What Goes Up Must Come Down. With the prior day's run of the first Amtrak Maple Leaf (Train 63/VIA Train 98) returning to Toronto, Ontario for the first time since 2020, Amtrak 64/VIA Train 97 on Tuesday, June 28, 2022 was the first eastbound run. Amtrak 108 (P42DC, 50th Anniversary, Phase VI) was selected to lead the first full run to Toronto, which had been truncated between New York’s Penn Station and Niagara Falls, New York due to pandemic related service cuts. The train is seen passing through the Grimsby, Ontario VIA Station, a clear indication that it is not in the United States.
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This 500-plus mile day run connects the largest city in the United States with the largest city in Canada. Its route takes it through the Hudson and Mohawk River valleys and across Niagara Gorge.
