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VIA’s first 32 axles Siemens Venture out for testing as 631/03 from Montreal to Ottawa this morning, additional 2 cars added to TS12 from TS7 to fulfill CN’s axle requirement.
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Caption: VIA’s first 32 axles Siemens Venture out for testing as 631/03 from Montreal to Ottawa this morning, additional 2 cars added to TS12 from TS7 to fulfill CN’s axle requirement.

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Lion Liu [112] (more) (contact)
Date: 06/03/2025 (search)
Railway: VIA Rail (search)
Reporting Marks: VIA 2311 / VIA 2211 (search)
Train Symbol: VIA 631/03 (search)
Subdivision/SNS: CN Kingston Sub (search)
City/Town: Baie D’Urfe (search)
Province: Quebec (search)
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5 Comments
  1. First954
    June 8, 2025 at 7:32 pm

    I am surprised it took VIA this long to figure out this solution. Now, use the remaining 4 pieces of TS7 to fill out two additional train sets. Lets get the trains running on-time again!

  2. Stephen C. Host
    June 8, 2025 at 9:19 pm

    Shocking in fact

  3. railwayguy
    June 9, 2025 at 7:57 am

    Lion, this is the first time I have seen a picture of a VIA Venture set with 32 axles – a historic picture ! Well done. I have seen pictures of two of these train sets operating as a J-train, eastbound from Toronto to Brockville where they are separated, one set proceeding to Montreal, the other to Ottawa. Since you took this picture, have you seen any more test runs ? Is VIA operating them on CN’s Kingston Sub beyond Coteau, say to Brockville ? Anymore information on this matter would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for posting this picture, John

  4. lionliu0508
    June 9, 2025 at 8:01 am

    Hey John! So far I’ve only seen this one test run, and all of their test runs are between Montreal and Ottawa so whenever it hits Brockville it would most likely be in revenue services. Lion

  5. Aitch
    June 9, 2025 at 11:16 am

    Why does CN’s have an axle requirement ?
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