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I came across some photos from a trip on VIA's Ocean last March that has turned out to be my last train ride. And now a year on.....it's nice to reminisce!
I had some Preference Points to use (VIA's 'Frequent Flyer' Program) so I booked a trip to Montreal and then some Quebec and Corridor rides.
I arrived at VIA's Station in downtown Halifax in plenty of time for the 1pm departure of the westbound Ocean. Lunch was being served as we headed out of the city and since I had a late breakfast I was just going to have the Seafood Chowder but when they offered dessert I couldn't resist that Maple Cake!!
I spent a lazy afternoon in Revelstoke Park with complementary tea, coffee and snacks available in the Bullet Lounge. Up in the Dome some showers had changed to freezing rain that was now coating the front windows as we climbed up to the higher elevations above the Wentworth Valley......then on down to a meet with a CN Intermodal at Oxford Jct.....and along the tidal mud flats of the far upper reaches of the Bay of Fundy at the New Brunswick border (now closed to all but essential travel).
I had some Preference Points to use (VIA's 'Frequent Flyer' Program) so I booked a trip to Montreal and then some Quebec and Corridor rides.
I arrived at VIA's Station in downtown Halifax in plenty of time for the 1pm departure of the westbound Ocean. Lunch was being served as we headed out of the city and since I had a late breakfast I was just going to have the Seafood Chowder but when they offered dessert I couldn't resist that Maple Cake!!
I spent a lazy afternoon in Revelstoke Park with complementary tea, coffee and snacks available in the Bullet Lounge. Up in the Dome some showers had changed to freezing rain that was now coating the front windows as we climbed up to the higher elevations above the Wentworth Valley......then on down to a meet with a CN Intermodal at Oxford Jct.....and along the tidal mud flats of the far upper reaches of the Bay of Fundy at the New Brunswick border (now closed to all but essential travel).
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