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| + | =Dominion Atlantic Railway Budd Rail Diesel Car RDC-1 No. 9050.= | ||
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| + | Canadian Pacific's first RDC-1. | ||
Built 1953 | Built 1953 | ||
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Photographic evidence indicates this unit was in D.A.R. service from 1979 to 1980. | Photographic evidence indicates this unit was in D.A.R. service from 1979 to 1980. | ||
| − | Became VIA Rail No. 9050 and sold to Industrial Rail Services in 2000. | + | Became VIA Rail No. 9050 3/78, VIA 6137 3/81, and sold to Industrial Rail Services in 2000. |
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| + | ==Operations== | ||
| + | 9050 departed Halifax for Montreal on the rear of the Ocean on June 17, 1980.<ref>Scotian Railroad Society news. June 1980</ref> | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
| + | File:DAR9050 Rockingham 07-21-79 Glenn Courtney.JPG|[[DAR9050|No. 9050]] at [[Rockingham]] on July 21, 1979. | ||
Image:CPR9050a.jpg|[[CPR9050|No. 9050]] at [[Yarmouth Station]] on the old [[Yarmouth Enginehouse|engine house siding]] in September 1979. | Image:CPR9050a.jpg|[[CPR9050|No. 9050]] at [[Yarmouth Station]] on the old [[Yarmouth Enginehouse|engine house siding]] in September 1979. | ||
Image:CPR9050b.jpg|[[CPR9050|No. 9050]] in front of the [[Yarmouth Station]] in September 1979. | Image:CPR9050b.jpg|[[CPR9050|No. 9050]] in front of the [[Yarmouth Station]] in September 1979. | ||
| + | File:RDC 6137-1 .jpg|[[VIA6137|VIA No. 6137]] languishing at Industrial Rail Services on Sep 14, 2012, 12 years after being sold by VIA. | ||
| + | File:RDC 6137-2 .jpg|[[VIA6137|VIA No. 6137]] languishing at Industrial Rail Services on Sep 14, 2012, 12 years after being sold by VIA. | ||
| + | File:RDC Lineup-1 .jpg|[[VIA6137|VIA No. 6137]], VIA No. 6143, [[VIA6136|VIA No. 6136]], VIA No. 6212, and VIA No. 6213 languishing at Industrial Rail Services on Sep 14, 2012, 12 years after being sold by VIA. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==References and Footnotes== | ==References and Footnotes== | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
http://www.mountainrailway.com/Roster%20Archive/RDC/CP%209000/CP%209050.htm | http://www.mountainrailway.com/Roster%20Archive/RDC/CP%209000/CP%209050.htm | ||
[[Category:RDC]] | [[Category:RDC]] | ||
Latest revision as of 18:39, 12 January 2024
Dominion Atlantic Railway Budd Rail Diesel Car RDC-1 No. 9050.
Canadian Pacific's first RDC-1.
Built 1953
Budd Serial no. 5816
Photographic evidence indicates this unit was in D.A.R. service from 1979 to 1980.
Became VIA Rail No. 9050 3/78, VIA 6137 3/81, and sold to Industrial Rail Services in 2000.
Operations
9050 departed Halifax for Montreal on the rear of the Ocean on June 17, 1980.[1]
Gallery
No. 9050 at Rockingham on July 21, 1979.
No. 9050 at Yarmouth Station on the old engine house siding in September 1979.
No. 9050 in front of the Yarmouth Station in September 1979.
VIA No. 6137 languishing at Industrial Rail Services on Sep 14, 2012, 12 years after being sold by VIA.
VIA No. 6137 languishing at Industrial Rail Services on Sep 14, 2012, 12 years after being sold by VIA.
VIA No. 6137, VIA No. 6143, VIA No. 6136, VIA No. 6212, and VIA No. 6213 languishing at Industrial Rail Services on Sep 14, 2012, 12 years after being sold by VIA.
References and Footnotes
- ↑ Scotian Railroad Society news. June 1980
External Links
http://www.mountainrailway.com/Roster%20Archive/RDC/CP%209000/CP%209050.htm
