The first Canadian production set was delivered to Montreal's Windsor Station on 1 June 1981.
 The first fare-paying run was made from Toronto to Sarnia on 4 September 1981, on Labor Day weekend.
 Initially, the LRCs were plagued with problems.
 One common problem was that the cars would "lock" in the tilted position even after the track had straightened out from a curve.

At the time, Bombardier was estimating total sales of another 80 LRC sets, for up to $500 million.
 Their calculations showed that the LRC would have a cost per passenger of $23.26 over a 335-mile (539 km) trip, only slightly higher than conventional trains.
 Although the LRC used much less fuel per passenger than conventional sets, even less than a bus, no further sales were forthcoming.

Via Rail put the trains into service, persisting through their initial teething pains and coming to depend on the LRC for the majority of its intercity service in the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor.
 The original LRC locomotives were gradually retired after ten to fifteen years of service, although #6905 was used during test runs of the new "Renaissance" carriages between Glen Robertson and Ottawa in 2000.
 The last run of an LRC locomotive was in 2001.
The first Canadian production set was delivered to Montreal's Windsor Station on 1 June 1981.  The first fare-paying run was made from Toronto to Sarnia on 4 September 1981, on Labor Day weekend.  Initially, the LRCs were plagued with problems.  One common problem was that the cars would "lock" in the tilted position even after the track had straightened out from a curve.
At the time, Bombardier was estimating total sales of another 80 LRC sets, for up to $500 million.  Their calculations showed that the LRC would have a cost per passenger of $23.26 over a 335-mile (539 km) trip, only slightly higher than conventional trains.  Although the LRC used much less fuel per passenger than conventional sets, even less than a bus, no further sales were forthcoming.
Via Rail put the trains into service, persisting through their initial teething pains and coming to depend on the LRC for the majority of its intercity service in the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor.  The original LRC locomotives were gradually retired after ten to fifteen years of service, although #6905 was used during test runs of the new "Renaissance" carriages between Glen Robertson and Ottawa in 2000.  The last run of an LRC locomotive was in 2001.
LRC (train)