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 Rail RDC No. 6143 and VIA Rail RDC No. 6147 about to depart Halifax, the last passenger train on the DAR, Jan. 14, 1990.
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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+File:VIA-151 6143 6147 last train to Yarmouth 1740 14 January 1990.jpg|[[VIA6143|VIA Rail RDC No. 6143]] and [[VIA6147|VIA Rail RDC No. 6147]] about to depart [[Halifax]], [[The Last Train|the last passenger train]] on the DAR, Jan. 14, 1990.
 File:RDC 6143-1 .jpg|[[VIA6143|VIA No. 6143]] languishing at Industrial Rail Services on Sep 14, 2012, 12 years after being sold by VIA.
 File:RDC 6143-2 .jpg|[[VIA6143|VIA No. 6143]] languishing at Industrial Rail Services on Sep 14, 2012, 12 years after being sold by VIA.