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This is a list of past and present rolling stock owned and operated by Via Rail in Canada. Via Rail owns 78 locomotives and 619 passenger cars. [1] The tables below list that equipment by type and include some information regarding previously owned and operated equipment. When Via began operation in 1976–1978 it was with a collection of ...
The first of VIA Rail's trainsets were delivered on September 29, 2021, to VIA Rail in Montreal, crossing into Canada via Sarnia, Ontario. [81] When the locomotives' final paint scheme was unveiled by VIA Rail in May 2021, the locomotive was designated as an SC-44, [82] but when delivered the locomotives' designation had been changed to SCV-42 ...
Amtrak EMD F40PHR No. 257 leading the Coast Starlight at Agnew in 1980, followed by a pair of EMD SDP40Fs Rebuilt VIA Rail F40PH-2D No. 6434 leading the Canadian near Jasper, Alberta in 2011, with an original unit following. Amtrak ordered its first 30 EMD F40PHs on May 8, 1975. The first of the new locomotives entered service on April 9, 1976.
To be replaced by 125 new ALC-42 Siemens Charger locomotives. P32AC-DM: 18: 700–717: Dual mode for operation on the Empire Connection into New York Penn. Metro-North Railroad: P32AC-DM: 31: 201–231: Dual mode for operation into Grand Central Terminal. 228–231 owned by CTDOT. To be replaced by Siemens Charger units [22] Via Rail: P42DC: 21 ...
Pages in category "Via Rail locomotives" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. E. EMD F40PH; G.
Via Rail put the trains into service, persisting through their initial teething pains and coming to depend on the LRC for the majority of its intercity service in the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor. The original LRC locomotives were gradually retired after ten to fifteen years of service, although #6905 was used during test runs of the new ...
On October 30, 2021, Via Rail implemented a mandatory COVID-19 vaccine policy in line with new Transport Canada regulations in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which required all Via Rail staff and passengers aged 12 and older to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to travel aboard Via Rail trains. Until November 30 a negative COVID test was ...
They have similar specifications as new MPXpress locomotives, but are rebuilt and refurbished from units that had previously operated on MARC as GP40WH-2 locomotives. Inside the locomotive, the 3,000 hp EMD 16-645E3C prime mover has been rebuilt and electronics have been upgraded using the same equipment as other MPXpress locomotives, as well ...