NS VIA Fan
Conductor
There's been a lot of VIA passenger trains that have disappeared over the last four decades including such notables as the Super Continental, Cavalier and Atlantic.....but a pair of nondescript locals that have survived are the remote services between Montreal and Jonquiere/Senneterre. It's been awhile...…..but I had the opportunity a couple of weeks ago once again for a train ride into the Wilds of northern Quebec.
Departure from Gare Centrale, Montreal was at 8:15 on a Friday morning in light snow but as we headed northeast.....it cleared into a sunny but cold day.
Here's the VIA stop at Garneau Yard (looking more like an airport control tower!)
Consist for combined trains #601/603:
6424 F40 Locomotive (to Jonquiere)
Baggage (to Jonquiere)
Coach (to Jonquiere)
Coach (to Jonquiere)
6413 F40 Locomotive (to Senneterre)
Baggage (to Senneterre)
Coach (to Senneterre)
Coach (to Senneterre)
In the consist above...... #603 is being hauled directly behind #601 with the F40 locomotive positioned mid-train. At Hervey Jct. the trains are separated......we pull forward and continue to Jonquiere and #603 led by 6413....heads off to Senneterre.
Shortly after Hervey Jct we arrived at Riviere-a-Pierre. The roads end here and the station parking lot was full. We had about a 20 minute stop while a coach and a half fill with passengers and the baggage car is loaded with boxes and coolers along with other supplies needed for a weekend or a week or two in the woods.
Departure from Gare Centrale, Montreal was at 8:15 on a Friday morning in light snow but as we headed northeast.....it cleared into a sunny but cold day.
Here's the VIA stop at Garneau Yard (looking more like an airport control tower!)
Consist for combined trains #601/603:
6424 F40 Locomotive (to Jonquiere)
Baggage (to Jonquiere)
Coach (to Jonquiere)
Coach (to Jonquiere)
6413 F40 Locomotive (to Senneterre)
Baggage (to Senneterre)
Coach (to Senneterre)
Coach (to Senneterre)
In the consist above...... #603 is being hauled directly behind #601 with the F40 locomotive positioned mid-train. At Hervey Jct. the trains are separated......we pull forward and continue to Jonquiere and #603 led by 6413....heads off to Senneterre.
Shortly after Hervey Jct we arrived at Riviere-a-Pierre. The roads end here and the station parking lot was full. We had about a 20 minute stop while a coach and a half fill with passengers and the baggage car is loaded with boxes and coolers along with other supplies needed for a weekend or a week or two in the woods.
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