Kevin Holland 128 pages hardcover
The first-ever all-color tour of VIA Rail Canada, covering the system_s first 25 years from its beginnings as a Canadian National subsidiary to its role as the Crown corporation responsible for Canada_s intercity passenger train network. Emphasis is on VIA_s early years, when equipment inherited from CN and CP was merged in a period of remarkably colorful operation. Coverage extends through the 1980s and 1990s, when VIA introduced its first new equipment in the form of lightweight LRC trainsets and F40PH-2 diesel locomotives.
