A 25-car Rocky Mountaineer Railtours passenger train approaches Ashcroft, British Columbia, while traversing scenic Thompson River Canyon on September 28, 2015.

Curving through Martel, British Columbia, is the westbound Rocky Mountaineer Railtours luxury passenger train on September 25, 2015. In the background is an eastbound Canadian National intermodal ... (more)

Rocky Mountaineer slipping through CN’s rock slide covers along the Thompson River near Thompson, B.C.

The Rocky Mountaineer is descending Yellowhead Pass about 15 miles west of Jasper, Alberta, as it looks at Mt. Fitzwilliam. Of all North American RRs crossing the continental divide, CN had the lo... (more)

A westbound Rocky Mountaineer Railtours excursion train crosses the Thompson River Canyon on the Canadian National just east of Ashcroft, British Columbia, on September 24, 2015.

Freshly painted RMRX GP40-2 8019 puts shabby CN SD40-2W 5305 to shame as they run around the wye in Jasper. The CN unit was leased to RMR at the time.

The eastbound Rocky Mountaineer from Vancouver to Kamloops passes through the tunnels at Yale.

The Rocky Mountaineer Tour Train arrives at King Street Station at Seattle.

Rocky Mountaineer's combined "First Passage to the West"/"Journey Through the Clouds" tour train clears the tunnels at Martel on CN's Ashcroft Sub on its journey to Vancouver.

RMRX GP40-2W 8015 leads the westbound Rocky Mountaineer into a tunnel at Mile 51.4 of CN's Ashcroft Sub, just west of Ashcroft, BC.

The Rocky Mountaineer tour train heads west over the Anderson River en route to Vancouver, BC.

Rocky Mountaineer's westbound "Journey through the Clouds" tour enters the yard at Kamloops, nearing the end of the first of its two day trip to Vancouver.

Rocky Mountaineer's appropriately named "Journey through the Clouds" tour catches a few rays of sun, cruising westward down the main at Albreda on CN's Albreda Sub. The tour will overnig... (more)