 Poster: A snowHead
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The trusty snowtrains from London, Calais, Paris ... and elsewhere ... have exciting destinations.
But the snowtrain talked about in this article by Cathy Smith - just posted on The Guardian's travel section - is the legendary 'transcontinental' Canadian Pacific Railway, completed in 1885.
It runs for 2700 miles from Toronto to Vancouver, and is very snowy in winter!
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An hour out of Toronto and we are in rural Ontario, riding alongside forests of silver birch so white they appeared to have been formed by the snow itself. And they seemed to go on forever. The landscape became more deeply forested and isolated - beautiful in its chilly whiteness.
The dining car is where you meet your fellow travellers. Surrounded by fresh table linen, art deco wall lights, and friendly staff, we sat down to a choice of Fresh Pickerel from Icy Manitoba Waters or Loin of Ontario Lamb. There was something surreal about this, when all that separated us from a snow-covered empty land was a thin layer of steel. |
Can anyone else share any memories of travelling on the Canadian Pacific?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Sounds Wonderful.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Does it still run, and how long does it take?
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Travelled from Vancouver to Banff in the late 80s when CP still ran the route as a passenge rail service (its now a tourist only line - Main passenge service still goes through Jasper IIRC not too bad) Nice winding up the Kicking Horse river & a fine way to get to the mounatins.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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We looked at doing it last year but decided it was really too expensive (Vancouver to Jasper), especially when you factored in that a good bit of the journey was made in the dead of night.....
Adam
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I've always fancied the Glacier Express, perhaps breaking up a two centre trip?
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