An RDC adventure on VIA Train 185 & 186. May 5-7, 2023.

Stephen Gardiner
Stephen Gardiner
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Published 2023-05-09
Video of me chasing Train 186 on Friday May 5, and of my ride from Sudbury to White River on TRAIN 185 on Saturday May 6, and return on Train 186 Sunday May 7th. No where else CN you ride these vintage self propelled cars built in the 1950’s. It was an experience, two long days, but well worth it if you are a railfan. The VIA Rail staff were excellent, and I truly enjoyed every second of the experience.
All Comments (15)
  • @georgestreicher252
    Cool! Good on you Canada for keeping your Budd cars going. All Budd cars should be refurbished and put back into service. Perhaps new ones should be built.
  • @stevebalmer1672
    We did this trip with Rail Tours Canada run by Daryl Adair out of Winnipeg. Great trip and lots of fun.
  • @raycooney7632
    Thanks for these wonderful shots of these great old Budd cars still performing a needed service.
  • @janetcohen9190
    Interesting views, and amazing to see self-powered passenger railcars still in active service, and in very good condition. 😅 Thanks for capturing video and sharing. 🎉 The bits I've read about the above self-powered passenger railcars have always been critically negative. If recall well, i.e., Uncomfortable, Rough rides, Dirty, Poorly maintained, No heating or cooling, Worn seats, Noisy, Obsolete, Smoky / sooty, Often delayed or broke-down, Etc Seems whoever wrote the above were not factual, trying to sell agendas, biased, or liars. 😮
  • @paulw.woodring7304
    One of each of the most common models of RDC built, an all-coach type 1, a coach/baggage type 2, and a baggage/RPO type 3. There was an all-baggage type 4 offered, looks like only about 10 were built. There were also two cafe/table cars built for the B&O. I was really hoping he would have walked through all of them and shown the interiors of each. I was also wondering if there was any kind of food service offered for the trip?
  • @GP30_Foamer
    It’s nice to see that there are still a few RDC’s in revenue service.
  • @mybadluckcharm
    Hey, at the 3:04 mark there's a little locomotive behind the wide-nosed SD40-2, looks like a GE something-tonner (70, i'm guessing, same shape).
  • @bennettgibson7287
    I am not a big fan of that K-5CA that Nathan made they sound bad. VIA Rail should put K-5LA-R24's on them because they sound better and they are a real Canadian tuned horn like you would hear on BC Rail.
  • @spitfirenutspitfirenut4835
    I used to be right next to the CP tracks in CFB Cornwallis NS. I would cross Highway 1 and then a small field to get to the rails.