VIA Sure Knows How to Say ‘Thank You’
As a gesture of appreciation for their service, VIA Rail is offering free travel to members of the Canadian Armed Forces, including veterans, for the month of July. Wow! That’s some gesture!
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My Trans-Canada Rail Journey – Part 8
After returning to my compartment and spending an hour with a good book, I notice that the landscape is more barren now, almost desolate, with fewer trees struggling up out of the rocky ground. We are, in fact, approaching Sudbury, a town of some 160,000 people located in the middle of a large area rich…
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My Trans-Canada Rail Journey – Part 7
The next morning is a beautiful day – clear blue skies and bright sun – and after checking out of the Royal York Hotel, I cross the street to the massive Union Station, ready to begin the last and longest leg of my trans-continental journey – the three-night trip across two-thirds of the continent to…
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My Trans-Canada Rail Journey – Part 6
The next morning, my itinerary calls for a train ride back through Montreal and on to Toronto. As VIA Rail’s Train #23 departs the Quebec station, we pass a long row of huge grain elevators. Grain brought from Western Canada is stored here, then shipped out the St. Lawrence river and across the Atlantic to…
