About to finish its overnight run from coastal Prince Rupert to Jasper, VIA's Train 10, "Skeena," with one F unit and a steam heater car meets a westbound CN train load of raw sulphur at Geikie, Alta. On July 13, 1978, the Fireweed was in bloom.
What did passenger trains look like before Amtrak in America, and Via Rail in Canada? Find out in this album with 2,700+ Historical Photos from early passenger trains of North America from the 1900's up until the early years of Government passenger trains