RailPictures.Net Photo: VIA 6509 VIA Rail EMD FP7 at Decoigne, Alberta, Canada by Steve Patterson

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» VIA Rail (more..)
» EMD FP7 (more..)

» Unknown
» Decoigne, Alberta, Canada (more..)
» July 29, 1981

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» VIA 6509 (more..)
» VIA 3 (more..)

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VIA Train 3 took the siding to allow an eastbound freight to hold the freshly-ballasted mainline at Decoigne, Alta., July 29, 1981. F unit 6509 carries the first of Canada's edict for trains to have ditch lights, an idea that was eventually adopted in USA.

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