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File:VIA - RDC 6119 6147 - Last Passenger Train - Yarmouth - 14th January 1990.JPG |Last VIA RDC eastbound Passenger Run on the DAR, Train No. 154 with RDCs [[VIA6119|VIA No. 6119]] and [[VIA6147|VIA No. 6147]] at [[Yarmouth]], Sunday January 14, 1990. | File:VIA - RDC 6119 6147 - Last Passenger Train - Yarmouth - 14th January 1990.JPG |Last VIA RDC eastbound Passenger Run on the DAR, Train No. 154 with RDCs [[VIA6119|VIA No. 6119]] and [[VIA6147|VIA No. 6147]] at [[Yarmouth]], Sunday January 14, 1990. | ||
File:Blinn5.jpg|Passengers boarding RDC [[VIA6119|VIA No. 6119]], [[The Last Train|the last eastbound, Yarmouth to Halifax run]], Jan. 14, 1990. | File:Blinn5.jpg|Passengers boarding RDC [[VIA6119|VIA No. 6119]], [[The Last Train|the last eastbound, Yarmouth to Halifax run]], Jan. 14, 1990. | ||
| + | File:Blinn6.jpg|Interior of RDC [[VIA6119|VIA No. 6119]] on [[The Last Train|the last eastbound, Yarmouth to Halifax passenger run]], Train No. 154, January 14, 1990. | ||
Image:Ticket jan 14 1990.jpg|Ticket from last westbound [[Evangeline]], Jan. 14, 1990. | Image:Ticket jan 14 1990.jpg|Ticket from last westbound [[Evangeline]], Jan. 14, 1990. | ||
File:VIA-151 6143 6147 last train to Yarmouth 1740 14 January 1990.jpg|[[VIA6143|VIA Rail RDC No. 6143]] and [[VIA6145|VIA Rail RDC No. 6145]] about to depart [[Halifax]], [[The Last Train|the last passenger train]] on the DAR, Jan. 14, 1990. | File:VIA-151 6143 6147 last train to Yarmouth 1740 14 January 1990.jpg|[[VIA6143|VIA Rail RDC No. 6143]] and [[VIA6145|VIA Rail RDC No. 6145]] about to depart [[Halifax]], [[The Last Train|the last passenger train]] on the DAR, Jan. 14, 1990. | ||
Revision as of 19:46, 27 April 2021
The DAR experienced a series of last trains in the late 20th century as equipment was withdrawn, services were cut and track was abandoned. The most memorable to many were the final passenger trains that crossed Western Nova Scotia in January 1990. The final runs were on Sunday January 14, 1990 and groups of people gathered at stations throughout the valley to bid farewell to passsenger rail service.[1] The last eastbound, Yarmouth to Halifax passenger run, was Train No. 154 with RDCs VIA No. 6119 and VIA No. 6147.[2], crewed by Conductor J.L. Gee, Trainman J. Murray and Engineer A. Russell.[3] The very final passenger train was the westbound Halifax to Yarmouth Train No. 151 with VIA Rail No. 6143 and VIA Rail No. 6145. It arrived in Yarmouth late in the evening on January 14 to a large farewell crowd and then made a final return trip to Halifax, empty of passengers at 2 am on January 15[4] to be parked at Halifax Station in a long line of RDCs made idle by the system-wide cuts to VIA rail in 1990.
Gallery
VIA Yarmouth - Halifax Train No. 152 pauses at Annapolis Royal Station at 9:05 a.m. on its last run of the Monday to Saturday service on Saturday, January 13, 1990.
Residents of Berwick gather to witness the Monday to Saturday service on Saturday, at the Berwick Station, January 13, 1990.
Farewell to VIA in the Valley - January 13, 1990 article on school children witnessing final week day passenger run at Kentville Station.
Last VIA RDC eastbound Passenger Run on the DAR, Train No. 154 with RDCs VIA No. 6119 and VIA No. 6147 at Yarmouth, Sunday January 14, 1990.
Passengers boarding RDC VIA No. 6119, the last eastbound, Yarmouth to Halifax run, Jan. 14, 1990.
Interior of RDC VIA No. 6119 on the last eastbound, Yarmouth to Halifax passenger run, Train No. 154, January 14, 1990.
Ticket from last westbound Evangeline, Jan. 14, 1990.
VIA Rail RDC No. 6143 and VIA Rail RDC No. 6145 about to depart Halifax, the last passenger train on the DAR, Jan. 14, 1990.
Cab of RDC VIA No. 6145 at Yarmouth, having just arrived with last passenger train on the DAR. Engineer is believed to be Willis Forsythe, January 14, 1990.
Cab of RDC VIA No. 6145 at Yarmouth, having just arrived with last passenger train on the DAR, January 14, 1990.
Willis Forsythe in cab of RDC VIA No. 6145 at Yarmouth, having arrived with the DAR's last passenger train, just before the RDC returned to Halifax empty about 2 am, January 14/15, 1990.
Allison Durky testing wheels of RDC VIA No. 6145 at Yarmouth before it returned to Halifax empty, ending passenger service on the DAR, January 14/15, 1990.
References
- ↑ David Othen, Dominion Atlantic Railway The Final 25 Years, page 43
- ↑ Ron Haight video, "Farewell to the Little Train in the Valley", 1989, discussed on Facebook Post April 24, 2021
- ↑ J. L. Gree, [Facebook Post April 23, 2021
- ↑ "Via Rail train left Yarmouth for last time in 1990", Yarmouth Vanguard January 15, 1990
