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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 ...
Topological map of the proposed, never-built Canadian Pacific Railway line from East Selkirk to Kamloops, passing through the Yellowhead Pass. Due to its modest elevation of 1,131 m (3,711 ft) and its gradual approaches, the pass was recommended by Sir Sandford Fleming as a route across the Rocky Mountains for the planned Canadian Pacific Railway .
Illustrating the heritage value of this fleet, one of its cars is already on display at Canadian Railway Museum in Saint-Constant, Quebec. [5] Via Rail also continues to operate RDCs on the Sudbury-White River train in Ontario. The Tshiuetin Railway in Labrador operates a vintage fleet of passenger cars in regular service.
From the Mackenzie river to the Yukon River. See Canadian canoe routes#Pacific coast *A: Alaska Highway: The Alaska Highway crossing of the Continental Divide in south central Yukon, also known as Yukon Hwy 1. Bering Sea or Arctic Ocean drainage.
The Royal Canadian Pacific is a luxury excursion passenger train operated by Mount Stephen Properties, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway and later CPKC Railway. It made its first run on June 7, 2000, after the CPR received the royal designation for the service from Elizabeth II , Queen of Canada .
At a cost of $4M CDN, the building was renovated by Rocky Mountaineer Rail Tours into a railway station, with the first train departing on April 17, 2005. [ 1 ] In February 2010, the east and west facades were updated with large signage identifying this structure as "Alberta Station", replacing the words "Rocky Mountaineer Station".
Great Canadian Railway Journeys is a BBC travel documentary series presented by Michael Portillo and aired on BBC Two. [1] Using an 1899 copy of Appleton's Guidebook to the railways of the United States and Canada , Portillo explores historic Canadian railways and learns about the places along the way.
The Pine Pass, in the Hart Ranges of the Northern Rockies of British Columbia, connects the Peace Country of the province's Northeastern Interior. Highway 97 and the Canadian National Railway (CNR) (formerly BC Rail network) traverse this mountain pass, which is the location of the Bijoux Falls Provincial Park, the Pine Le Moray Provincial Park, and the Powder King Mountain Resort at Azouzetta ...