The original diesels that pulled 'The Canadian': Canadian Pacific FP7 class diesels #1424 & 1418 on display in Medicine Hat, Alberta. This photo is from a trip my wife & I took out west on VIA Rai... (more)

VIA 6437 on the point of VIA Train #1 - The 'Canadian' - at Capreol, ON, being refuelled before continuing its journey to Edmonton, Jasper, Vancouver & all points west. This photo is from a trip m... (more)

Meet between east & westbound 'Canadians' at Henry House, AB. This photo is from a trip my wife & I took out west on VIA Rail’s ‘Skeena’ & ‘Canadian’ – taking the ‘Canadian’ from T... (more)

Our Latest VIA Trip! VIA Train #2, The Canadian, after arrival at Jasper, Alberta. This photo is from the latest trip my wife & I took in Prestige Class on the 'Canadian' from Toronto to Ja... (more)

Photographed during our latest trip out West on VIA's Canadian: The sole surviving Canadian Pacific Alco-designed cab-unit, FPA-2 #4090, sits on display at the Canadian Museum of Rail Trave... (more)

Our Latest VIA Trip! VIA's incomparable 'Canadian' heads through the majestic Canadian Rockies at Henry House, Alberta. This photo is from the latest trip my wife & I took in Prestige Class... (more)

Our Latest VIA Trip! The Canadian rolls through a cut near English, Alberta. This photo is from the latest trip my wife & I took in Prestige Class on the 'Canadian' from Toronto to Jasper, ... (more)

Our Latest VIA Trip! (and my 50th picture in Railpictures.net) The Canadian roaring through the Rockies near Roche Miette, Jasper National Park, Alberta. This photo is from the latest trip... (more)

Our Latest VIA Trip! Winnipeg Union Station, photographed while travelling on the Canadian during the servicing layover. My wife & I took the 'Canadian' from Toronto to Jasper, AB to visit... (more)

Our Latest VIA Trip! Rebuilt F40PH-2 #6446 on the point of train #2, The Canadian, refuels at Sioux Lookout, Ontario. This photo is from the latest trip my wife & I took in Prestige Class o... (more)

Our Latest VIA Trip! The Mural Lounge & Bar in the Prestige Park Car "Laurentide Park" on the tail end of the Canadian at Toronto, Ontario. This photo is from the latest trip my wife & I to... (more)

Via #2 speeds out of Armstrong

Running an abysmal 20h15 late, Toronto-Vancouver train #1 finally shows up in Jasper.

VIA FP9 6305 displays a remarkably clean nose as it takes on fuel at Field, BC, while heading up the eastbound Canadian on a spring morning. Must not be bug season yet!

The Canadian holds in the siding on Kicking Horse Pass near Summit Lake, waiting for a westbound freight to pass by on the main line.