Canadian Toronto to Vancouver

[railiner]

I found some rainy 2017 photos of transport interest.

Always obey the signs.
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Pretty easy to do, when your "engine" is miles away from your coach....

 

[MARC Rider]

I picked this up in Toronto, but they had a real bar on the Canadian, where they mixed real cocktails and such.

I don't think this stuff is "top shelf," but I was able to drink it and I'm still alive.



The inside of the Winnipeg strain station. Pretty fancy station, considering it only gets four trains a week.


Old grain elevator in Saskatchewan.



Ah, the great Canadian plains. I'll have to compare this with what I see going home through North Dakota.


Our stopover in Saskatoon.



Old CN poster trying to encourage British immigrants to come to Canada, and presumably br good customers of CN.


More CN propaganda posters looking for sucke--I mean colonists to populate the great Canadian outback.

 

[danasgoodstuff]

We're in Jasper. It's dark out and snowing. 8:15 Am and it's just getting light. If you get off the train before 8, you're stuck outside until boarding at 9. I'm looking around town and am now sitting in a nice warm Tim Hortons sampling their coffee and donuts.

Dark, cold, snow, Timmys, in other words the full Canadian Experience!

 

[Brian Battuello]

Great reports and pictures, thanks! Frances is starting to think about doing the Canadian in February, when it is getting a bit lighter...

 

[Willbridge]

I picked this up in Toronto, but they had a real bar on the Canadian, where they mixed real cocktails and such.



Old CN poster trying to encourage British immigrants to come to Canada, and presumably be good customers of CN.

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More CN propaganda posters looking for sucke--I mean colonists to populate the great Canadian outback.

In the memoirs of a British woman who worked with refugees up to 1939 in Prague for the Daily Herald charity, Canada was the easiest country to get visas for, as immigration was run by the railways.

 

[railiner]

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The inside of the Winnipeg strain station. Pretty fancy station, considering it only gets four trains a week.

What about the trains to and from Churchill twice a week?

 

[danasgoodstuff]

I picked this up in Toronto, but they had a real bar on the Canadian, where they mixed real cocktails and such. View attachment 34618

I don't think this stuff is "top shelf," but I was able to drink it and I'm still alive.

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The inside of the Winnipeg strain station. Pretty fancy station, considering it only gets four trains a week.

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Old grain elevator in Saskatchewan.

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Ah, the great Canadian plains. I'll have to compare this with what I see going home through North Dakota.

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Our stopover in Saskatoon.

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Old CN poster trying to encourage British immigrants to come to Canada, and presumably br good customers of CN.

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More CN propaganda posters looking for sucke--I mean colonists to populate the great Canadian outback.

Having taken the train to and from Chappell Yards in S'toon many times, it's my dream that someday they will reroute it on CPR tracks thru the city so it can stop in town and provide a proper view to the passengers.

this former train station still stands in the middle of town on active tracks, rerouting might be a little tricky but I think it could be done.

 

[MARC Rider]

Dark, cold, snow, Timmys, in other words the full Canadian Experience!

I was even wearing a tuque, toque, or however you spell it.