F40 Rebuilds

Here's a few shots I took of the 6402 and 6400 while they were in Ottawa on Tuesday
June 2nd for testing and familiarization.

Thanks viahogger! Those are some great photos of a two fine looking units! I for one, am looking forward to seeing the rest of the units done. Although I will admit, I will miss the old F40 paint scheme....I suppose the best time will be the transition time, when about half the units are done, and half aren't....then we'll have some great variety.

New update about 6402..

The 6402 have now finished all the route tests and ready to run..


and a very special information,a second rebuilted locomotive,just like the 6402 have get out of CAD Rail in Lachine,the 6454,actually,the 6454 are in Montreal's MMC

I get special infos from somebody working for VIA Rail

and,I get a surprise,It's a courtesy of Y Martin Levesque,for more,You can see them on his forum,it's in french,but very interesting for East canada railfaning
It's named http://www.quebectrain.com
you can get acces to alle the pictures by looking to the forums(requesting inscription to be able to see)

the cab


the motor


The second motor,to furnish the cars in power,this way,that give more power for traction..


and the entire locomotive inside MMC


some more pics are viewable on the links indicate before..

Are you sure 6454 was rebuilt? I've heard 6452 was undergoing rebuild.

That could be the 6452,I can try to get more fresh informations ont that,because I eard about that too,that could be the 6452 instead of the 6454..

The 6452 left CAD this morning

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3axhGH7LRY

Quite handsome locomotive. I really like the elimination of the catwalk, makes it look more like a true passenger locomotive than a spruced-up freight unit! VIA once again shows Amtrak that with proper maintenance and reconstruction, equipment can be maintained well beyond their expected service lives.

Another Hot new
the VIA 6457 F40PH2 have leaved CAD today in the afternoon,I get it à Courcelles crossing,in Montreal
here is it on video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItSdT-s8AYU

and some picture,I think that somebody would may be try to do it in HO scale.
I should send that to Rapido trains

6443 are now on service
4 Engines on the train..6400,6452,6443 and 6421..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mO0iE4J9pc

Thanks again Montrealrail! I appreciate the updates. It's good to see VIA is finally getting them pushed along at a pretty good rate of completion.

Actually we get those engines have been rebuilted..

6402,6452,6457,6454 and 6443,I waiting new for the next engines..
I know that the 6437 are at CAD since a while,and the 6436 too,there's 2 others F40 in,but I do not have the numers..

here's the 6437 one year ago

Update for the 2 latest rebuilted F40PH-2
6454 at Montreal MMC


6443 at St-Lambert on his first official run on lead..

Montrealrail wrote:Another Hot new
the VIA 6457 F40PH2 have leaved CAD today in the afternoon,I get it à Courcelles crossing,in Montreal

and some picture,I think that somebody would may be try to do it in HO scale.
I should send that to Rapido trains

Nice Pics Montrealrail....... However.....
Good luck ! I can Not get Jason to do the renaissance cars so Im doing them myself so is timberley ( were still a work in progress). a repainted F40 with an extend cab seems simple since there are so many F40 shells available ( bachmann/lifelike/walthers/kato), However Jason would do his from ground up for pure perfection.

buddah wrote:

Montrealrail wrote: a repainted F40 with an extend cab seems simple since there are so many F40 shells available ( bachmann/lifelike/walthers/kato), However Jason would do his from ground up for pure perfection.

It would still be a good bit of work. I've been working on finally making my Walthers F40's accurate for VIA Rail's pre-rebuild version, and that has been enough for me right now! Doing 6400 would be fairly easy, just mostly the same basic VIA modifications, and then new paint with P42 decals....the rest of them would be a bit more though, what with adding the extra headlight and the extended cab (and having to make your own "A Green Choice/Un Choix Vert" decals). I have been contemplating though, how to do that extended cab.... but I might first tackle an easier project, like adding the 3rd headlight to my P42!

And of course, thanks again Montrealrail for those great pictures, and the update!

I get lot of pics like these,cause it's on my project to do one like this..
Friends of mine are in progress to do for me the 6400,but we get some P42 defectuous decals(we buyed 8 of these and soon in the water,the decals come in many pieces and unusable)

For now I get this F40 with the old paint scheme..


But,just after holidays,I will get a new F40 to do the rebuilt,Walthers are the best to do it..