Canadian in Connecticut. Canadian National (CN) FPA-4 no. 6786 (Montreal Locomotive Works, 1959) and New York, New Haven & Hartford (NH) "washboard" MU lounge car 5111 (Pullman-Standard... (more)
Canadian National FPA4 6786 on display at the Danbury Railway Museum.
A single unit is enough power for a short, four car "Rapido" from Montreal to Quebec City as it crosses the Yamaska River. The 1800 H.P. MLW FPA-4 was sold only to CN, with 34 A-units a... (more)
A CN MLW cab unit pulls the CHAMPLAIN from Quebec City. This Budd-built train is the former Reading Company CRUSADER which CN had purchased the previous year.
Second unit is F9B 6635.
There's not much snow on the ground on Christmas Eve 1978 as CN 6786 sits at the headend of Via #15 soon to be under way for Montreal.
CN #11 makes it's stop at Levis, with Chateau Frontenac looming in the background on the Quebec City side of the St Lawrence River.
