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. The timetable numbers for this train are 185 for the westbound (Sudbury - White River) and 186 for the eastbound (White River - Sudbury).
The train provides flag stop service to many remote locations only accessible by rail on the Canadian Pacific Railway mainline in Northern Ontario. Stops on the line include Amyot, Swanson, Franz, Lochalsh, Missanabie, Dalton, Nicholson, Chapleau, Nemegos, Kormak, Sultan, Biscotasing, Metagama and Benny.
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. It has also been featured in episode 8 of the TVO series "TRIPPING", with a full three-hour documentary available online in 4K.
While train services were disrupted due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, they have returned to the normal 3 train a week schedule as of June 2022.
As of April 3, 2023 until further notice, this train has no baggage car.
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Describes travel on the train route in the early 2000s.