You Can Help the VIA Historical Association Get an FP9A! 

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

This is womderful news!

I wish Amtrak had a historical society that could have bought equipment to do something like this. We have lost so much.

You guys are awesome! Keep the collection growing!

Love that horn! The bell? Not so much.

So ya took the FP9 out for a rip in the snow, eh? She's a real beaut there.

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 😢

Perhaps another release of the HO & N scale FP9A locos to help with this project?

That’s really cool, I hope everybody donates.

RU-vid algo is waking up. Now I see vids 6 months old rather than 6 years old. Man, that FP9 is cool!

If Jason keeps the e-bell on that, I'll suggest it get painted green and gold in protest!

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.

I saw an Algoma Central FP9A that was sold to BUGX in September of 2022. This is a nice sight to see.

Bulldog nose FP9 alive and well. Idk why it has a Graham White E-Bell. Major update: the VHA has acquired the #1400 and now it's currently under restoration back to its Via Rail livery as of July 2024. Hopefully they replace the bell on the locomotive

You guys did a great job with 6520 out in BC.

Love your enthusiasm @ Rapido!

Good Luck, Guys!

I know where this was shot, I’ve seen this locomotive in real life! I am VERY excited to see it on Via Rail!

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

I remember when that unit was in service on the GEXR

Super cool.

If you guys want a FPA-4 locomotive my job will listen to offers from you guys lol

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!

F units are the fricken best! you guys rock. if i wasn't broke i'd donate

Very cool

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)

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.

Right On guys!!

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

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

Once I get back to work I want to donate to help restore 6539.

Figures the man with a via rail car in his basement would be involved in this!

2:57 I think he missed the "ten bucks is ten bucks" reference. Oh well. John

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

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.

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

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?

So the coaches 6539 will pull, will those need a steam generator car?

STOPID ebell

Goofy ahh ebell, maybe I could replace the audio file with the og bell used on these units

Does Janet know?

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you guys are such silly billies :D

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