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Post by CN2972South on Sept 27, 2007 20:50:02 GMT -8
A few more. Northbound dayliner in the snow. Winter 2004.  Northbound dayliner at Langford. February 2005.  Southbound dayliner at Nanaimo, March 2004.  yard crew working away in Nanaimo. March 2004  Switchman's tools. Radio, belt, gloves, keys, etc.  |
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Post by Retrovision on Sept 27, 2007 23:24:23 GMT -8
Yes, thank you all; although not much more than a layman fan, I nonetheless much appreciate the posting of such rich and historical photographs. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - My own meagre nod to the past: INCLUDING...
Car 6133, Where Were You?
A first of numerous pics to come taken near Victoria's VIA Rail - Canada's naitonally-owned passenger rail network - Esquimalt & Nanaimo Victoria Station and the Big Blue Johnson Street BridgeIncluding the historical buildings that just so happen to be the focal point of a foot-passenger ferry terminal feasibility plan to expand the City of Victoria 's Inner Harbour's capability to handle them away from the Belville Terminal near the former CPR steamship terminal west of the legislative buildings |
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Post by Retrovision on Sept 30, 2007 17:52:55 GMT -8
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Post by CN2972South on Oct 27, 2007 17:06:40 GMT -8
A visitor from the E&N, VIA Budd RDC 6148 sits at CN's Thornton yard in Surrey waiting to be hauled into Vancouver to VIA Rail.  Brand Spanking new locomotive, built by General Electric.  |
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Post by Retrovision on Oct 27, 2007 21:53:39 GMT -8
Great additions to the thread; thanks, CrashNational, Jim, Michael. A visitor from the E&N, VIA Budd RDC 6148 sits at CN's Thornton yard in Surrey waiting to be hauled into Vancouver to VIA Rail. Any word on the reason for her being on the Lower Mainland? |
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Post by CN2972South on Oct 29, 2007 18:12:25 GMT -8
Great additions to the thread; thanks, CrashNational, Jim, Michael. A visitor from the E&N, VIA Budd RDC 6148 sits at CN's Thornton yard in Surrey waiting to be hauled into Vancouver to VIA Rail. Any word on the reason for her being on the Lower Mainland? It's going to Moncton to have Retention tanks installed on the toilets. Can't let them flush onto the tracks anymore. |
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Post by CN2972South on Oct 29, 2007 18:14:34 GMT -8
After switching the railbarge.  Video of a southbound Southern Railway of Vancouver Island(E&N) freight train in Nanaimo.  Northbound through Nanaimo about an hour earlier.   Switching a customer in Nanaimo.   Dayliner at Nanaimo, the burned-out station is in the background.  |
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Post by Retrovision on Oct 30, 2007 15:12:45 GMT -8
After switching the railbarge. a-la-Simpsons' Comic Book Guy.  Thanks for that great shot. Dayliner at Nanaimo, the burned-out station is in the background. How sad the loss is - Still nice photography though; thanks again for your efforts. Here is the little chance that I was afforded to photograph the same, as we all had in mind, without the benefit of knowing when she'd burn.  
www.masstransport2010.fotopic.net/p42506605.html
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Post by CN2972South on Oct 30, 2007 16:30:42 GMT -8
The building had been neglected for years. CP Rail never maintained it saying VIA Rail was responsible for up-keep as per the lease agreement. VIA never did any up-keep saying CP Rail was responsible because CP Rail owned the building. The City of Nanaimo and before that a retired railroader would take care of the up-keep.
Hopefully the ICF can restore the building.
BTW, I was on the Queen of Coquitlam going both ways.
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Post by CN2972South on Nov 5, 2007 10:39:17 GMT -8
I've updated my website. www.cowichansubdivision.comIn this update: A walking tour of the line from the E&N Railway interchange at the Johnson Street Bridge to the end of the line at McKenzie Ave. The photos below show the crew turning the engine on the wye alongside the Island Hiway near the Town and Country Mall, today this is where the Saanich Spur leaves the Galloping Goose. 1003 was the regular locomotive for Victoria.    Northbound over the Swan Lake Trestle in the cab of the CN 7156. A GM SW8(800 hp) that was retired in 1986, replaced by the 1003. 7154 and 7156 were regulars in Victoria for years.  |
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Post by CN2972South on Jan 19, 2008 21:00:40 GMT -8
BC Rail on the E&N? It happened. BC-31 was used by the Premier to tour the E&N in the 1970's. CP Rail only had one Budd Car on the E&N at the time so they had to borrow a car from BC Rail. From a post card, photo by Richard Isles.  |
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Post by CN2972South on Mar 16, 2008 19:37:35 GMT -8
I found this photo on an old disk. E&N train No.1, the dayliner at Nanaimo a few years before VIA Rail took over the passenger service. Photo is by Bob Hunter.  |
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Post by CN2972South on Mar 17, 2008 10:57:21 GMT -8
Another old E&N photo. By Gary Oliver. E&N Train No.1, the northbound dayliner at Union Bay circa 1960. Today all that remains at Union Bay is a platform and station sign. The siding has been removed and the station has been demolished. Until VIA Rail took over passenger service, it was just called the Dayliner. Train no.1 was the northbound dayliner and train no.2 was the southbound dayliner. The train was renamed the Malahat and was renumbered no.199 for the northbound train and no.198 for the southbound train.  Edit: A few other old E&N photos. CP SW1200RS 8125 on the turntable at Victoria. Pat Hind photo.  Here's an interesting one, Baldwin #8011 outside the engine shed in Duncan. At one time the E&N had shops at Duncan to service locomotives that worked the Lake Cowichan and Crofton branch lines. Gary Oliver photo.  The E&N used to be a busy railway. 2 freights in and out of Victoria a day plus yard jobs in Victoria, 2 or 3 freights out of Lake Cowichan to Ladysmith a day, daily freights to Courtenay, Nanaimo yard and industrial switch jobs, 2 or 3 freight trains a day to Port Alberni, Port Alberni yard and industrial switchers, and 2 daily passenger trains(Victoria-Courtenay and Parksville-Port Alberni). Even into the 21st century the E&N was moderately busy. In 2001 the E&N was running 2 freight trains a week to Victoria, 3 trains a week to Duncan, 1 train a week to Courtenay, daily except Saturday freight service to Port Alberni, the daily VIA Rail passenger train, and the twice daily Pacific Wilderness Railway excursions from Victoria to the top of the Malahat and return. It's sad to think of what the E&N is now. One daily passenger train and the Nanaimo yard/industrial switcher that runs south to Duncan or north to Courtenay when required. Here's one of the regular Victoria yard goats outside the roundhouse. Bob Hunter photo.  And the Victoria yard crew building switching the car shops and building the northbound freight. Dave "Goose5" photo  |
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Post by Canucks on Mar 20, 2008 22:26:08 GMT -8
Great photos everyone.  Here is my contribution: The Dayliner picking up people at Nanoose.  All Aboard! Away he goes and only 10 min. late!  I raced down the road to catch it...barely   And finally smoking a bit through the crossing at Nanaimo airport.  Video coming soon! Full Sizes: HERE |
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Post by Canucks on Mar 25, 2008 14:51:14 GMT -8
As promised in an earlier post here is the video of the Dayliner rolling through Nanoose. This was my first video with my new camera and I was pleasently surprised by the quality. The shake in the beginning is not the camera, but the cameraman being a little jumpy at the horn.  |
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Post by CN2972South on Mar 27, 2008 22:23:29 GMT -8
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Post by WettCoast on Apr 9, 2008 19:48:21 GMT -8
From the historical rail photos dept...  E&N Dayliner southbound on Victoria Subdivision just north of Bowser - 11 March 1972 - photo © JST |
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Post by CN2972South on Apr 10, 2008 15:31:17 GMT -8
Neat picture.
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Post by ruddernut on Apr 15, 2008 5:42:59 GMT -8
A few more. Northbound dayliner in the snow. Winter 2004. The Dayliner doesn't have a locomotive? |
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Post by Northern Exploration on Apr 15, 2008 5:51:39 GMT -8
A Dayliner or Budd Car is self sufficient and has an engine built in. They are kind of like subway cars but instead of being electric are diesel. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_Diesel_Car* I clicked on the Blue22 link in the Wiki and saw that refurbished Budd Cars are to be used for the link to Toronto's airport. That is the first time I have heard that mentioned. The line has received funding in the latest transit push in Ontario but is by no means cast in stone. I think it would be neat to ride on refurbished "Dayliners". However I wonder why they wouldn't use the new light rail lines they are talking about putting all over the city and will be used to replace our streetcars. |
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Post by CN2972South on Apr 15, 2008 10:09:23 GMT -8
The Dayliner doesn't have a locomotive? No locomotive, pedal-powered. All the passengers have to pedal. LOL Each budd car has 2 engines mounted under the floor, one at each end of the car, they connect to the axles via auto transmission and drive shafts. |
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Post by WettCoast on Apr 15, 2008 16:50:37 GMT -8
The Dayliner doesn't have a locomotive? No locomotive, pedal-powered. All the passengers have to pedal. LOL Each budd car has 2 engines mounted under the floor, one at each end of the car, they connect to the axles via auto transmission and drive shafts. BCRailcndr, Just to be absolutely clear these RDC's (rail diesel car) are driven directly by their diesel motors, right. This is in contrast to diesel locomotives (or correctly diesel-electric locomotives) that are actually driven by electric traction motors on each axle which are fed with electric power generated by on board diesel engines. |
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Post by Dane on Apr 16, 2008 9:04:22 GMT -8
That's correct.
The design itself was created at the time to be as simple as possible. While successive rebuilds and modifications have dine away with much of the standardization across companies RDCs much of the aspects that originally made the RDC so great still remain. I cannot recall the change out time for an RDC engine given original specs with a three man crew but it was quite fast all things considered, enough for a standard RR turn around time that's for sure.
The fact so many of these cars still run and reenter service despite the progressive cuts to non-commuter rail over the last 70 years is a testiment to their quality.
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Post by CN2972South on Apr 16, 2008 11:20:32 GMT -8
BCRailcndr, Just to be absolutely clear these RDC's (rail diesel car) are driven directly by their diesel motors, right. This is in contrast to diesel locomotives (or correctly diesel-electric locomotives) that are actually driven by electric traction motors on each axle which are fed with electric power generated by on board diesel engines. You're absolutely correct, I should have mentioned that. |
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Post by ruddernut on Apr 22, 2008 14:42:39 GMT -8
That's correct. The design itself was created at the time to be as simple as possible. While successive rebuilds and modifications have dine away with much of the standardization across companies RDCs much of the aspects that originally made the RDC so great still remain. I cannot recall the change out time for an RDC engine given original specs with a three man crew but it was quite fast all things considered, enough for a standard RR turn around time that's for sure. The fact so many of these cars still run and reenter service despite the progressive cuts to non-commuter rail over the last 70 years is a testiment to their quality. Speaking of which, I rode it yesterday, and I was thinking, wouldn't it be put to better use if it were run back-and-forth during rush hours between Langford and Victoria to shuttle commuters, instead of up island once a day and back? Since it's so slow (don't know if the limitations are due to the train's mechanism or the tracks that it's run on), I figure its best use would be to bypass rush hour congestion. |
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Thanks for that great shot.
Here is my contribution:
