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One of VIA Rail's new Charger locomotives is at the Montreal Maintenance Centre, the day after an entire Charger trainset arrived directly from Siemens' factory in California, after an expedited and dedicated move across the continent (running as CN P698 when on CN rails).
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Caption: One of VIA Rail's new Charger locomotives is at the Montreal Maintenance Centre, the day after an entire Charger trainset arrived directly from Siemens' factory in California, after an expedited and dedicated move across the continent (running as CN P698 when on CN rails).

Photographer:
Michael Berry [4080] (more) (contact)
Date: 09/30/2021 (search)
Railway: VIA Rail (search)
Reporting Marks: VIA 2200 (search)
Train Symbol: Not Provided
Subdivision/SNS: VIA Montreal Maintenance Centre (search)
City/Town: Montreal (search)
Province: Quebec (search)
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3 Comments
  1. Dave_k
    September 30, 2021 at 3:46 pm

    Well, they look fast… I wonder how much protection there is for the crew in the event of a grade crossing accident?

  2. Stephen C. Host
    September 30, 2021 at 5:14 pm

    There’s a big empty void in the middle of the engine you can run to…. if it’s not full of snow in the winter :)

  3. RTCDave
    October 2, 2021 at 4:15 pm

    Probably better collision protection than an LRC
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