by stuart_iowa
from an email list i am on
Ex VIA 6903, 6905 LRC locomotives lettered for DESX to travel on CPR
Toronto to Sudbury. Diesel Electric Services Co. has purchased them.
Could be for sale to foreign interests (or scrap?) Here are a couple of photos shot of the LRC's on Thursday 09-Mar at
Mimico while they were awaiting pick-up by the CPR.
http://tinyurl.com/zahut
http://tinyurl.com/kxkfh
another email from the guy who was moving the locos
In case anyone is interested...I lifted the former VIA6903 & 6905
into Lambton - West Toronto during my Friday shift of T52. Don't
think that my train didn't look pretty funny with CP8224 leading a
pair of LRCs, boxcars, pipe etc. These units are dead and cut out,
and pretty much stripped inside of anything of value (ie radios,
first aid kits, fire extinguishers, etc) although they appear to be
mechanically intact. Look for these units to go to Sudbury on 435 in
the near future. Please note that although the units are hand-
lettered DESX they still have their AEI tags and UMLER information
showing VIA.
These units were lifted at 0155 at CNR Mimico Stn 3211 and ON JCT at
CPR Canpa at 0215.
I heard an unconfirmed story that these were to be renovated to
replace the RDCs on the White River run.
so there are the rumours, so maybe the LRC locos ride again
stuart
Ex VIA 6903, 6905 LRC locomotives lettered for DESX to travel on CPR
Toronto to Sudbury. Diesel Electric Services Co. has purchased them.
Could be for sale to foreign interests (or scrap?) Here are a couple of photos shot of the LRC's on Thursday 09-Mar at
Mimico while they were awaiting pick-up by the CPR.
http://tinyurl.com/zahut
http://tinyurl.com/kxkfh
another email from the guy who was moving the locos
In case anyone is interested...I lifted the former VIA6903 & 6905
into Lambton - West Toronto during my Friday shift of T52. Don't
think that my train didn't look pretty funny with CP8224 leading a
pair of LRCs, boxcars, pipe etc. These units are dead and cut out,
and pretty much stripped inside of anything of value (ie radios,
first aid kits, fire extinguishers, etc) although they appear to be
mechanically intact. Look for these units to go to Sudbury on 435 in
the near future. Please note that although the units are hand-
lettered DESX they still have their AEI tags and UMLER information
showing VIA.
These units were lifted at 0155 at CNR Mimico Stn 3211 and ON JCT at
CPR Canpa at 0215.
I heard an unconfirmed story that these were to be renovated to
replace the RDCs on the White River run.
so there are the rumours, so maybe the LRC locos ride again
stuart
I am here back home in Canada