Across Canada By Train

We took a train trip from Vancouver, British Columbia to Toronto, Ontario. Overall I'm glad I went, but there were some bumps along the way. Vancouver was spectacular. The Fairmont Pacific Rim hotel was really special. The train ride had a couple of problems:

1. I had not anticipated how bumpy and unstable train travel would be. The train cars sway in all 4 directions, sometimes seemingly all at the same time! I've never been on a bumpier ride whether it be a plane, ship or car.

2. We lost hours due to a broken down freight train on the very first day. So, our stops were cut back. For example, we should have had about a 2 hour stop in Jasper -- enough time to walk around a good bit of the town, even have lunch somewhere. But, we only got 40 minutes. Almost all the stops were reduced, except Winnipeg -- which ended up being from 2 AM to 4 AM!

The food was great and the room was nice. We met some great people.

The lower floor of the dome car. Comfy seats and a great place for after dinner drinks.

Near the Manitoba - Ontario border

The plains of Saskatchewan and Manitoba were not terrible exciting.

Our dome car -- one of 3 -- was at the tail end of the 24 car train.

Jasper Park

Jasper Park

Mount Robson - the tallest in the Canadian Rockies. Too cloudy to see the top.

Pyramid Falls

Our dome car.

Our room during the day. A Murphy bed was lowered from the right and took up all the area in the picture. The bathroom is behind me.

The lobby of the Fairmont Pacific Rim where we stayed in Vancouver.

Vancouver

Vancouver -- our hotel is one of those tall buildings.

The lobby of the Fairmont Royal York -- where we stayed in Toronto.

A view of our hotel (the older looking building to the left of the train station) from the CN Tower.

A view of Toronto and Lake Ontario from the CN Tower.

Our dome car.

Vancouver