To make room for the 1986 World's Fair, VIA consolidated passenger operations into the former Canadian National Vancouver terminal. This was the last time I would see so many non-museum F-units a... (more)

Eastbound Via "Canadian" exits a short tunnel along the Illicillewaet River east of Revelstoke on the climb over Rogers Pass. Double tracking project required a open cut for the not yet in service... (more)

Westbound VIA Rail train No. 1 curves through English on the way to Jasper, Alberta, on a sunny July 16, 2013.

Subtle colors and classic styling of the lounge seating is seen in the rear of dome-observation “Banff Park” at Jasper, Alberta. These "Park" series observation cars (each named after a Canadi... (more)

Westbound 'Canadian' at Jasper, led by VIA F40PH-2 #6419. For more pics & videos of this train see my web page on the Canadian at http://northamericabyrail.info/canada-west/the-canadian/

Canadian Pacific's Canadian is westbound on this July day in 1967 with 19 cars in tow past Gap Lake, Alberta. Of interest in the train is the mail box car on the head end added at Calgary for Van... (more)

With two GMD GP-7's and after negotiating the spiral tunnels, Canadian Pacific's westbound "Canadian" Train 1 slips through snow sheds as it drops down Kicking Horse Pass into Field, B.C. for a cr... (more)

The three CP maroon and gray FP-7s are cut away from the westbound "Canadian," Train 1, for fueling and boiler water at Calgary, Alberta.

VIA’s eastbound train No. 2, the “Canadian,” leaves Jasper at English, Alberta, over the Canadian National main line on September 18, 2002. Two F40PHs power the 21-car train, with No. 6441 l... (more)

VIA’s eastbound train No. 2, the “Canadian,” leaves Jasper at English, Alberta, over the Canadian National main line on September 18, 2002. On the rear of the classy train is dome observatio... (more)

As VIA Train 1 departed Calgary headed for the best scenery, it got a bath leaving the depot. Budd built observation car Glacier View is about to clear the rack.

BC's Mount Fitzwilliam makes VIA Rail's Canadian look like a toy train as it heads west on CN's Albreda Sub.

Some of the mother nature's majestic beauty the Canadian rolls through.

At the foot of Kicking Horse Pass, candy-stripe FP7 1416 on westbound Canadian Pacific Train 1 "Canadian" receives boiler water at Field, B.C. A downpour of rain had just occurred on June 15, 19... (more)

VIA Rail's eastbound Train 2 "Canadian" near Stephen, B. C, behind an F40 and an F7B with the trans-Canada highway at right.