The Sudbury–White River train, formerly the Lake Superior, informally called the Budd Car, is a Canadian passenger train operated by Via Rail serving communities between Sudbury and White River, Ontario three times a week.[1][2] The timetable numbers for this train are 185 for the westbound (Sudbury - White River) and 186 for the eastbound (White River - Sudbury).
The typical equipment used on this route is Budd Rail Diesel Car using a RDC-2 and RDC-4, with an extra car added when required, typically on the Victoria Day weekend.
The line figures in 2015 television series on the UK's Channel Five - Chris Tarrant – Extreme Railways.[3] It has also been featured in episode 8 of the TVO series "TRIPPING", with a full three-hour documentary available online in 4K.[4]
While train services were disrupted due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, they returned to the normal 3 trains per week schedule in June 2022.[5]
As of April 3, 2023 until further notice, this train has no baggage car.[6]
^"Sudbury-White River train – Description - Via Rail". Retrieved 2010-04-15.
^"SHOT UP HERE". Music and Film in Motion. Cultural Industries Ontario North. Retrieved November 1, 2015. 2015 - Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railways: The Railway Created Canada (Sudbury, Chapleau & White River)
^"TRIPPING Train 185". TVO Today. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
^Fleury, Clint. "Ride the rails from White River to Sudbury". SNNewsWatch.com. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
^"Check the schedules that are available for the journey from Sudbury - White-River". viarail.ca. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
Further readingedit
Adair, Daryl (March–April 2003). "Two Days and Two Seasons from VIA Rail's Lake Superior". Canadian Rail. Vol. 493. Canadian Railroad Historical Association. pp. 60–63. Describes travel on the train route in the early 2000s.
External linksedit
Train Schedule: White River - Sudbury
Train Schedule: Sudbury - White River
January 01, 1970
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