Renaissance (railcar)
Type In service Fleet numbers Notes
Baggage car 9 7000-7011 Built out of unused sleeping car shells
Club car 14 7100-7114 48-seat capacity in a 2+1 configuration
Coach 33 7200-7232 48-seat capacity in a 2+1 configuration
Lounge car 20 7300-7316 ; 7354-7359 Via Rail refers to these as service cars
Dining car 3 7400-7402 48-seat capacity ; built out of unused sleeping car shells
Sleeping car 27 7500-7589 10 double bedrooms . 29 unfinished shells were stored at Thunder Bay . These have since been scrapped
Transition Car 3 7600-7602 Barrier vehicle used to transition between the European Renaissance couplers and the standard knuckle couplers on HEP rolling stock
Car types
Via acquired the entire original 139-car fleet ; as designed it comprised 72 sleepers , 47 coaches , and 20 service cars . [ 8 ] Via rebuilt fifteen of the sleepers into dining and baggage cars . Thirty-three carriages never entered service , remaining in store at Thunder Bay . [ 9 ]
The Renaissance fleet is a set of intercity railroad cars owned and operated by Via Rail Canada.