MONTREAL — The second set of new Siemens equipment for VIA Rail Canada corridor service has been delivered. With Union Pacific ES44AC No. 5275 providing power for the entire trip from the Siemens plant in Sacramento, the new trainset was delivered to VIA’s Montreal Maintenance Centre early on Saturday, Aug. 6.
VIA is receiving 32 of the bidirectional trainsets powered by Siemens Charger locomotives with cab cars as part of a C$989 million order [see “VIA Rail Canada, Siemens announce deal …,” Trains News Wire, Dec. 13, 2018]. The first of those trainsets arrived in Montreal in September 2021 and began testing in April [see “VIA runs test train …,” Trains News Wire, April 15, 2022]. Deliveries are expected to continue through 2024; VIA has said the first of the equipment could enter service later this year.
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