VIA Rail’s premier train, the Canadian, gets most of the press, and deservedly so, but there’s another VIA train that is almost always overlooked. The Skeena runs from Jasper in the Rocky Mountains to Prince Rupert, on the Pacific Ocean. There’s an overnight stop more or less halfway at Prince George, where everyone piles off…
VIA does a nice job on their trains number 1 and 2, The Canadian, from start to finish. It may help to make some comparisons between VIA’s flagship train and one of Amtrak’s more popular long-distance trains–the California Zephyr, for instance. Both trains use old equipment, in fact I would guess VIA’s is somewhat…
Over and over again, a long-distance train ride has provided the unexpected pleasure of meeting and getting to know interesting people. Take for example the British couple my wife and I met while traveling on VIA Rail’s train, the Skeena, several years ago. It’s a glorious trip, by the way, and very much underrated….
For many years, VIA Rail’s iconic trans-continental train, the Canadian, ran on a route owned by the Canadian Pacific Railway. On its way from from Vancouver to Toronto, the train passed through some of the most spectacular mountain scenery in the world and also made stops at Lake Louise and Banff (below), two very popular…