Cleaning VIA 6215
Volunteer Brian shared a few photos of the work he’s doing inside one of our RDCs, 6215. These old warhorses always need some cleaning! Read our RDC backgrounder for more information on these rail diesel cars.
Topping Up 6215
Like your car, the VHA’s fleet needs servicing and maintenance. We recently purchased a few barrels of antifreeze/coolant for our rail diesel car (RDC) #6215.
Floor Work on Edmundston
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
Internal Work on Edmundston
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
RDC Backgrounder
VIA Rail Canada operated the world’s second-largest fleet of RDCs—the self-propelled, twin-engined, stainless-steel Rail Diesel Cars introduced by the Budd Company in 1949—and still employs a handful of rebuilt and modernized cars. The 84-car fleet acquired by VIA from CN
Light, Rapid, Comfortable and Canadian
The LRC locomotives and passenger cars were introduced by VIA Rail Canada in 1981 as a made-in-Canada, next-generation passenger train, featuring low-profile, locomotive-hauled trains with active tilting to increase speed and comfort around curves. In addition to employing head-end power
E-Series Backgrounder
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
RDCs 6110, 6113 and 6214
We are currently using three non-operational RDCs purchased from VIA Rail Canada as workshop and storage space while our volunteers work to restore Edmundston, 6133, and 6215. RDC 6110, currently serving as our workshop, as the original Budd Company demonstrator
Edmundston B end truck work sessions
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