Via Rail locomotive fleet to be replaced, new facility in works: MacKinnon

The trains will replace Via Rail's fleet across the country, except for the Windsor-Quebec City corridor, where the federal government is planning a new high-speed rail line.

The federal government has announced almost $2 billion in funding to modernize Via Rail's passenger fleet with 45 new hybrid battery-diesel passenger locomotives.

Ottawa says the trains will be built by Switzerland-based Stadler, with the first nine built in Spain and the remaining 36 built in Canada — after Canadian workers learn from the Spaniards how to build them.

CP NewsAlert: Feds to spend $1.9B to replace Via Rail locomotive fleet, build plant  Toronto Star