You Can Help the VIA Historical Association Get an FP9A!
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- Опубліковано 7 гру 2023
- The VIA Historical Association is in the process of acquiring FP9A 1400 from the Ontario Southland Railway, with the goal of repainting it to VIA 6539 in glorious blue & yellow! Join both The Rapido and VHA crews for a trip out to the OSR shops in Salford, Ontario to kick the tires and give it a test run!
If preserving a piece of Canadian railway history is close to your heart, please consider making a donation to the cause!
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I am definitely going to Canada to see a Classic VIA rail in action in 2028!
Hopefully this engine will get an original FP9 pneumatic train bell so it will look and sound all original as it did on VIA RAiL
I can’t stand Graham white e bells on classic engines
I wish Amtrak had a historical society that could have bought equipment to do something like this. We have lost so much.
Fortunately that is beginning to change, there are people behind the scenes that are finally doing work to preserve Amtrak equipment
You see - America does not give two damns about trains enough.
Something-something-car democracy-something.
If y’all manage to get this it’ll look absolutely wonderful with all of the passenger equipment y’all have!
By the way how’s the Edmundston restoration going? I haven’t heard any news of her in a while! I miss seeing it 😢
So ya took the FP9 out for a rip in the snow, eh? She's a real beaut there.
Love that horn! The bell? Not so much.
If Jason keeps the e-bell on that, I'll suggest it get painted green and gold in protest!
Perhaps another release of the HO & N scale FP9A locos to help with this project?
I agree with this. Maybe do 6539 and the OSR versions.
@@PantherLineProductionsofOhio id so buy all of them lol
UA-cam algo is waking up. Now I see vids 6 months old rather than 6 years old. Man, that FP9 is cool!
It’s a cool unit!
I’ve actually been in the cab of one of the larger e8 locomotives, engine 6901 from the Southern Railway. The sound of those two 12-cylinder diesel engines firing up at the same time would’ve been deafening if I hadn’t been wearing earplugs.
You guys are awesome! Keep the collection growing!
I saw an Algoma Central FP9A that was sold to BUGX in September of 2022. This is a nice sight to see.
Was it still painted in the AC colors?
This is womderful news!
That’s really cool, I hope everybody donates.
I know where this was shot, I’ve seen this locomotive in real life! I am VERY excited to see it on Via Rail!
I remember when that unit was in service on the GEXR
You guys did a great job with 6520 out in BC.
As a Canadian national employee I have great respect for the Ontario Southland Railroad ! I love the F units but I actually got to see one at their shops when I was picking up some equipment a few years ago, nice to see the interview with Brad jolliff I got to work with Brad out of g o d e r i c h back in the early 90s all the best in your endeavors nice to see that unit brought back to Via colors
If you guys want a FPA-4 locomotive my job will listen to offers from you guys lol
Once I get back to work I want to donate to help restore 6539.
OMG i havent seen this engine since it ran for GEXR on the goderich sub
Next you'll need a B unit because It Ain't Easy Being A B....still my favorite!
Love your enthusiasm @ Rapido!
So you’re telling me that it’s harder to push the FP9A compared to the Rapido bus? Hopefully lots more people donate especially with that anonymous member doubling donations.
That sound ! Used to hear it every morning taking th CP commuter from West Island of montreal with FP9s, and generally the 4070 on on the train that started n Rigaud. (4070 featured in movie Silver Streak). One thing I never understood is that the train would start to move before the engine revved up.
Hopefully you guys can preserve as much as you can since VIA has been cannibalizing its fleet since 2020. Make sure you get an LRC car that still has the banking system (10 got the full rebuild by IRSC in Moncton got the banking removed to save weight)
Good Luck, Guys!
Super cool.
Right On guys!!
Very cool
F units are the fricken best! you guys rock. if i wasn't broke i'd donate
2:57 I think he missed the "ten bucks is ten bucks" reference. Oh well. John
Je suis tellement content pour vous les gars. Il est vrai que Via est un peu l'enfant pauvre dans le domaine de la préservation et je vous souhaite avoir les fonds nécessaires pour restauré et opéré cette locomotive pour 2028
Figures the man with a via rail car in his basement would be involved in this!
Get this thing back on the Toronto to Montreal run it'll be the best looking thing on the tracks even better than the Chargers
What ever happened to the lrc, edmundston and rdc? Would be an interesting train. FP9A on one end lrc on the other.
It would never happen but it would be cool to see that and the 6300 that is currently at the Heber Valley
Will VHA also collect CP and CN passenger pieces as VIA replaced both when they found it to be less than lucrative and thus VIA is the evolution of CN Passenger service and CP service. Congrats on the great find and I wish nothing but the best going forward. Is there a public museum (I have a 8yo nephew that loves trains) that I could bring my nephew to?
I will be making a donation. Don't have a lot of spare money at the moment, but I would love to this this pulling a VIA train. Maybe in 2028 I will get a chance. Will you be doing a re-release of this loco sporting the blue and yellow? I would likely have to find a way to buy one.
Will you guys bring back that rotary beacon part
Does Janet know?
Why not make a donation and get a ride? Say $500?
Pay $3,500 and get to fly in a Lancaster out of the museum in Hamilton. Used to be $2,500. Sells out every flying season.
Haber cuando puedan fabricar la rsd12 de alco dl 702
you guys are such silly billies :D
Your website link doesn't work
STOPID ebell
Goofy ahh ebell, maybe I could replace the audio file with the og bell used on these units
0:29 am i the only one who thinks this part is funny
If you don't buy real trains can you knock 50 bucks off the price of your models?
Get this thing back on the Toronto to Montreal run it'll be the best looking thing on the tracks even better than the Chargers