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Caption: Back when I could still drive up to the tracks on the east side of the Welland canal, past the big GM plant, I would wander around a bit in hopes of seeing some rail traffic, which back then, was reasonably frequent.
Got caught out of position, so to speak, as the CN Railiners came roaring along, bound for Niagara Falls, and I had to shoot up the grade at them, right at the Welland Canal bridge. Interesting angle, to say the least.
Budd RDC-3 #6355 was a baggage car as well has having seating for 48. It was rebuilt in 1981 as an RDC-2. I still think these were one of the most practical ideas for efficient passenger operations on the secondary lines. Miss them.
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Wow, great shot, close encounter with a Budd!
Nice shot. The Budds would be so practical and efficient today for frequent intercity travel.
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Good luck getting that close now! They’d probably shoot you.
I was thinking about that, Docta. It must be heavily fenced and cameras all over the place by now. I probably would be approached, and questioned and then held for a background check. When they find out I am just some dork who takes train pictures, they might let me off. But with a stern warning never to come back.
Yeah, as I have said before…I miss the good old days.
I managed to do a shot from the other slide at close range a few years ago, but with how many cameras they have there now I wouldn’t dare. Niagara is still good when it comes to nobody bothering you but Seaway isn’t somewhere I dare try and go.
Nice shot “Budd”! Up close and personal. I personally can say it’s quite a rush when a train sneaks up on you (for reference, search up my photo taken of VIA train 68 one evening at Northwood, ON – I sat on a pile of gravel as it rushed by, never shooting that close ever to a train again!).
But there is something special about these units. Glad that the last remaining few are still in operation, although for VIA running between Sudbury and White River.