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Beyond Jasper, the tracks are owned and operated by the Indiana Railway Museum as a heritage railroad. The total length of the Dubois County Railroad is approximately 7 miles (11 km). Freight hauled on the line consists mainly of petroleum products. The Railroad also operates tourist service for the Spirit of Jasper
Three years later, CN engineer Harry R.J. Home purchased the locomotive for $1 and brought it to Jasper, Alberta, where No. 6060 was put on display near the Jasper station. In 1973, CN reacquired the No. 6060 locomotive and restored it to operating condition for use in excursion service until it retired again in 1980.
English: Built by Canadian National Railway in 1925 to serve Jasper National Park and is still used today by VIA Rail Canada. Train waits to begin boarding a large group of passengers for the Jasper-Prince Rupert run. I wish I had a ticket.
Jasper was created as a railway siding in 1911 by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. It was originally called Fitzhugh, part of the Grand Trunk Pacific's alphabet line, but was renamed in 1913 when the townsite was surveyed. By 1913 both the Grand Trunk and the Canadian Northern Railway called on Jasper. [2]
It was designed as an all-sightseeing train pulled by the retired steam locomotive CNR 6060, a Bullet Nose Betty-class locomotive in the Canadian Rockies. Originally, it began as a once-weekly Via Rail Canada daytime service between Vancouver, Calgary, and Jasper. The first departure was on May 22, 1988, with a special train for the travel ...
Jasper–Prince Rupert: Jasper – Prince Rupert: April 1, 1978 June 16, 1979 Named as Skeena: May 1, 2009 Present Skeena: June 17, 1979 November 14, 1981 Extended to Edmonton April 30, 1989 April 30, 2009 Name dropped Edmonton – Jasper – Prince Rupert November 15, 1981 June 2, 1984 Extended to Winnipeg and renamed as Panorama: June 1, 1985
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The train at the Jasper station platform. The train operates three times weekly, departing Jasper on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. The return-service departs Prince Rupert on the same days of the week. The journey takes two days with an overnight stop at Prince George. The train offers Economy Class, and twice a week in the summer, Touring ...