I have just booked another ride on VIA Rail’s transcontinental train, The Canadian. As with most of my previous rides on this wonderful train, I’ll be boarding in Toronto for...

(Based on selected notes taken three years ago when I rode from Vancouver to Toronto on VIA Rail’s flagship train, The Canadian.) The attendant for my sleeping car is Ali....

I carry a notebook when I travel. It’s 4×8-inches, but it opens the long way so it slips easily into my back pocket. I take it with me everywhere when...

VIA Rail Canada’s premier train, The Canadian, runs between Toronto and Vancouver. I’ve made that trip nine times. (It could be ten, I’m not sure.) The ride is therapy,  reminding...