A long exposure from a VIA Rail dome car shortly after stopping at McBride. I was one of six people on this 2 car service to Prince George that day, a great passenger experience.
A view from my seat in the rear of dome-observation car “Strathcona Park” on VIA Rail No. 5 between Red Pass and Swiftwater, British Columbia, reveals the tallest mountain in the Canadian Rock... (more)
Passengers enjoy a refreshing view of the Canadian Rockies, as well as Canadian National’s main line, on VIA Rail No. 5 at Geikie, Alberta, on August 7, 2016. Once known as the “Skeena” Nos.... (more)
What could be every little boy’s dream is to ride in the front of a dome car and see the railroad in a view similar to the engineer. Surely desirable by a lot of adults too! Here, while riding V... (more)
While VIA train No. 5, the Skeena, is serviced on the station track at Jasper, Alberta, an eastbound Canadian National freight departs after a crew change in a cloud of smoke from trailing GE C44-... (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)
Westbound VIA train No. 5, the Skeena, skirts Moose Lake, British Columbia, at 1:50 p.m. on July 20, 2011.
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 "Rupert Rocket" departs Jasper, a nice "pocket" streamliner.
VIA Rail no. 6411 stands in a siding at Jasper with the stock of the No.5 service to Prince Rupert. The train was being serviced in between trips on this cloudy morning. The loco wears special Ope... (more)
VIA 6425 with train nr. 5 just minutes before starting its 721 miles/1160 kilometers from Jasper to Prince George and Prince Rupert.
The westbound Skeena.
The train is the The Skeena on the Fraser River Bridge at Prince George, BC. It's a big train in the summer. The river coming in from the left is the Nechako and from the right and to the below ... (more)
The Skeena is getting ready to head west for Prince Rupert
It's like a sleepover, for trains. Handheld with my favorite camera =)
