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!

A late Canadian departs for the TMC.

VIA Rails No. 2 "The Canadian" passes along the Athabasca river in Jasper National Park during a stormy afternoon on June 20, 2016.

VIA F40PH-3 6404 leads an impressive looking train #2 away from the double track at Vinsulla after meeting CN's X105.

VIA #2 begins to slow down for a meet at Vinsulla passing some empty fields not long after departing Kamloops.

VIA Rail Canada's eastbound "Canadian" hustles past Central Salvage east of Kamloops on the Clearwater Sub.

Train 2, "The Canadian," has just left Vancouver's Pacific Central Station on its way to Toronto on a windy summer evening. The VIA slips past a CN freight waiting for its turn to leave the yard t... (more)

Via Rail 6416 heads the westbound Canadian in the Canada 150 anniversary color scheme.

VIA Rail No. 2, the eastbound Canadian, makes its station stop at Jasper, Alberta, on August 6, 2016. On the rear of today’s train are three “Prestige Sleeper class” cars, including dome-obs... (more)

In a view from inside a dry rental car, VIA Rail No. 1, the westbound Canadian, departs Jasper, Alberta, in the pouring rain on the afternoon of August 9, 2016.

VIA #2 crosses the Mud River bridge at mile 219 Caramat Sub, running somewhat on time this day.

Reflecting the setting sun with stainless steel, VIA Rail’s eastbound Canadian, arcs through “Robertson’s Curve” at Swan Landing, Alberta, on July 9, 2014. The train is skirting Brule Lake... (more)

Surrounded by towering mountains, VIA Rail’s westbound “Canadian” is minimized by the scenery of Jasper National Park, even though the train powered by three F40PH-3s is 23 cars long! The st... (more)

With a massive mountain wall edging Jasper Lake in the background, VIA Rail train No. 1, the Canadian, cruises westbound out of Devona, Alberta, on July 11, 2014. Three EMD F40PH-3s power the stai... (more)

VIA F40PH-3 6454 leads the westbound Canadian at Mile 8 of CN's Albreda Sub, approaching Geikie.