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VIA Rail Canada Siemens Trainsets video.

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VIA Rail Canada Siemens Trainsets video.
Posted by CMStPnP on Monday, September 6, 2021 4:29 PM

Looks like they copied the Amtrak order but with different colors inside.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UYBk5ZX30w

 

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Posted by D.Carleton on Sunday, September 12, 2021 4:05 AM

Via ordered their sets before Amtrak.

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Posted by Lithonia Operator on Sunday, September 12, 2021 10:30 PM

It mentioned bi-directional trains. Are there always two engines, or is there a cab-car on one end? I'm thinking two engines.

Still in training.


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Posted by Overmod on Sunday, September 12, 2021 10:44 PM

Lithonia Operator
Are there always two engines, or is there a cab-car on one end? I'm thinking two engines.

Cab cars, but with more highly streamlined noses than the SC-44s in United States service.

This is not a high-speed corridor -- the discussion is about 'someday' making 110mph in select places -- so the top-and-tail power needed for 125mph operation of this equipment would be overkill.

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Posted by ghCBNS on Wednesday, September 15, 2021 12:35 PM

CMStPnP

Looks like they copied the Amtrak order but with different colors inside.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UYBk5ZX30w

 

 

This is old news! That Video is from December 2018. The first set is to be delivered to VIA this month for testing.

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Posted by SD70Dude on Wednesday, September 15, 2021 12:57 PM

VIA runs at 90-100 mph in a lot of areas already.  I think their F40's are geared for 95 mph and the P42's 110.  

The LRC locomotives were geared for 125 mph but only ran at that speed during tests, never in regular service.  

As in the U.S, the UAC TurboTrain still holds the Canadian rail speed record.  

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