VIA Rail train No. 1 curves into Swan Landing around Robertson’s Curve near Brule, Alberta, on the afternoon of July 13, 2014. Trailing the 21-car stainless steel streamliner is dome-observation... (more)

Surrounded by the mountains of Jasper National Park, VIA Rail train No. 1 passes Windy Point west of Devona, Alberta, on July 11, 2014. Carrying the markers on the 23-car stainless-steel streamlin... (more)

Budd-built dome-observation “Revelstoke Park” is on the rear of VIA Rail train No. 1 at English, Alberta, on July 14, 2013. A few more miles and the passengers will be enjoying and extended se... (more)

The last car of a 23-car train No. 1, VIA Rail’s “Canadian,” heads west at Henry House, Alberta, in scenic Jasper National Park on July 8, 2014. Dome-observation “Yoho Park,” built in 19... (more)

VIA Rail train No. 1, the westbound Canadian, flies through Henry House, Alberta, and meets eastbound Canadian National train No. 102 on July 19, 2013. Carrying the markers of the 21-car train is ... (more)

CB&Q California Zephyr dome-observation “Silver Solarium” rests on Track 5 at Denver Union Station on the night of October 15, 2014. This car is now operated by California Zephyr Railcar Chart... (more)

With Denver Union Station seemingly peeking into the trainshed, California Zephyr dome-observation “Silver Solarium” is seen on Track 5 on the warm Colorado night of October 15, 2014. This Bur... (more)

The colorful neon light tail sign of Chicago, Burlington and Quincy California Zephyr dome-observation “Silver Solarium” glows on the evening of October 15, 2014, at Denver, Colorado.

Gracefully curving around Robertson’s Curve at Swan Landing near Brule, Alberta, is VIA train No. 1, the westbound Canadian, on July 13, 2014. Trailing the 21-car train is dome-observation (and ... (more)

The rear dome windows of VIA Rail dome-observation “Banff Park” on the rear of train No. 2, the eastbound Canadian, gets a thorough washing on the platform during the station stop at Jasper, A... (more)

Passing milepost 8 on Canadian National’s Albreda Subdivision, VIA Rail’s train No. 5, the Skeena, has just departed Jasper and is approaching Geikie, Alberta, on July 11, 2014. The westbound ... (more)

Seemingly gliding through the sky: Following up the rear of VIA Rail’s train No. 2, the eastbound Canadian, are sleepers Rogers Manor and Dunsmuir Manor, with the 1954 Budd-built dome-observatio... (more)

Westbound VIA train No. 5, the Skeena, skirts Moose Lake, British Columbia, at 1:50 p.m. on July 20, 2011. The classy 5-car train has a Park-series dome observation car bringing up the markers.

The westbound “Canadian” has a green signal at Geikie, Alberta, on July 19, 2013. Bringing up the markers is dome-observation car “Banff Park” built by Budd for the Canadian Pacific in 195... (more)

VIA Rail’s “Canadian” is only minutes away from a service and rest stop at Jasper as the train passes through a rock cut at English, Alberta, on July 16, 2013. On the rear of train No. 1 tod... (more)