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All aboard for a short preview showcasing our trip on the ‘Erie Limited’ Steam Train from Buffalo to Corning, NY

The full-length version of this video is available on the YouTube channel link shown in my bio.
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February 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
hiawathapete.bsky.social
For those interested, North America By Rail is now on Instagram: www.instagram.com/northamerica...
Check out the short preview of my documentary on "The Canadian" - VIA Rail's Transcontinental passenger train - on my new Instagram channel at
www.instagram.com/reel/DFtp3XF...
​Hope you enjoy!
February 8, 2025 at 11:38 PM
hiawathapete.bsky.social
For those interested, North America By Rail is now on Instagram: www.instagram.com/northamerica...
Check out the short preview of my documentary on Amtrak's Chicago to San Francisco California Zephyr on my new Instagram channel at
www.instagram.com/reel/DF1DV_a...
Hope you enjoy!
February 8, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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torailwaymuseum.bsky.social
The 2,704-mile (4352 km) Toronto-Vancouver run took 68 hours, over 15 hours faster than the previous schedule of the "Dominion." By comparison, today’s @VIA_Rail version of the “Canadian” takes 95 hours to travel between the two cities. 3/3
Canadian Pacific Railway diesel locomotives Nos. 1424 and 1919 haul the first ever train No. 1, The Canadian, out of Montreal toward Ottawa and Sudbury on the first leg of its journey across Canada, on Sunday, April 24, 1955. Canadian Pacific Railway/Steve Morris collection.
January 6, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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sunalsorises.bsky.social
California Zephyr train 5 departing for its long journey westwards
An Amtrak train departs from Chicago Union Station
September 17, 2024 at 5:11 AM
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businessinsider.com
Step on board a newly upgraded Amtrak Superliner sleeper car on the California Zephyr and see inside a roomette I booked for a 15-hour journey.
I paid $400 for a roomette on a 15-hour Amtrak train. The 23-square-foot space was more comfortable than I expected.
Step on board a newly upgraded Amtrak Superliner sleeper car on the California Zephyr and see inside a roomette I booked for a 15-hour journey.
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January 18, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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torailwaymuseum.bsky.social
Jan 5, 1955: a CP test train leaves Montreal's Windsor Station with orders to run to Vancouver as safely and efficiently as possible. The test run was to determine an appropriate schedule for CP's new streamlined transcontinental passenger train, "The Canadian." 1/3
Canadian Pacific Railway FP7A diesel locomotive No. 1423, which led the test train across Canada in January 1955. Photograph by Walter E. Frost, City of Vancouver Archives.
January 6, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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torailwaymuseum.bsky.social
Perhaps most widely mourned were Trains 1/9 and 2/10, the last runs of the Montreal/Toronto-Vancouver "Canadian" over the CP route. There were many additional last runs throughout Canada. VIA Rail’s passenger system was effectively reduced by 50% on this day in 1990. 3/3
The tail-end of the last eastbound VIA Rail "Canadian" to run over the original Canadian Pacific Railway route, prior to its departure from Vancouver, BC, on January 14, 1990. Photo by Kazuo Tateishi. The last eastbound VIA Rail "Canadian" to run over the original Canadian Pacific Railway route rounds the famous Morant's Curve in the Rockies on January 15, 1990. Photo by John Carter.
January 15, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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peeete.bsky.social
VIA Rail's The Skeena, with 1-2 coaches plus a dome observation car, always tickles me.
Image of a VIA rail train on a long viaduct in BC. One FP40H pulls three stainless Budd cars. Two coaches and a dome observation.
December 4, 2024 at 5:36 PM
hiawathapete.bsky.social
Hello folks, it's Hiawatha Pete from NorthAmericaByRail.info
& author of many popular YouTube train travel videos

Here are a couple of my favorite trains, VIA Rail's Canadian and Amtrak's Empire Builder

Stay tuned for more posts and check out my YouTube channel at:
www.youtube.com/@hiawathapet...
February 7, 2025 at 1:01 PM