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
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