Rocketing to Rupert on VIA #5. Taken from the 'Park' car on the 'Skeena', travelling on the Grand Trunk Pacific line through the Rocky Mountains near Dunster, BC. This photo is from a trip my wife... (more)

VIA Train #5 - The 'Skeena' - at Jasper, AB being readied for departure to Prince Rupert, BC. This photo is from a trip my wife & I took out west on VIA Rail’s ‘Skeena’ & ‘Canadian’ – ... (more)

Nice activity at the Jasper station.

Note temporary ditch lights required at that time only in the mountains and the watering of the steam generator car. A Roger Puta Photograph

A long exposure from a VIA Rail dome car shortly after stopping at McBride. I was one of six people on this 2 car service to Prince George that day, a great passenger experience.

On July 11, 2014, a few people begin gathering inside the station at Jasper, Alberta, for the departure of VIA Rail’s Jasper to Prince Rupert train No. 5, formerly known as the “Skeena.” Lat... (more)

VIA Rail's Skeena trainset rests at the end of track in Prince Rupert, British Columbia, in preparation for its eastbound trip to Prince George, BC, and Jasper, Alberta.

A view from my seat in the rear of dome-observation car “Strathcona Park” on VIA Rail No. 5 between Red Pass and Swiftwater, British Columbia, reveals the tallest mountain in the Canadian Rock... (more)

Passengers enjoy a refreshing view of the Canadian Rockies, as well as Canadian National’s main line, on VIA Rail No. 5 at Geikie, Alberta, on August 7, 2016. Once known as the “Skeena” Nos.... (more)

Passing milepost 8 on Canadian National’s Albreda Subdivision, VIA Rail’s train No. 5, the Skeena, has just departed Jasper and is approaching Geikie, Alberta, on July 11, 2014. The westbound ... (more)

Two days later (than the previous photo) as seen from the engineer's viewpoint VIA's Train 10 also has a clear train order board and will sail by Kwinitsa without stopping on Aug. 5, 1981. Nos.... (more)

VIA's eastbound Train 10, "Skeena," has been flagged for a stop at Kwinitsa, 46 miles after originating at Prince Rupert, B.C.

With CN F 9166, VIA's westbound Train 9, "Skeena" is about 17 miles west of Jasper and nearing Yellowhead Divide between Alberta and British Columbia. In another 26 miles the train will leave CN'... (more)

Westbound VIA train No. 5, the Skeena, skirts Moose Lake, British Columbia, at 1:50 p.m. on July 20, 2011.

Westbound VIA train No. 5, the Skeena, skirts Moose Lake, British Columbia, at 1:50 p.m. on July 20, 2011. The classy 5-car train has a Park-series dome observation car bringing up the markers.