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| − | Evangeline was the name of the DAR's "Dayliner" [[:Category:RDC|RDC]] passenger service between [[Halifax]] and [[Yarmouth]]. It was used to introduce the RDCs in 1956 | + | Evangeline was the name of the DAR's "Dayliner" [[:Category:RDC|RDC]] passenger service between [[Halifax]] and [[Yarmouth]]. It was used to introduce the RDCs in 1956, providing a prestiege name train for the new equipment.(1). The name drew on the DAR's long-established "Land of Evangeline" theme, also used in earlier times to name locomotives [[DAR0014|No. 14]] & [[DAR0040|No. 40]] and the steam ships [[SS Evangeline]] & [[SS Evangeline (II)]]. The name fell out of use for the RDC passenger trains in the early VIA Rail era of the late 1970s but was revived in 1983 and was the official name of the Dayliner service until it was canceled in 1990.(2) |
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Revision as of 19:42, 11 February 2010
Evangeline was the name of the DAR's "Dayliner" RDC passenger service between Halifax and Yarmouth. It was used to introduce the RDCs in 1956, providing a prestiege name train for the new equipment.(1). The name drew on the DAR's long-established "Land of Evangeline" theme, also used in earlier times to name locomotives No. 14 & No. 40 and the steam ships SS Evangeline & SS Evangeline (II). The name fell out of use for the RDC passenger trains in the early VIA Rail era of the late 1970s but was revived in 1983 and was the official name of the Dayliner service until it was canceled in 1990.(2)
Gallery
Cover of the 1963 Timetable promoting the fast "Evangeline"
See also the Dayliner Gallery for images of Dayliners in the Evangeline Service.
References and Footnotes
(1) Bill Linley, Canadian Pacific in Color Volume 1: Eastern Lines, page 14.
(2) VIA Rail Timetable, April 30, 1989 to January 14, 1990, "Evangeline" Trains 151,152,154, page 14, Conrad Davison Collection.
