VIA Rail

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I think VIA is going madly off in all directions and doing its best to play catch-up on lots of files. While HFR will serve a higher density of the Canadian population, their long-distance, sleeper stock is the one that runs through the most ridings coast-to-coast. Once the current "new fleet" is brought online it will be interesting to see what kind of fleet renewal plans are floated to replace the long-distance Budd stock. The trains are visually iconic in so many ways, but I doubt that it makes sense to build a brand new train set and clad it in a Budd-like silver.