I'm a long time train fan. One of my first jobs was with the CPR where I learned to hop freights to go home on weekends. It was okay with the company at the time, though I did use this skill? to travel from White River to Winnipeg when hitchhiking failed me.
I took the trip from Edmonton to Vancouver (paid this time) and it's a great trip and a lot more comfortable. One time after working in N. Manitoba I took one of the last passenger trains from Winnipeg to Calgary instead of flying as I knew it's days were numbered. Great way to travel.
There were a lot of protests when they stopped the southern route through Calgary as it's the best and most scenic route but Edmonton won the political battle, and the owners of the Rocky Mountaineer cashed in on political favours.
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