Seven or eight years ago, my wife and I took the Rocky Mountaineer from Vancouver to Banff. We rented a car there and drove to Jasper to catch the Skeena, a VIA Rail train that would take us to Prince Rupert on the Pacific coast. I had heard it’s a very nice ride. The Skeena…
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…
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….
One way to rate any train ride is to ask yourself, “Would I like to take that ride again?” Certainly, if I’m thinking of VIA Rail’s trans-continental train, the Canadian, I’ve already answered that question in the affirmative something like five times … with Number Six coming up next month. I’d also love to…