An RDC adventure on VIA Train 185 & 186. May 5-7, 2023.
2023 ж. 8 Мам.
7 498 Рет қаралды
Video of me chasing Train 186 on Friday May 5, and of my ride from Sudbury to White River on TRAIN 185 on Saturday May 6, and return on Train 186 Sunday May 7th. No where else CN you ride these vintage self propelled cars built in the 1950’s. It was an experience, two long days, but well worth it if you are a railfan. The VIA Rail staff were excellent, and I truly enjoyed every second of the experience.
Cool! Good on you Canada for keeping your Budd cars going. All Budd cars should be refurbished and put back into service. Perhaps new ones should be built.
Those are some really big 'Life-Like' Proto 1000 RDC'S.
Thanks for these wonderful shots of these great old Budd cars still performing a needed service.
Great stuff!!!
White River looks like a nice, quaint place. 🙂
One of each of the most common models of RDC built, an all-coach type 1, a coach/baggage type 2, and a baggage/RPO type 3. There was an all-baggage type 4 offered, looks like only about 10 were built. There were also two cafe/table cars built for the B&O. I was really hoping he would have walked through all of them and shown the interiors of each. I was also wondering if there was any kind of food service offered for the trip?
Im glad you watched the video Paul. I have a name. And if you looked at the dates, my trip was when Transport Canada Rules were mandating barrier cars. Even the service manager couldn’t enter the lead or trailing car, only the car in service was accessible. I have no interest in posting a video with other passengers, and no chance to shoot the train empty arose. As for food service. No. The SM has some drinks and chips/chocolate bars, but if you want a meal, you need to bring your own. -Stephen
It’s nice to see that there are still a few RDC’s in revenue service.
Hey, at the 3:04 mark there's a little locomotive behind the wide-nosed SD40-2, looks like a GE something-tonner (70, i'm guessing, same shape).
I am not a big fan of that K-5CA that Nathan made they sound bad. VIA Rail should put K-5LA-R24's on them because they sound better and they are a real Canadian tuned horn like you would hear on BC Rail.
I used to be right next to the CP tracks in CFB Cornwallis NS. I would cross Highway 1 and then a small field to get to the rails.
Are they energy efficient!?Did 5hey travel at faster speed??
They are able to speed up and slow down faster, which means on a service where they have to make many “Flag Stops” at unscheduled places, they can do so without a lot of delay to the long and heavy freights. One of the cars is also full baggage, for carrying boats, canoes, atv’s and all manner of supplies into camps that are only accessible by the railway.