VIA ran 5 daily trains along the back route Toronto to London, all with various numbers of Budd Cars. It was all train order territory as well west of Georgetown. Here, 4 Budds are about to hammer the CP diamond on their way west. I was lucky enough to work these jobs quite a bit when I was hired by CN in 1982. 3 hours and 20 minutes to London, with some really fast running west of Kitchener. Times were good.

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David Brook [776] (more) (contact)
Date: 1980 (search)
Railway: VIA Rail (search)
Reporting Marks: VIA 6123 (search)
Train Symbol: VIA 667 (search)
Subdivision/SNS: CN Weston Sub, Weston. (search)
City/Town: Toronto (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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  1. …oh, and at 90 m.p.h. on the Oakville Sub., quite the ride…
    …and at that speed on a NRHS St.Thomas return trip our 3 Budds hit an empty 45 gallon oil drum, quite the commotion…
    sdfourty

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