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Via Rail (VIA) 8200 Château Sleeping Cars

Canadian Pacific acquired 71 stainless steel sleeping cars for THE CANADIAN (and THE DOMINION).
29 of them were ‘CHATEAU’ cars built by Budd ( Jul 1954- Nov 1954), named by the CPR after prominent early French Canadian explorers and administrators
Numbered CPR 14201-14229; today all 29 of them remain and carry the VIA numbers 8201-8229.
They were re-manufactured between 1990 and 1993 by AMF Technotransport in Montreal and equipped with Head-End Power.
Today they are configured with 3 sets of upper/lower berths, 8 single bedrooms, 1 triple bedroom, 3 double bedrooms.
8201 Château Argenson     8202 Château Bienville     8203 Château Brûlé  
8204 Château Cadillac     8205 Château Closse ex CP 14205     8206 Château Denonville Ex-CP 142206  
VIA 8207
Château Dollard
Vancouver, BC
9/20/2019
  8208 Château Dollier ex CP 14208     8209 Château Iberville  
               
VIA 8210
Château Jolliet
Washago, ON
6/25/2019
ex-CP 14210
  8211 Château Lasalle, Ex-CP 14211     8212 Château Latour  
VIA 8213
Château Lauzon
Jasper, AB
4/27/2016
  8214 Château Laval, ex-CP 14214     8215 Château Lemoyne, ex-CP 14215  
8216 Château Lévis     8217 Château Maisonneuve, ex-CP 14217    
VIA 8218
VIA 8218 Château Marquette
Jasper, AB
7/23/2018
ex CP 14218
8219 Château Montcalm     8220 Château Papineau, ex-CP 14220     8221 Château Radisson Derailed - Train No. 2, Mile 7.5, CN Wainright Sub., near Biggar, SK,  9/3/1997
8222 Château Richelieu, Ex-CP     8223 Château Rigaud     8224 Château Roberval, ex-CP 14224  
8225 Château Rouville, ex-CP 14225    
VIA 8226
Château Salaberry
Vancouver, BC
9/20/2019
ex-CP 14226
 
VIA 8227
Château Varennes
Winnipeg, MB
4/27/2016
8228 Château Verchères           8229 Château Viger  

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