Churchill is a town of about 900 full-time residents located in northern Manitoba on the shores of Hudson Bay. How far north, you ask? Roughly 1100 miles north of Winnipeg and about 600 miles below the Arctic Circle. That’s pretty damn far north. Believe it or not, tourism is a big deal in Churchill…
I had an inquiry recently about the types of sleeping cars used by VIA Rail Canada on their the long-distance trains. There isn’t a short answer because VIA has two very different kinds of sleeping cars–the classic stainless steel beauties and what they call their “Renaissance” equipment (shown above) that’s used on the Ocean, VIA’s overnight…
It’s a simple truth: cost-cutting won’t take you to prosperity; it just buys more time. That’s certainly true when it comes to passenger rail. Politicians in the U.S. have bullied and badgered Amtrak into cutting costs and, while the gap between losses and break-even has narrowed a bit, the REAL results have been an…