(Click on the photos to enlarge.) VIA Rail’s Train # 1, the westbound Canadian, leaves Toronto at 10:00 p.m. three days a week (twice a week in winter months) and arrives here in Winnipeg two mornings later. While the train is restocked for its continuing two-night journey to Vancouver, passengers have time to investigate a…
I usually suggest that people thinking about a long-distance train ride at least consider traveling in a sleeping car. There are several reasons: privacy, comfort, a bed to sleep in, and the fact that dining car meals are included in the sleeping car fare. But that meals-included benefit results in negative fallout for the people…
Conventional wisdom says you should not pay the extra charge for space in an Amtrak sleeping car unless you’re going to be traveling overnight. Well, sure … but, as with all general rules, there are exceptions. For instance, back in November, I booked Amtrak’s train #11, the Coast Starlight for travel last week from Davis,…
It’s interesting how often I’ve picked up tips from train travel veterans that make a long-distance train trip a little more comfortable or a little more convenient. For instance … Two small instead of one big Two people sharing a Superliner roomette often find it cramped and awkward for changing clothes. And climbing up into…