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@sean@scoat.es
2026-09-20 14:11:41

Home for the next 97 hours. Toronto to Vancouver. Excited to see the parts of #Canada I’ve only ever flown over.
#viarail #thecanadian #train

The exterior of VIA Rail train #1
Cabin for 1
Skyline dome car still inside Union Station
A view from the dome, with the rest of Train #1 curving ahead (behind; we’re reversing).
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca
2026-07-29 20:03:59

This is cool.
But a new train sitting on the siding for 4 hours to wait for a freight train when the entire journey is supposed to take 4 hours is the actual problem no one in government wants to solve.
VIA Rail remains a national embarrassment because of successive Liberal and Conservative policy. Now they’ll just be a national embarrassment with new rolling stock.
Oh and people can barely afford to take it across the country. It is mostly an embarrassing tourist fraud with spectacular views.
Ask me how I really feel. 😆 🚂
#viaRail #canpoli #cdnpoli #canada #transportation #tourism