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This is from January 2024, so not too long ago: The food was a step down from The Canadian, but it was not bad. Certainly far better done Than Amtrak on the Eastern trains. I have kinda forgotten now, but I think the Breakfast poutine was rather good 😋

That probably explains why there was no food stored in my Jonquière bound coach from Montreal to Hervey-Jonction. The VIA attendant mentioned he had to go to the Senneterre car to get items. At Hervey-Jonction he set up a coffee urn and I assume brought a cart of food over (but I did not...

Was trying to upload a couple of photos from Montreal, but having issues, so 2 posts

I think the second law of public transport is new seats are always less comfortable than what they replace 🙂

fdaley - How was traffic? I had originally considered driving up that way from NJ but figured the traffic might be a problem. I ended up going to Montreal and am actually sitting at the border right now on the Adirondack coming home. It was a phenomenal show in Montreal… glad I did it.

The train is just a baggage car and one coach car with a small area at one end for the service items. There is no area with tables, so just eat at your seat.

They had fairly good coffee, so that’s important. I had a bagel and cream cheese, but it was pretty sorry compared to the delicious ones on offer in Montreal. I’ll post a photo of the menu, but I am taking the bus as I write this to Quebec City (so can’t comment on the return journey) and the...

I happened to see the VIA crew at the Delta Hotel Saguenay this morning. I’ll bet VIA’s bill from the Delta is more than they collected in ticket revenue yesterday 😲

I took the Jonquière train today as an add on to my trip to Montreal to see the eclipse (was spectacular in Montreal). I was pleasantly surprised. Very scenic trip through the mountains. Mid April is likely low season as there was only a 1/2 dozen other passengers on the train. Only 3 of us...

Saw it today from Montreal. Had planned to take the Adirondack up here, but was sold out by the time I pull the trigger (only Friday). But I will take the Adirondack home after a little add on excursion to Jonquière on VIA Wednesday.

No baked potato. 😡

I took The Ocean in January and the biggest issue I found with the Renaissance bedroom is that the beds are very narrow.

Today’s highlight (March 14th) will be the SL Hitoyoshi https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/train/sl.html Unfortunately this locomotive will be retired at the end of this month 🙁 The day started with a visit to the Onsen (hot spring bath) at the Hotel Okura followed by their breakfast buffet...

Today March 13th was another fine day of train rides. I have included my itinerary further down in this individual post. The weather was also nice today. Cool, but mostly sunny. The day started out in Hiroshima Station seeing a series 500 Shinkansen. These are getting old now and are only...