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2. Rocky Mountaineer - Wikipedia

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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 ...

3. 1939 royal tour of Canada - Wikipedia

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   George VI and Mackenzie King in London, May 1937. While in London, Mackenzie King brought up the monarch taking a royal tour of Canada.. Governor General Lord Tweedsmuir, in an effort to foster Canadian identity, conceived of a royal tour by the country's monarchs; the Dominion Archivist (i.e., official historian) Gustave Lanctot wrote that this "probably grew out of the knowledge that at his ...

4. Royal Canadian Pacific - Wikipedia

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   All trains are based out of Calgary, Alberta, and use a facility built at the Ogden Headquarters with all the heritage equipment on display. A typical excursion is a 1,050 km (650 mi) route from Calgary through the Columbia River Valley and Crowsnest Pass, passing through Banff, Lake Louise and Kicking Horse Pass before returning to Calgary ...

5. List of Canadian railways - Wikipedia

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   Vancouver or Calgary to Banff, Jasper, and Whistler: Armstrong Group: 3 tour routes operating over CN tracks, 1 tour route operating over CP tracks Via Rail: VIA: British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia: Federally owned

6. Festival Express - Wikipedia

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   Festival Express is a 2003 British documentary film about the 1970 train tour of the same name across Canada taken by some of North America's most popular rock bands, including Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, The Band, Buddy Guy, Flying Burrito Bros, Ian & Sylvia's Great Speckled Bird, Mountain and Delaney & Bonnie & Friends. [2]

7. List of Via Rail routes - Wikipedia

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   The vast majority of Via's trains–429 per week–operate here. "Long-distance travel and tourism": the famous Canadian and Ocean , providing traditional transcontinental service. "Mandatory Services": rural services mandated by the Canadian Government for areas which otherwise lack reasonable year-round transportation.