Biscotasi & the Great Beyond - VIA's #186 speeds east across the Lake Biscotasi causeway after dropping paddlers and anglers at the flagstop here minutes before. Biscotasi is interconnected with a... (more)

Flagstop Bisco - VIA's remote flagstop passenger service gets waved down for a pick-up at Biscotasing taking riders east from just about anywhere between White River and Sudbury on a hot summer af... (more)

About 11 miles north of Cartier, Straight Lake and the remote siding of Stralak are home only to a seasonal hunting lodge and are a flag-stop on Via Rail's Sudbury-White River passenger service, s... (more)

Preparing for a 7am departure back to Sudbury, VIA 6250 (and 6219 behind) sit at the White River station about 20 minutes before sunrise. 8-second, f/22 exposure

The time is 0844 as VIA 186 awaits a single passenger (the photographer) at White River station before departing at exactly 0900 for Sudbury.

Commonly referred to by locals as the (singular) Budd car, VIA 186 makes a brief station stop at Cartier before quickly running off the last few miles into Sudbury.

VIA 6105 and 6250 prepare to depart White River VIA Station after laying over here during the night. It will be 300 track miles before they are back in Sudbury.

The crew of VIA's Lake Superior is out giving the roll-by to a westbound Canadian Pacific freight.

A wave from above as the Budd cars head to Capreol for servicing after returning from White River.

6250 is now in the lead as 186 returns from Sudbury Station along the spur track to connect to the CN track to Capreol (on the trestle above) for servicing before the next day's run to White River... (more)

VIA 186 with 6215 leading 6250 passes under the CN trestle headed for Sudbury Station. This train runs west to White River 3 times weekly, returning on the following days. Average trip time is abo... (more)

After discharging passengers from White River, VIA 186 heads for Capreol for servicing. Having departed Sudbury Station and passed under the trestle on the foreground track, 6215 now leads 6250 ov... (more)

VIA 186 pauses at Chapleau, Ontario on a winter day with the temperature a brisk -11F

One of only 14 built