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VIA6143
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VIA Rail Budd Rail Diesel Car RDC-1 No. 6143.
Built 6/1951
Budd Serial number 5416
Acquired from CP in 1978.
This unit, along with VIA Rail No. 6147, made the last trip from Halifax to Yarmouth on January 14, 1990. The return trip to Halifax in the early morning hours of January 15, marked the last trip made by an RDC on the DAR.
Sold in 2000 to Industrial Rail Services (Moncton, NB), 2000
Gallery
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.
References and Footnotes
External Links
http://www.novascotiarailwayheritage.com/Photo%20archive/Hantsport%20Station%2021July1984.jpg
