Trip dates: September 27 to October 6, 2005

My partner J and I won this trip when we entered a contest set up by New Brunswick tourism. Brewster Vacations spoiled us, putting us in first-class rail and... Read more ]]> Mon, 08 Oct 2007 11:03:00 EST http://www.canadatravelblog.ca/Steel-Rail-Stories/2007/10/08/Tracks.html I wrote this while riding west on the Canadian through northern Ontario, watching abandoned buildings slipping past and thinking of the workers building the line.

Rolling down the silver bloodstream backbone

Sliding... Read more ]]> Sun, 07 Oct 2007 20:07:00 EST http://www.canadatravelblog.ca/Steel-Rail-Stories/2007/10/07/Corridor-Toronto-to-Montreal-The-Ocean-Montreal-to-Halifax.html

Trip dates: September 22 to 24, 2007

VIA Rail's Corridor trains ply the mostly urban environment of the Windsor-Quebec City corridor; I find them the most utilitarian and least tour-friendly VIA trains... Read more ]]> Sat, 06 Oct 2007 20:01:00 EST http://www.canadatravelblog.ca/Steel-Rail-Stories/2007/10/06/The-Canadian-Toronto-to-Vancouver-The-Malahat-Nanaimo-to-Courtenay-and-Courtenay-to-Victoria.html

Trip dates: April 16 to 26, 2005

The Canadian travels 4466 kilometres from the towers and streets of Canada's most populous city, Toronto, to the large port city of Vancouver in southern British Columbia... Read more ]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2007 19:48:00 EST http://www.canadatravelblog.ca/Steel-Rail-Stories/2007/10/04/The-Skeena-Prince-George-to-Prince-Rupert-and-Prince-Rupert-to-Jasper.html

Trip dates: May 6 to 13, 2007

The Skeena travels 1160 kilometres between Prince Rupert, a city of 12 000 on the north coast of British Columbia, and the small town of Jasper, Alberta in the Canadian... Read more ]]>