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FP9A 6539

6539 Saved!

The VIA Historical Association is very pleased to announce that we have successfully acquired ex VIA 6539. Thanks to the generous support of our donors, and the previous owner, the Ontario Southland Railway, we now own an operational FP9A locomotive.

FP9A 6539

Saving VIA 6539

The VIA Historical Association (VHA) is excited to announce its first major fundraising campaign. We are purchasing and restoring VIA Rail Canada FP9A locomotive 6539 (later numbered 6303) to lead our 2028 VIA 50th Anniversary heritage train. This will be

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VIA’s Cab Units

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