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The C$4.7B is the largest investment in #ViaRail history. For the 1st time in 40 yrs Via’s 313 new passenger cars will be built entirely on #Canada 's soil. Roughly 700 #jobs across Ontario & Quebec. Ottawa figures north of C$1.6B in economic spinoff.
Here is the part that matters, the part that made America’s Rapist-in-Chief snap like a child with Dementia.
Those cars used to be built in the USA.
Not anymore.
https://deanblundell.substack.com/p/breaking-king-carney-just-yanked #tariffs #US #TradeWar
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Ok! I'm starting to save money now so I can travel in one of the luxurious cabins aboard The Canadian when the new cars will be delivered! 🤩🚆
Renderings from @[email protected] X @[email protected] www.linkedin.com/posts/via-ra...
#canada #train #travel #viarail
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cxsbjrer3xb5adavm4wua52a/post/3mumzqwwcqs2m -
VIA Rail to buy 313 passenger rail cars for $4.7B from Alstom Canada
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/mark-carney-via-rail-cars-9.7331310
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VIA Rail achètera 313 voitures de passagers sur rails pour 4,7G$ de la part d’Alstom Canadahttps://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2280244/alstom-via-rail-construction-lapocatiere-contrat
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VIA Rail to buy 313 passenger rail cars for $4.7B from Alstom Canada
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/mark-carney-via-rail-cars-9.7331310
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VIA Rail achètera 313 voitures de passagers sur rails pour 4,7G$ de la part d’Alstom Canadahttps://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2280244/alstom-via-rail-construction-lapocatiere-contrat
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VIA Rail to buy 313 passenger rail cars for $4.7B from Alstom Canada
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/mark-carney-via-rail-cars-9.7331310
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VIA Rail achètera 313 voitures de passagers sur rails pour 4,7G$ de la part d’Alstom Canadahttps://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2280244/alstom-via-rail-construction-lapocatiere-contrat
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VIA Rail to buy 313 passenger rail cars for $4.7B from Alstom Canada
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/mark-carney-via-rail-cars-9.7331310
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VIA Rail achètera 313 voitures de passagers sur rails pour 4,7G$ de la part d’Alstom Canadahttps://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2280244/alstom-via-rail-construction-lapocatiere-contrat
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VIA Rail to buy 313 passenger rail cars for $4.7B from Alstom Canada
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/mark-carney-via-rail-cars-9.7331310
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VIA Rail achètera 313 voitures de passagers sur rails pour 4,7G$ de la part d’Alstom Canadahttps://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2280244/alstom-via-rail-construction-lapocatiere-contrat
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Canada spending billions to replace VIA’s 70-year-old railway car fleet
See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source OTTAWA — Passengers riding the rails…
#Canada #MarkCarney #Alstom #AlstomCanada #Canadian #CanadianPacific’s #Carney #ElliotFerguson #TorontoSun #via #VIARail
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Alstom press release on the big #VIARAIL contract.
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First question on the #VIARAIL announcement: "Can we expect service to return to Thunder Bay ? (service cut in 1989 when transcontinental was cut - The Super Continental passes on CN lines way north of Thunder Bay).
Answer from VIA chair: With added fleet we gain new flexibility.
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I can't criticize the #VIARAIL announcement. But...
Carney mentions steel, so they will be 1950s heavy cars.
Also, Carney mentions everything will be made in Canada when there are no builders of train parts in Canada with experience. What he should have mentioned is that Alstom will be able to leverage its European suppliers so that the project has greater chances of actually working reliably. Last train built in Canada was in early 1980s by MLW shut down by Bombardier after last LRC built
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Official #VIARAIL Announcement from Thunder Bay:
CPAC: 54 minutes
https://www.cpac.ca/headline-politics/episode/pm-carney-makes-an-announcement?id=54532140-4265-4094-9937-d1c3f251e94d -
Prime Minister Mark Carney has issued press released confirming the #VIARail purchase.
Press Release: (devoid of content)
https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-releases/2026/09/03/prime-minister-carney-announces-largest-investment-rails-history$4.7billion
313 carsSleeper: 78
Accessible sleeper: 26
Coach: 58
Panorama: 38
Baggage: 29
Dome Cars: 25
Dining Cars: 20
Prestige Sleepers: 20
Berth Cars: 19
Total 313Preserves exlcusivity of Prestige.
Entry in service 2031-2035
Compatible with the old cars (mixed consists). -
“The federal govt will spend $4.7-billion to build and maintain more than 300 #ViaRail passenger rail cars in #Canada, using facilities in #Quebec and Thunder Bay, PM Mark Carney announced Thursday.
Mr. Carney said the move represents a shift away from importing #trains from the USA.
In July, the PM announced $1.6-billion for the production of 45 new locomotives for VIA Rail as well as a new assembly and maintenance facility in #Montreal.”
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"The 313-car fleet will include different types of passenger cars, including dining cars, panorama cars, and sleepers."
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Wow, huge announcement for VIA rail. Big fleet refresh, with all 313 of the new passenger cars made in Canada and European locomotives. Now if we could just fix the rail ownership and priority problem…
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La plupart de ses trains de longs parcours ont été construits entre 1946 et 1955 ; ils ont déjà accumulé entre 71 et 80 années d’existence.
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HEADS UP !!!! #VIARAIL announcement on non-corridor fleet this Thursday.
As expected, Alstom, with no experience in such cars, will be confirmed as winner with work done at La Pocatière and Thunderbay.
Source: La Presse
313 cars expected to be ordered. Significant.
Half of VIA original fleet came from CP which had:
Park: 18
Manor: 42
Chateau: 29
Skyline: 18
Dining: 18
Coach: 30
Baggage: 18
Total: 173After 1989 cuts, VIA abandonned full CN fleet and part of CP's. So 313 is big.
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Why is Via Rail using a legitimate, owned domain name as part of their example email!!!
Domain Name: company.com
Registry Domain ID: 5202_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.godaddy.com
Registrar URL: https://www.godaddy.com
Updated Date: 2025-05-27T17:21:37Z
Creation Date: 1994-07-07T23:00:00ZAAAAAAAAAA
