crs1026
Superstar
Are you talking about the stainless steel cars? VIA is in the process of refurbishing the ones on The Canadian and giving them attractive, modern interiors. I'm sure the ones used in The Corridor can be given updated interiors like the refurbished LRCs and RDCs.
There is an urban legend that those post-WW II stainless steel Budd coaches are indestructible and can be rebuilt over and over. Not so. They are tough, but lots of components incliding the suspension and trucks do wear out.
Those corridor HEP II coaches are in rough shape. Another rebuild would be a bad business decision relative to a new procurement. Sure, you can rewire and reupholster them again, but the ride won't improve, and you are limited to expensive old parts and the performance specs of a 1945-1950 design.
- Paul