Back in January, 2024 and with the delivery of the twelfth Siemens Venture set, I split my very first Siemens Venture post first published on September 21, 2021, spawning VIA Ventures in Service, Part 1. Then a subsequent Part 2, then Part 3 and Part 4. We're now splitting it again, resulting in this post - Part 5, because it's hard for you and me to find 'news' in a post buried back in August, 2025! VIA's Siemens implementation has so far spawned a blog-busting 26+ Trackside Treasure posts and counting! Here are the Venture-centric posts:
- VIA's New Siemens Trainsets through Kingston - each set's delivery date and related information.
- VIA's Siemens Venture's First Visit to Kingston - test run arriving at 0222 on 2/2/22!
- VIA's Siemens Venture's First Revenue Visit to Kingston - September 21, 2023 was the big day!
- The Ventures are Coming! The Ventures are Coming! - Ottawa-Toronto service began October 24, 2023.
- Venture implementation compared to the LRC implementation 40+ years ago.
- VIA Ventures in Service, Part 1 - On CN's Kingston Subdivision - updates to April, 2024.
- VIA Ventures in Service, Part 2 - On CN's Kingston Subdivision - updates from May, 2024 and beyond.
- VIA Ventures in Service, Part 3 - On CN's Kingston Subdivision - updates from February, 2025 and beyond.
- VIA Ventures in Service, Part 4 - On CN's Kingston Subdivision and beyond - updates from August, 2025 and later.
- VIA Ventures in Service, Part 5 - Updates from January 2026 and later [you're reading it!]
- CN Imposes Speed Reductions on VIA's Ventures - suddenly in October, 2024!
- VIA Ventures and Shunt - Enhanced Post - all you need to know about shunt, loss-of-shunt and why CN is imposing speed reductions.
- VIA takes CN to federal court - judicial review requested November, 2024!
- VIA and CN make submissions to the court in December, 2024 - the facts!
- VIA and CN make more submissions to the court in January, 2025 - more facts!
- VIA and CN make yet more submissions to the Court published in March, 2025.
- the final VIA and CN submissions to the Court in February, 2025 - the last of four posts!
- VIA and CN now in Quebec Superior Court Part 1 - March, 2025
- VIA and CN in Quebec Superior Court Part 2 - June, 2025
- An opinion piece - "What is Happening with VIA's New Trains?"
- Seven months o' facts - Serviceability and OTP of VIA's Ventures October 2024-May 2025
- VIA augments a Venture consist to eight units in July, 2025
- Ventures' On-Time Performance, published weekly November, 2024 to present
- Ventures Speed Reductions become CN Permanent Slow Orders - August, 2025
- Minister of Transport's Ministerial Order to CN in December, 2024 (post published in Sept., 2025)
- VIA and CN in Quebec Superior Court Part 3 - November, 2025 and Part 4, January, 2026
- VIA Ventures Sets' Serviceability in 2025
VIA has been dealing with improved serviceability of the Ventures, a smoother implementation process. Part 4 is now six months ago and this post picks up the implementation in mid-January, 2026. This winter, VIA has faced some operational challenges and garnered some negative media coverage over HEP losses and resulting stranding and subsequent rescue of Venture sets.
This will be a living post, with mid-January (and newer) operational updates (serviceability, Corridor rotation, incidents) added regularly and perhaps being book-ended when we finally, if ever, see complete implementation. On that note, the week this post was published saw 25 of VIA's Venture sets documented in service - a record high since I've been documenting the implementation of the 32-set fleet! Witness Venture Set 18 "Lumi" operating as VIA No 40 on January 16, 2026:
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