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I agree, much smaller than the Lower Berths.

I rode eastbound May 6 2022 and Oct 27 2023. Both were great. There will be more daylight hours in April. I am going again Nov 1 2024. The clocks change on night 3 so it will be dark pretty early on our last two nights.

Not one minute of doubt. The only issue was we arrived two hours early and the last morning was rushed. I did the trip with my oldest son in May 2022 and could not wait to go again. That trip was late so it was about 6 hours longer. I was hoping it we would be late again this time. I really...

Here is my Video Travelogue showing a detailed look into the daily routine of travelling 4 nights aboard Canada’s long distance Train. I show you the meals, sleeping arrangements, dome cars, activities, bathrooms, shower and scenery. I flew from St. John’s Newfoundland - the eastern most City...

Nice videos. Thanks for sharing.

Cool I am visiting Ottawa now. I might bike to the station one day this week to see some of the arrivals to and from Montreal and Toronto.

I guess I should be happy with the new VIA information displays. I was hoping they would add the current travel speed, distance to next stop, time of arrival next stop.

Yes once the TCH was completed coast to coast the passenger train was doomed.

Unfortunately there is no chance of the railway returning. Too few people spread over such a large island to make economic since.

Glad you enjoyed the Newfie Bullet video. The tracks were very narrow that’s for sure. Yes it was about 26 hours across the island. I would love to be able to do that trip today but preferably over 40 hours or so lol. Thanks for the time table image. Interesting indeed.

Hopefully they will put up the train speed, distance to next station stop and time to next stop.

BACKGROUND I was visiting my son in Ottawa recently and while there I wanted to take a sameday train ride to Montreal. I did a similar trip during my last visit in November and it was a treat. I inherited my Dad’s Railroad genes but never worked on the trains like he did. Our narrow gauge CN...

Maybe someone might know on this thread. I think a second set is on the way or already delivered. I am curious if the first Train Set is 2300 or 2301.

Thanks Bob. Seats are Ok but a bit stiff. Not broken in yet lol. The engine was numbered 2301. Is this the first or second train set.

For those interested here is a two minute video of my Feb 28 Ottawa to Montreal return trip on the new Siemens Train numbered 2301. I have more video clips which I hope to put together into a longer video when I get home and have computer access. Hopefully the YouTube link I pasted below works.

For those who have time on their hands … this 46 minute video is a wee bit long lol but I finally had the time to string together the video clips from Vancouver to Toronto. I included 11 minutes of clips in the middle of this video from our stopover in Jasper. Since I mentioned my previously...

There is no difference. They sell X number of rooms at the discounted rate. When the X number of berths sell out you have to pay the higher rate. Maybe someone on here knows the number for X.

After reading about the buffer car attached to the end of Park Car I could not help but look at my video clips and Park Car photos from May. This is what I found. I joined the videos and photos into this 2 minute video. Here is the video link.

That happened to us in May. We were in Car 218 from Vancouver to Jasper. We had 218 booked on the following train after our three day stopover. When we got the station cars 217 and 218 were completely empty. We were moved to Car 212. Prior to boarding I asked if I could get car 216 and they...

I called VIA yesterday for Oct 10 price. They still have discounted upper and lowers. They have 9 lower berths remaining. They also have space in Car 218 which I think means they are running a full consist as during my May trip this was the last sleeper car before the dome, diner and prestige...