I took a ride on Via Rail's Canadian!
I travelled 4,406 kilometers in 3 days, 19 hours. And it was wonderful...
This year, I'm riding the rails across Canada, from Halifax, NS, to Carcross, YT.
The full story in this week’s HIGH SPEED dispatch:
https://www.highspeed.blog/trans-continental-time-travel/
Taras Grescoe 🚇
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