VIA's MMC, Canada-Allied Diesel & Trains in Montreal
67 minutes available only in DVD format

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In 2007 & 2008 Ron Jackson of VIA Rail organized two Atlantic Canadian Railfan trips to Montreal to visit locomotive shops.

In April 2007 the trip was to VIA's own Montreal Maintenance Centre (MMC) at Point St. Charles. Not only were VIA locomotives and coaches being rebuilt but also an LLPX GP15. The trip concluded with a ride on the Ocean as it was backed from MMC to Central Station and scenes from this rare mileage trip are shown in the video.

Here we see VIA 915 P42DC being started and its in-cab controls.

On the second trip in April 2008 we visited Canada-Allied Diesel's workshops in Lachine where the VIA F40PH-2 rebuild program was underway.

CAD Montreal VIA6452 & 6402 shells 20 April 2008

There were also many other locomotives being rebuilt and constructed including Railpower Green Goats and Gen Sets.

The DVD includes a mixture of panoramic video shots and still photographs to illustrate the work in progress. In addition views from the Skyline car on both trips and trains in Montreal are included.

A variety of railroads including AMT, Amtrak, CN, CP, VIA with loco types including 25KV electric trains GP9u, SD60F, F40PH, F40PHR, F40PH-2, F59PHI, Dash 9-44CW, P42DC & ES44DC are seen.