To recap, these are some of the photos I took when writing a magazine article documenting my 4000-mile train trip across Canada, from Halifax on the Atlantic to Vancouver on the Pacific. This is the third posting with perhaps one more to go. The Canadian is arriving in Winnipeg. That large building is the city’s…
I have thoroughly enjoyed every visit I’ve ever made to Canada. Much of the credit for that goes to VIA Rail because, of course, that’s the way I travel when I’m in that country. I’ve found their equipment to be comfortable and well-maintained and their employees competent and friendly. And so it was on this…
I am in Toronto for two days and on Sunday morning will leave this city on VIA Rail Canada’s wonderful train, The Canadian, for a three-plus day journey to Vancouver. This is a glorious ride, with (heading west from Toronto) the scenery starting out wonderful and improving as you go—from tidy dairy farms to endless…
Three of these four photos were taken on train rides in Canada and please believe me when I say that you can come away from the Toronto-to-Vancouver ride aboard VIA Rail’s Train #1, The Canadian, with literally hundreds of photos. I suggest making this trip in the middle of winter. It’s a much smaller train,…