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RDC 6133 (with 6148 trailing)seen here at Hayward just north of Duncan. Hayward was the junction with the Lake Cowichan Subdivision.
VIA offers tour packages with the BC Forest Museum, they'll drop you off at Hayward in the morning, you can spend the day at the Forest Museum and catch the...
RDC 6130 is seen here switching the Wellcox yard you could smell the transmissions overheating...YEAH RIGHT!! The ENR yard crew is actually shoving the 6130 down one of the C yard tracks. A pair of GP38's are on the other end.
VIA RDC1 6133 sits in the E&N's Victoria yard with CP's Victoria shops in the background. The Shops in Victoria were not included in the sale/lease of the E&N to RailAmerica, although the trackage outside the shops was. With the Victoria shops now condemmed VIA has to pay RailAmerica to...
This is all that remains of the Victoria yard. The tracks that curve to the left of the picture are all that remain of the old 6 track freight yard. CP tore it out in 1986. Those tracks also lead to the downtown Victoria station.
VIA RDC-1 6133 has definately seen better days. She's been working on the E&N since 1981, and has for the last year been a parts source to keep 6135 and 6148 running. Rumor has it, 6133 will be scrapped.
Inside one of the "cabs" on VIA RDC1 6133. The VIA RDC's still have factory controls. You can see the modern additions, including 26-L air, a radio, event recorder, RSC(Reset Crew Alarm), digital spedometer, and a comfy seat.
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