I’m often asked which is my favorite destination or which trip do I remember most or some version of that. Because I travel almost exclusively by train, my answer is quite likely to be different from someone who flies everywhere. In any event, I have wonderful memories of several spots on this globe. I…
NEWS ITEM: “Trump Budget Zeros Out Amtrak Support.” Uh-oh . . . if we’re looking for an example of how the loss of passenger train service can impact a community, we just got one. VIA Rail Canada has announced the indefinite suspension of service from Gillam to Churchill in northern Manitoba. As in…
VIA Rail Canada runs a train some 1100 miles due north from Winnipeg to the town of Churchill, on the shores of Hudson Bay. As the weather turns cold—along about the middle October—polar bears assemble in the general area of Churchill waiting for Hudson Bay to freeze over. The bears spend the winter out on…
Six years ago, I took VIA Rail’s wonderful trans-continental train, The Canadian, and got off in Winnipeg. Two days later—it was about the third week of October—I boarded Train 693, the Hudson Bay, for the two-night, 1100-mile ride north to the little town of Churchill. The train ride—here we are in the town…