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The IC3 Flexliner. Another one of those VIA experiments, now almost forgotten. This was suppost to be a 6 month experiment in Southern Ontario with 2 Flexliner sets, designed and built by ADtranz, a new company spin off from ABB and Daimler-Benz. Over 200 sets of these Danish-built trains were operating in Europe in 1996. The Flex went into service Sept 29/96. Incidents in which the trainsets were not reliably activating track circuits resulted in them being pulled the very next day. After 7 weeks they were seen fit to return after tests and modifications. The trial service ended for one set in late March and the other early May of 1997. VIA felt this modern equipment would not "fit their needs".
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Caption: The IC3 Flexliner. Another one of those VIA experiments, now almost forgotten. This was suppost to be a 6 month experiment in Southern Ontario with 2 Flexliner sets, designed and built by ADtranz, a new company spin off from ABB and Daimler-Benz. Over 200 sets of these Danish-built trains were operating in Europe in 1996. The Flex went into service Sept 29/96. Incidents in which the trainsets were not reliably activating track circuits resulted in them being pulled the very next day. After 7 weeks they were seen fit to return after tests and modifications. The trial service ended for one set in late March and the other early May of 1997. VIA felt this modern equipment would not "fit their needs".

Photographer:
A.W.Mooney [2136] (more) (contact)
Date: 12/15/1996 (search)
Railway: VIA Rail (search)
Reporting Marks: IC3 (search)
Train Symbol: #94 (search)
Subdivision/SNS: CN Grimsby Sub. (search)
City/Town: Niagara Falls (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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3 Comments
  1. RevEd
    July 20, 2013 at 4:27 pm

    I wish VIA had purchased these trainsets. They were nice and could have been used on several routes.

  2. awmooney
    July 29, 2013 at 9:56 pm

    ***You are so right. They must have been cheaper to operate than a conventional passenger train. If they had been purchased, perhaps we might still see VIA operating to and from Niagara Falls.

  3. Cdntrainphotog
    June 13, 2018 at 7:22 am

    A “Mooney” I missed. These Adtranz demonstrators were hard to catch in action. I got a glimpse of one passing through Port Credit.
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