Even with all the excitement of the future locomotive for the VHA, we still need to continue restoration work on our existing equipment. Chief Mechanical Officer Chris Fox was doing some under-floor work on our E-class sleeper Edmundston recently. He
Often when you’re restoring old equipment, you have to break it down before you can built it back up. Such was the case recently when the VHA’s intrepid restoration crew were working on the washroom in our Edmundston sleeper. Brian
Some work was done on the interior of ex VIA Rail car Edmundston recently. Now that the exterior has been secured, and the ceiling work is underway, we are cleaning up the trim and walls inside. Director Terry Johnson shared
VIA Rail Canada’s largest group of sleeping cars was the 52-member E-series, numbered 1110-1161 and bearing names of Canadian communities, large and small, beginning with “E”. With four open sections, four double bedrooms, and eight duplex roomettes (a “4-8-4” plan
Over the weekends of Sept 24th, 25th and Sept 31st, Nov 1st Via Rail Canada TMC was able to let us back into the shop to use the drop table to finish our work, which we started over a year