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| The conductor is out on the platform watching for additional customers as Via 651 makes its Port Hope station stop. This photo takes us back to August 13, 1987. |
By Peter Mumby
Via
RDC-1 6111 (built for CN in 1955) is the trailing unit on #651 as its
station stop is made at Port Hope, Ontario on August 13, 1987.
Scheduled to depart Kingston at 07:00, the "Ontarian" arrived at Port
Hope at 08:36 and would make it to Toronto by 09:55. We often think of
RDCs as being branchline equipment, but Via made good use of them on the
Kingston Subdivision all-stops local trains.
Also
prominent in the photo is the Port Hope CN/Via station. Opened by the
Grand Trunk Railway on October 27, 1856, this limestone structure is one
of the oldest stations still in use in Canada. It received it
designation as a heritage railway station in 1992.
As
of January 24, 2012, Toronto/Montreal trains no longer have a station
stop at Port Hope. However, a number of trains between Toronto and
Kingston/Ottawa still call at the attractive station. More
comprehensive Via services are available in neighbouring Cobourg.
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