Railpictures.ca - John Eull Photo: While visiting Burlington for Real Rails 2025, I caught VIA’s “Lumi” train set on Toronto-Windsor train No. 73. According to a Trains Newswire article covering this Venture train’s introduction into service, it ““acts as a reminder of the beginning of a new era for passenger rail,” and is meant to be reminscient of the all-yellow TurboTrains that operated between Montreal and Toronto until 1982″. Hmmm–I seem to recall car weekend Rapido trains between Toronto and Montreal (and also in southwestern Ontario) behind 3 or 4 units (FP9s/FPA4s/RS18s/GP9s)–a Siemens Venture is not quite the same to me… | Railpictures.ca – Canadian Railway Photography

While visiting Burlington for Real Rails 2025, I caught VIA's "Lumi" train set on Toronto-Windsor train No. 73. According to a Trains Newswire article covering this Venture train's introduction into service, it "“acts as a reminder of the beginning of a new era for passenger rail,” and is meant to be reminscient of the all-yellow TurboTrains that operated between Montreal and Toronto until 1982". Hmmm--I seem to recall car weekend Rapido trains between Toronto and Montreal (and also in southwestern Ontario) behind 3 or 4 units (FP9s/FPA4s/RS18s/GP9s)--a Siemens Venture is not quite the same to me...

Caption: While visiting Burlington for Real Rails 2025, I caught VIA's "Lumi" train set on Toronto-Windsor train No. 73. According to a Trains Newswire article covering this Venture train's introduction into service, it "“acts as a reminder of the beginning of a new era for passenger rail,” and is meant to be reminscient of the all-yellow TurboTrains that operated between Montreal and Toronto until 1982". Hmmm--I seem to recall 15-20 car weekend Rapido trains between Toronto and Montreal (and also in southwestern Ontario) behind 3 or 4 units (FP9s/FPA4s/RS18s/GP9s)--a Siemens Venture is not quite the same to me...

Photographer:	John Eull [73] (more) (contact)
Date:	10/20/2025 (search)
Railway:	VIA Rail (search)
Reporting Marks:	VIA 2317 (search)
Train Symbol:	73 (search)
Subdivision/SNS:	Aldershot (search)
City/Town:	Burlington (search)
Province:	Ontario (search)
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mberry

November 16, 2025 at 9:25 pm

Shot this consist the day before on 53 on the way home from the conference.

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