Friday, May 25, 2012

Yet More on 6765

Continuing my fascination with CN/VIA 6765, here are two more slides I purchased recently.

First, CN 6765 in May 1974. This slide was taken by Jean Patenaude and was probably taken in the Montreal area.
CN 6765, a slide by Jean Patenaude

Next, VIA 6765 and 6860 at Brockville, Ontario in July 1981. There is no photographer credited on the slide.
VIA 6765 and 6860 in Brockville, ON

Here are the various paint schemes I've seen for CN/VIA 6765 so far:

  1. 1974/02/21 - CN black and white stripes with red nose
  2. 1976/07/24 - CN black and white stripes with red nose
  3. 1977/03/24 - VIA blue and yellow with red CN on yellow nose
  4. 1979/10/19 - VIA blue and yellow with red CN on yellow nose
  5. 1980/04/27 - VIA blue and yellow with red VIA on yellow nose
  6. 1981/07 - VIA blue and yellow with yellow nose
  7. 1988/10/16 - VIA blue and yellow with yellow nose
  8. 2005 - CN green and gold
I've never seen a photo of it in CN green and gold but I have to assume that it wore that sometime between 1958 when it was built and 1974 when I first have proof it was in the sergeant stripes. If Exporail repainted it in green and gold, it must be true!

I have omitted some dates from the above list, where the paint scheme did not change between the dates listed. I'm trying to nail down when it changed liveries.

3 comments:

Eric said...

Steve, from my notes, 6765 wore CN paint on September 11, 1976 and VIA paint including red CN on December 19, 1976.

Nice photos, thanks for sharing,
Eric

Luc Mallet said...

I noticed that the nose on the CN version says FR1. I know that FR stands for Front Right, but what is the meaning of the 1?

Canadian Train Geek said...

Thanks Eric. I'll keep trying to narrow it down more.

Luc, maybe it's for the "A" unit? I don't really know.