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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 ...
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.
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 ...
Via Rail had a surplus of steam-heated GMD Via FP9A units built in the 1950s and so fifteen of these units were chosen to be re-manufactured. The first twelve units, 6300–6311, were re-manufactured at the CN Pointe St-Charles shops in Montreal while the final three, 6312–6314, were re-manufactured at the CN shops in Moncton, New Brunswick.
The LRC locomotives and passenger cars are compatible with conventional equipment. While the last LRC locomotive was removed from service on 12 December 2001, the passenger cars are still in widespread use and form the backbone of Via Rail's services, albeit with the tilt system disabled.
The Siemens Charger is a family of diesel-electric/dual-mode passenger locomotives designed and manufactured by Siemens Mobility for the North American market.. There are five variants of the Charger, tailored for different operators and types of service: ALC-42 for Amtrak long-distance service, ALC-42E dual mode for Amtrak inter-city and long-distance routes that serve the Northeast Corridor ...
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.
Via Rail carried approximately 4.1 million passengers in 2023, 96 percent of which were along the Corridor routes connecting the major cities of the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor, and had an on-time performance of 85.4 per cent. [1] Attracting international tourism forms an important part of Via Rail's long distance trans-continental services ...