Difference between revisions of "VIA6143"

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Built 6/1951

Budd Serial number 5416

Acquired from CP in 1978.

This unit, along with VIA Rail No. 6147, made the final passenger trip on the DAR with the Halifax to Yarmouth run of the "Evangeline" Dayliner service on January 14, 1990. The return trip to Halifax, without passengers, in the early morning hours of January 15, marked the last trip made by an RDC on the DAR.^[1]

Sold in 2000 to Industrial Rail Services (Moncton, NB), 2000

VIA No. 6143 languishing at Industrial Rail Services on Sep 14, 2012, 12 years after being sold by VIA.
VIA No. 6143 languishing at Industrial Rail Services on Sep 14, 2012, 12 years after being sold by VIA.

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 Acquired from CP in 1978.
-This unit, along with [[VIA6147|VIA Rail No. 6147]], made the final passenger trip on the DAR with the Halifax to Yarmouth run of the [[Evangeline|"Evangeline" Dayliner service ]] on January 14, 1990. The return trip to Halifax, without passengers, in the early morning hours of January 15, marked the last trip made by an RDC on the DAR.<ref>[[:Category:David Othen|David Othen]], ''[[Dominion Atlantic Railway The Final 25 Years]]'', page 43</ref>
+This unit, along with [[VIA6147|VIA Rail No. 6147]], made [[The Last Train|the final passenger trip on the DAR]] with the Halifax to Yarmouth run of the [[Evangeline|"Evangeline" Dayliner service ]] on January 14, 1990. The return trip to Halifax, without passengers, in the early morning hours of January 15, marked the last trip made by an RDC on the DAR.<ref>[[:Category:David Othen|David Othen]], ''[[Dominion Atlantic Railway The Final 25 Years]]'', page 43</ref>
 Sold in 2000 to Industrial Rail Services (Moncton, NB), 2000