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The Canadian
A photo essay on Canada's Western transcontinental train, the 'Canadian', covering the Canadian Pacific, CP Rail & VIA Rail eras
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Photo ID: 536422

VIA train No. 2, The Canadian, rounds the curve at Swan Landing in late afternoon light with Brule Lake in the background. The train has just exited Jasper National Park and will make a station st... (more)

Railroad: VIA Rail
Locomotive: EMD F40PH
Location: Swan Landing, Alberta, Canada
Locomotive #: VIA 6407
Train ID: VIA 2
Photo Date: July 07, 2014


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By: Bill Edgar

Added: Jun 27, 2015

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Views: 8,418
Comments: 8

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Photo ID: 524876

Inside VIA Rail dome-observation “Banff Park” at the forward portion of the rear lounge is a stairway ascending to the dome. On the right is a small coffee bar, while under the dome and access... (more)

Railroad: VIA Rail
Locomotive: dome-observation
Location: Jasper, Alberta, Canada
Locomotive #: VIA 8703
Train ID: VIA 2
Photo Date: July, 2013


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By: Mike Danneman

Added: Mar 28, 2015

Views: 10,249
Comments: 0

Favorited: 36
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Photo ID: 524875

Below the dome of VIA Rail dome-observation “Banff Park” is this lounge area adjoining the cocktail bar. These "Park" series observation cars (each named after a Canadian park) built... (more)

Railroad: VIA Rail
Locomotive: dome-observation
Location: Jasper, Alberta, Canada
Locomotive #: VIA 8703
Train ID: VIA 2
Photo Date: July, 2013


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By: Mike Danneman

Added: Mar 28, 2015

Views: 7,374
Comments: 1

Favorited: 22
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Photo ID: 516169

VIA 6414-6419-6413-6434, train #1, with 27 cars, on the CNR at Coniston, ONT. 9/17/2002

Railroad: VIA Rail
Locomotive: EMD F40PH
Location: Coniston, Ontario, Canada
Locomotive #: VIA 6414
Train ID: 1
Photo Date: September 17, 2002


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By: Jack D. Kuiphoff

Added: Jan 26, 2015

Views: 2,592
Comments: 1

Favorited: 14
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Photo ID: 513033

VIA Rail train No. 2, the Canadian, cruises along the shore of Moose Lake, British Columbia, on July 17, 2013.

Railroad: VIA Rail
Locomotive: F40PH-3
Location: Moose Lake, British Columbia, Canada
Locomotive #: VIA 6432
Train ID: VIA 2
Photo Date: July 17, 2013


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By: Mike Danneman

Added: Jan 04, 2015

Views: 3,203
Comments: 0

Favorited: 13


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Photo ID: 501821

Arriving at Jasper East, Alberta, on Canadian National’s Edson Subdivision is VIA Rail’s westbound Canadian led by EMD F40PH-3 No. 6439 on July 8, 2014. Train No. 1 is only moments from a leng... (more)

Railroad: VIA Rail
Locomotive: EMD F40PH-3
Location: Jasper, Alberta, Canada
Locomotive #: VIA 6439
Train ID: VIA 1
Photo Date: July 08, 2014


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By: Mike Danneman

Added: Oct 12, 2014

Views: 3,235
Comments: 1

Favorited: 23
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Photo ID: 501819

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)

Railroad: VIA Rail
Locomotive: Dome-observation
Location: Jasper, Alberta, Canada
Locomotive #: VIA 8703
Train ID: VIA 2
Photo Date: July 13, 2013


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By: Mike Danneman

Added: Oct 12, 2014

Views: 4,001
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Favorited: 10
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Photo ID: 497945

VIA's westbound Canadian speeds towards Jasper at 60mph along the shores of Jasper Lake.

Railroad: VIA Rail
Locomotive: EMD F40PH-3
Location: Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada
Locomotive #: VIA 6437
Train ID: CN P00131 09
Photo Date: August 12, 2014


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By: Tim Stevens

Added: Sep 14, 2014

Views: 3,210
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Favorited: 21
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Photo ID: 494317

VIA 6459 leads VIA No. 1, the Canadian, along Jasper Lake at Windy Point en route to Japser, AB.

Railroad: VIA Rail
Locomotive: EMD F40PH
Location: Snaring, Alberta, Canada
Locomotive #: VIA 6459
Train ID: VIA 1
Photo Date: July 11, 2014


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By: Bill Edgar

Added: Aug 19, 2014

Views: 4,243
Comments: 1

Favorited: 28
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Photo ID: 493514

The Montreal section of Canadian Pacific's Canadian, led by FP7 #1432 at Westmount station in March 1965 bound for Ottawa, and will be combined with the Toronto section at Sudbury, Ontario for ... (more)

Railroad: Canadian Pacific Railway
Locomotive: EMD FP7
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Locomotive #: CP 1432
Train ID: The Canadian
Photo Date: March 20, 1965


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By: Roger Lalonde

Added: Aug 12, 2014

Views: 4,773
Comments: 1

Favorited: 19


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Photo ID: 488136

The CANADIAN sits in Calgary prior to departing for Banff and the west. A GP9 has been cut in behind the A-B F units for the climb through the Rockies.

Railroad: Canadian Pacific Railway
Locomotive: GMD FP7
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Locomotive #: CP 1404
Train ID: CP 1
Photo Date: August 11, 1977


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By: Bob Krone

Added: Jul 04, 2014

Views: 7,359
Comments: 1

Favorited: 34
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Photo ID: 472127

VIA’s westbound Train 1 with candy stripe FP-9 1407 leading has just exited CP’s 5-mile long Connaught Tunnel at Glacier, B.C. on Aug. 12, 1981 (the day before the above two photos of Train 1... (more)

Railroad: Canadian Pacific Railway
Locomotive: EMD FP9
Location: Glacier, British Columbia, Canada
Locomotive #: CP 1407
Train ID: VIA 1
Photo Date: August 12, 1981


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By: Steve Patterson

Added: Mar 02, 2014

Views: 5,131
Comments: 3

Favorited: 26
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Photo ID: 472123

VIA’s westbound Train 1 “Canadian” with 11 cars passes Stephen, B.C. and is about to leap off Kicking Horse Pass on fateful Oct. 4, 1989. That was the day the Canadian Government announced ... (more)

Railroad: VIA Rail
Locomotive: EMD FP7
Location: Stephen, British Columbia, Canada
Locomotive #: VIA 6425
Train ID: VIA 1
Photo Date: October 04, 1989


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By: Steve Patterson

Added: Mar 02, 2014

Views: 4,844
Comments: 1

Favorited: 20
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Photo ID: 472121

VIA’s eastbound Train 2 crosses Canadian Pacific’s famous Stoney Creek arch bridge on its descent off Rogers Pass on Aug. 11, 1981. The steel bridge replaced a wooden trestle in 1893 and and ... (more)

Railroad: VIA Rail
Locomotive: EMD FP7
Location: Stoney Creek, British Columbia, Canada
Locomotive #: Unknown
Train ID: VIA 2
Photo Date: August 11, 1981


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By: Steve Patterson

Added: Mar 02, 2014

Views: 10,744
Comments: 5

Favorited: 53
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Photo ID: 468901

With only 10 cars and two F units (1418-1409), Canadian Pacific's Train 2, "Canadian" is eastbound at Leanchoil, headed for a crew change at Field, B.C., 17 miles ahead, on June 15, 1975.

Railroad: Canadian Pacific Railway
Locomotive: EMD FP7
Location: Leanchoil, British Columbia, Canada
Locomotive #: CP 1418
Train ID: CP 2
Photo Date: June 15, 1975


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By: Steve Patterson

Added: Feb 04, 2014

Views: 4,948
Comments: 1

Favorited: 19
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