As the year comes to a close, it’s worth reflecting on just how much the VHA has accomplished over the past twelve months.

The VIA Historical Association was pleased to participate in VIA Rail’s event in Vancouver, celebrating the 70th anniversary of the “Canadian” train.

The non-profit VIA Historical Association (VHA) unveiled the first phase of its fully operable heritage train today, during a ceremony at VIA Rail Canada’s Toronto Maintenance Centre (TMC) celebrating that facility’s 40th anniversary.

The VIA Historical Association was pleased to participate in Rail Day 2025, an annual event hosted by TRACCS.

During its formation, VIA Rail inherited a fleet of locomotives from CN and CP Rail. Most of these locomotives were “F-units”, some of the the first diesel-electric locomotives built in mass quantities. The name “F-unit” came from the model designations

On January 12, 1977, VIA Rail was incorporated as VIA Rail Canada Inc. under the Canada Corporations Act and assumed the operation of all rail passenger services formerly operated by CN. VIA would soon add passenger services formerly operated by