Thursday, 2 February 2012


June 1 1985 Ottawa Ontario
VIA tried several schemes for trains between Ottawa and Sudbury.  This slide is labelled "First Revived Canadian".  It is negotiating the detour (known in railway parlance as a "shoe fly") which was needed in order to build a bridge for the newly aligned Industrial Avenue into Hurdman Station.  The consist of the train is quite interesting.  There are in order - a combine car for baggage and some sleeping car passengers, a coach, a Skyline car acting as the food service car, and two Montreal to Vancouver sleepers.

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