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Evangeline
Evangeline was the name of the DAR's "Dayliner" RDC passenger service between Halifax and Yarmouth. It was used to introduce the RDCs in 1956, providing a prestiege name train for the new equipment.(1). The name drew on the DAR's long-established "Land of Evangeline" theme. It had been used in earlier times by locomotives No. 14, No. 40 and the steam ships SS Evangeline & SS Evangeline (II). The name fell out of use for the RDC passenger trains in the early VIA Rail era of the late 1970s but was revived in 1986 (2) and was the official name of the Dayliner service until it was canceled in 1990.(3)
Gallery
Cover of the 1963 Timetable promoting the fast "Evangeline"
Ticket from last westbound Evangeline.
See also the Dayliner Gallery for images of Dayliners in the Evangeline Service.
References and Footnotes
(1) Bill Linley, Canadian Pacific in Color Volume 1: Eastern Lines, page 14.
(2) David Othen, Dominion Atlantic Railway The Final 25 Years, page 27.
(3) VIA Rail Timetable, April 30, 1989 to January 14, 1990, "Evangeline" Trains 151,152,154, page 14, Conrad Davison Collection.
