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From: england@mprvaxa.UUCP (Rob England)
Newsgroups: net.railroad
Subject: Re: Budd RDC's Anywhere
Message-ID: <796@mprvaxa.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 4-Nov-86 03:02:02 EST
Article-I.D.: mprvaxa.796
Posted: Tue Nov  4 03:02:02 1986
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Reply-To: england@mprvaxa.UUCP (Rob England)
Organization: Microtel Pacific Research, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
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>Does anyone know of any RDCs that are still running anywhere on the North
>American continent? I would go there on vacation next summer just to be
>able to ride one before they are all gone. I haven't heard of any going
>to museums or tourist railroads and I believe almost all of them have now
>been melted down into Chevys.
>
>					Clayton James Wootton 
>					AT&T
>					Naperville, Illinois

There are at least two regularly scheduled passenger routes using RDCs
in this corner of North America (British Columbia, Canada).

One, operated by the British Columbia Railway (formerly the Pacific Great
Eastern), runs north from North Vancouver, B.C., to Lillooet (about 160 miles)
and back the same day.  This train operates daily and is heartily recommended
as a day trip.  Three days a week one car from the train continues on to
Prince George (about 460 miles), returning the following day to Lillooet,
where it rejoins the train south to Vancouver.  I would recommend the longer
run only for die-hards and masochists (the northern B.C. scenery can be
somewhat monotonous, although it has its moments). The Lillooet day trip,
however, runs through the mountains of the Coast Range and is quite
spectacular.

The other, operated by VIA Rail Canada over Esquimalt and Nanaimo (a CPR
subsidiary) tracks, runs daily from Victoria B.C. north to Courtney and
back the same day.  This also makes a very pleasant day trip, although
the scenary is not quite as spectacular as the BCR train.

I believe that VIA also operates RDC trains between Calgary and Edmonton,
Alberta and on several routes in Eastern Canada.

     Rob England
     Microtel Pacific Research
     Vancouver, B.C., Canada