Brother-in-law Peter and I walk over to Toronto’s Union Station in the late afternoon to stash our luggage with VIA Rail, have a bite to eat, then head to the...
The ride from Winnipeg up to Churchill – some 1050 miles and almost due north – takes almost two days. We left Winnipeg at noon on a Sunday and arrived...
Still running two hours late, the Canadian heads northwest out of Winnipeg with the setting sun ahead and off to the left. We’re crossing the prairie now – the land...
Anyone undertaking a rail journey — especially one of some 4,000-miles through areas of which much is still wilderness — soon begins to appreciate the massive infrastructure required to keep...