A 136 page photo and graphic illustration book on VIA Rail Canada's locomotive and passenger car fleet to 1983. Drawings have been re-arranged horizontally with photos below in many cases. The drawings show the passenger cars as they were in the early days of VIA as well as many of the rebuilds and new cars up to the 1982/83 period. This new format permitted including additional photos that were not seen in the original edition.

A 16 page color photo section is inserted at page 64