Sleeping cars - Renaissance sleeping car
Model:
Renaissance sleeping car
Built by:
Metropolitan-Cammell
Built in:
1995-96
Acquired by VIA Rail in:
December 2000 (put into service: summer 2002)
Number of units in fleet:
57
Unit number(s):
7500 to 7589
Configuration:
10 rooms with double occupancy
Did you know?
- Each room is equipped with a toilet and half of the rooms have showers too.
- These cars were originally designed for an overnight train called "The Nightstar". Unfortunately, the train was never put into service.
- There are currently 29 inactive cars in the fleet - inconsecutively numbered from 7527 to 7589 - stored in Thunder Bay, Ontario.
