Day Three (Friday): The Canadian Rockies For anyone thinking about the cross-country journey on The Canadian, a primary consideration probably has to do with the Canadian Rockies. And that goes together with – hopefully – an opportunity to bring home some images (mental or, if travelling with a talented photographer, nice photographs that will keep …
Crossing Canada by Train (2)
Day Two (Thursday): West and North On the trip out of Toronto and into the city suburbs (It’s a big city, with a population of nearly three million), there wasn’t a lot to see. Ontario has varied topography and we realized that looking out the window or even ascending to the observation car didn’t initially …
Crossing Canada by Train (1)
Day One: Leaving Toronto and Starting the Trip Last Monday evening, our Amtrak/VIA Rail Maple Leaf from New York to Toronto fell behind schedule by about fifty minutes. But with the engineer really moving us along, we made it into Toronto’s Union Station only five minutes late. We had worried about how we would entertain …