VIA Rail The Canadian | Vancouver to Banff… The Lost Route

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Trav

Trav

Күн бұрын

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@gdijkema
@gdijkema Жыл бұрын
Trav when your hockey career inevitably comes to an end, I think you've still got a future on KZbin catering to train nerds. Excellent video!
@trav4oilers
@trav4oilers Жыл бұрын
I was thinking the same, but maybe something more for travel focused
@lethalpeaches5431
@lethalpeaches5431 Жыл бұрын
I love this series that you have started about rail…a series like this overseas or even just NA would be cool
@gr-612a9
@gr-612a9 Жыл бұрын
I’ve travelled the current CN route from Toronto to Vancouver, as well as the CP route from Portage La Prairie to Vancouver. The CP route is more scenic by far, it is more in the mountains, where as the CN mountain route is more in a valley. I believe the CN route was chosen, because at the time CN was a Crown corporation, where as CP was private, and probably harder for Via to deal with. The CN route also provides transportation to Northern Ontario vs the CP route which is better served by highways. The equipment was improved in the early 90s, with a new electrical system, electric heat which replaced steam heat which was unreliable, and a high maintenance issue.
@trav4oilers
@trav4oilers Жыл бұрын
It made sense in some elements but if you dont have a vehicle, you're screwed. Thanks for watching the video man :)
@RossJohnsonVIA1
@RossJohnsonVIA1 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the shoutout and yes I’m doing my 137th trip next week on the Canadian
@trav4oilers
@trav4oilers Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the ticket and can't wait to hear about your record setting trip!
@RossJohnsonVIA1
@RossJohnsonVIA1 Жыл бұрын
@@trav4oilers this is not it I broke the record back ion 2019 when did my 100th and met the past president in person which I always wanted to do
@suddenlysolo2170
@suddenlysolo2170 8 ай бұрын
I rode the Canadian on the Banff route from Vancouver to Calgary in 1986. I'm hoping to take it from Edmonton to Toronto over Christmas this year.
@trav4oilers
@trav4oilers 8 ай бұрын
I'm jealous. What a beautiful time for rail travel!
@mikemiskiman4743
@mikemiskiman4743 Жыл бұрын
I’m old enough and lucky enough to have travelled many times on the original Canadian , but believe we are so lucky to still have this beautiful train The stainless steel beauty will be gone someday ,I will remember with fondness every ri de I got to take .booked again for September can’t wait
@trav4oilers
@trav4oilers Жыл бұрын
Hope it can stay in service as long as possible . What a beauty she is. Thanks for watching mike!
@jaedynnewton3628
@jaedynnewton3628 Жыл бұрын
i literally discovered the train yesterday and had tons of questions, i wake up and trav answers them, classic
@trav4oilers
@trav4oilers Жыл бұрын
Wow! Well welcome back to the channel and I hope this video answered all of them :)
@tysonwildeboer42
@tysonwildeboer42 Жыл бұрын
Trav my man you look great and the vids are not disappointing one bit honesty love you man
@trav4oilers
@trav4oilers Жыл бұрын
I know it's not the hockey videos you come for but thank you for watching :)
@UnchartedDetours
@UnchartedDetours Ай бұрын
Going for the Canadian journey for the first time starting Vancouver in a month! Your video is amazing!
@rossmontreal4570
@rossmontreal4570 Жыл бұрын
Great job Trav hope you getting healthy and ready for the season. Mr Johnson thanks for giving Trav the chance for him to show us this. 💚💚💚🇨🇦
@trav4oilers
@trav4oilers Жыл бұрын
Another Ross! Thanks for the love brother!
@brianaikens7282
@brianaikens7282 Жыл бұрын
Some good stories and memories there. I worked on the Canadian in the late 70's in the summers and winters while going to school. Thanks for the flashback.
@trav4oilers
@trav4oilers Жыл бұрын
What was it like?
@brianaikens7282
@brianaikens7282 Жыл бұрын
@@trav4oilers It was a learning experience for sure. Meeting and looking after people from around the world. Finding out about the culture of being a porter....there were certainly some characters that had been working the rails for decades. Working with little sleep, as I recall we only got one 4 hour break between Van and Winnipeg (the western crew terminus)...then I think it was 18hrs off before we headed back to Van.
@barberjeff67
@barberjeff67 Жыл бұрын
Great memories for me. My grandparents took my brother and I from Montréal to Vancouver, then back to Montréal in the early 80s. I did go with them to Lake Louise before this trip. I remember one of the cars we were on was Sibley Park. The food was amazing! I never liked vegetable soup until I had it on the train! As for coffee, Kicking Horse coffee, Three sisters blend is my favorite! I was enjoying a cup while watching this! I hope to ride again! Thanks for a great video!
@trav4oilers
@trav4oilers 8 ай бұрын
Kicking horse is amazing coffee! I'm jealous. What an amazing journey that must have been
@northstarnick8366
@northstarnick8366 Жыл бұрын
Great vid! Being a neighbor from Minnesota, I really enjoy stuff on Canadian history since we don’t get too much in the states on it. A train trip in Canada is on my bucket list. The train ride from Thompson Manitoba to Churchill to see the polar bears is a dream trip for me. Hopefully I’ll get around to doing it some day!
@trav4oilers
@trav4oilers Жыл бұрын
Hope you do too! let me know if you do :)
@Matfast32
@Matfast32 Жыл бұрын
Happy you got a free pass on The Canadian, thank you for letting us know more and more about it. The food definitely looked great, gonna have to try it ! Take care bud.
@trav4oilers
@trav4oilers Жыл бұрын
The food is in another world!
@Goalier95
@Goalier95 Жыл бұрын
Awesome video and history of The Canadian Trav! You should do more travel videos of Canada - super informative and just a beautiful country!
@trav4oilers
@trav4oilers Жыл бұрын
I'm gonna do one on halifax to Montreal this summer and a full 7 days by Train across canada video! thanks for watching brother :)
@jaygatz4335
@jaygatz4335 8 ай бұрын
I took the original CP Canadian between Ottawa and Vancouver (via Calgary) in 1959. In those days, the train joined up with the Montreal section in Sudbury. I took it again in 2017 (Vancouver to Toronto via Edmonton). I agree that the sleeping compartment (over the wheels) was quite noisy.
@trav4oilers
@trav4oilers 8 ай бұрын
OH that must have been amazing. There were no showers on the train?
@jaygatz4335
@jaygatz4335 8 ай бұрын
@@trav4oilers You're right: no showers in 1959, and the toilet flushed directly onto the tracks!
@trav4oilers
@trav4oilers 8 ай бұрын
@@jaygatz4335 that’s awesome
@brianmcleod3691
@brianmcleod3691 Ай бұрын
I have done the CP route 8 times. There is nothing like it the world. the scenery was awsome.
@roninsilva4434
@roninsilva4434 Жыл бұрын
Love watching this video. Learned a lot. Once you retire you should become a Chef on the Canadian rail.
@trav4oilers
@trav4oilers Жыл бұрын
Or maybe a full time travel vlogger :)
@ScotMatheson
@ScotMatheson Жыл бұрын
Outstanding Travis. Well done. Thank you
@trav4oilers
@trav4oilers Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the kind words scot and thank you for your service on VIA :)
@rivenlikemakar
@rivenlikemakar Жыл бұрын
as someone who has never been to Canada i actually really enjoyed this video! Excited for the next bro
@trav4oilers
@trav4oilers Жыл бұрын
Thats awesome, the train is an incredible experience if you come to canada. thank you for watching :)
@rivenlikemakar
@rivenlikemakar Жыл бұрын
@@trav4oilers Hell yeah man! Also been loving the hockey cards you sent, gave my dad a set as well. Much love brother!
@debbee18
@debbee18 Жыл бұрын
Incredible! Seems lucky is your middle name too getting to do that for free. Just added that train trip to my bucket list. You must try the train from Milan, Italy to Geneva, Switzerland and hopefully arrive in Geneva as the sun sets over Lake Geneva like I did in 2013.
@trav4oilers
@trav4oilers Жыл бұрын
I'd love to try all the eoprean trains
@lilithnox1
@lilithnox1 Жыл бұрын
Came here for hockey, left with plans to ride The Canadian rail. I love rail travel for a scenic, relaxing, slow paced adventure.
@trav4oilers
@trav4oilers Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching my friend, i hope your experience is as amazing as mine was :)
@dumpster_bear_goalie
@dumpster_bear_goalie Жыл бұрын
Love those Chilliwack / Abbotsford shots and Valemount is one of the best spots on earth!
@trav4oilers
@trav4oilers Жыл бұрын
Never been to valemont but considering the scenary around it, I could see why. The Chilliwack parts are awesome!
@TheGoGoGamble
@TheGoGoGamble Жыл бұрын
Crazy you passed through Jasper with clear blue skies! Always been cloudy when I've visited!
@trav4oilers
@trav4oilers Жыл бұрын
I had my return trip with the same weather. It was crazy!
@joedauginas84
@joedauginas84 Жыл бұрын
a wonderfully narrated journey, thanks Trav.
@trav4oilers
@trav4oilers Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching Joe :) appreciate the kind words
@jwcross99
@jwcross99 Жыл бұрын
Well shot video; great scenery and the food looked amazing 👌🏼
@trav4oilers
@trav4oilers Жыл бұрын
The scenary and food does not get any better :)
@he11ange1
@he11ange1 11 ай бұрын
One question I have searched for an answer to without success is how many kilometers shorter is the CP line than the CN line. Obviously I'm speaking only for Toronto-Vancouver (not Montréal-vancouver).
@trav4oilers
@trav4oilers 11 ай бұрын
I couldnt tell you but it's def shorter!
@JuanSanchezGuerra
@JuanSanchezGuerra Жыл бұрын
The riding near Jasper and Evansburg was represented by the incredibly powerful Joe Clarke. He said that his constituents would take any service they got, whereas the MP for Calgary publicly stated that he did not care if he never again saw the passenger train. Back in the 1960s/70s, the route through Jasper and Sioux Lookout was run by the Canadian National as the Super Continental and the Panorama. CN made a major effort to attract passengers through their Red White and Blue program, offering refurbished equipment with smart paint scheme, likely offering better service than the CP was on the Canadian in those days, which only kept diners and sleepers due to a government mandate. kzbin.info/www/bejne/p2Kkaa1qaLGdsMk
@trav4oilers
@trav4oilers Жыл бұрын
Amazing video. Thanks for sharing it Juan :) Its a shame, wish they would have kept it
@JuanSanchezGuerra
@JuanSanchezGuerra Жыл бұрын
@@trav4oilers What's more is that it worked. It attracted loads of off-season passengers and made the trains worth riding again. CN even toyed with buying Budd Hi-Level cars, but Ottawa bureaucrats killed that idea and effective rail passenger transportation.
@TheJhn924
@TheJhn924 8 ай бұрын
The cars may be 70 years old but the wheels and suspensions are changed out regularly... steel wheels grinding along steel track is just the normal sound of rail travel.
@trav4oilers
@trav4oilers 8 ай бұрын
So there is no way to make it quiet?
@murraymaxwell637
@murraymaxwell637 Жыл бұрын
I would like to give you a correction for your statement. That picture of the Canadian on our Canadian $10 bill was actually taken in June of 2010. Just west of Jasper. . When the picture was taken. I was actually aboard that train
@trav4oilers
@trav4oilers Жыл бұрын
I stand corrected then! Thank you for watching the full video Murray :)
@merc340sr
@merc340sr Жыл бұрын
Lucky guy! Your enthousiasm is contagious! I wish they would restore the Thunder Bay Ontario to Sudbury Ontario CP line. Great views on the north shore of Lake Superior. Cliffs, tunnels, sunsets...
@trav4oilers
@trav4oilers Жыл бұрын
I wish they could too cause I'd do it! thanks for watching brotehr
@dr.donchristie7093
@dr.donchristie7093 Жыл бұрын
Not only to Sudbury, merc, but eastward to North Bay, Mattawa, Deep River, Pembroke, Ottawa, and Montreal, then farther east across Maine and on to New Brunswick! They took up the tracks on much of the Ottawa Valley portion and really downgraded the route east of Montreal. Lac Megantic catastrophe, anyone?
@merc340sr
@merc340sr Жыл бұрын
@@dr.donchristie7093 Yup. Mattawa, Deep River Pembroke train tracks have all been removed. What a shame...
@davidlisowski5245
@davidlisowski5245 Жыл бұрын
Nice video. I’ve heard the theory before about the politicians wanting the train on their route but I’ve also heard a theory that they moved it to the less populated route so that lower passenger numbers might lead them to cancel the train altogether and save money.
@trav4oilers
@trav4oilers Жыл бұрын
I've heard both theories and they may in fact be onto something! Thanks for watching David, hope you enjoy my other via rail videos too!
@davidjames38589
@davidjames38589 Жыл бұрын
Part of it was that the CN route had sections that were essential service. I've also heard that the owners of Rocky Mountaineer (also originally a VIA operation) were donors to the Muloney government - so when they bought it off VIA they didn't want any competition on the best route.
@JuanSanchezGuerra
@JuanSanchezGuerra Жыл бұрын
@@davidjames38589 Yes! Despite a VIA report stating that nearly no through-traffic existed on the Capreol-Hornepayne-Sioux Lookout-Winnipeg line, it was folded into the transcontinental to avoid even bigger loser trains such as the ones that rumble through northern Quebec.
@JuanSanchezGuerra
@JuanSanchezGuerra Жыл бұрын
Politicians on the CN line actually cared about the train and had high sway, unlike their contemporaries from Calgary. At the time the cuts were announced, the HEP-1 program was put into place. It is a classic case of nobody knowing how the hell to run passenger trains.
@shanielcabral
@shanielcabral Жыл бұрын
Unreal scenes, some of them look like painting
@trav4oilers
@trav4oilers Жыл бұрын
It's literally out of a painting
@edgdeslauriers2315
@edgdeslauriers2315 Жыл бұрын
Hey Trav wassup with Levi being 6ft 😂 I thaught that nobody wanted a goalie under 6ft2
@trav4oilers
@trav4oilers Жыл бұрын
What about the other 60 goalies in the league?
@robmausser
@robmausser Жыл бұрын
The real reason that The Canadian was moved north on the Edmonton route is because CN railways owns those rails, not CP. In 1990 CN was a government owned railway, and CP wanted a ton of money to continue running the Via Rail Canadian on their tracks. It made sense to move a government run train to government tracks, even if it was far less popular it saved money in the long run. Ironically 5 years later CN itself would be sold off and privatized anyways, but CP has since become very wary of running passenger trains on their tracks.
@trav4oilers
@trav4oilers Жыл бұрын
Its all a gongshow. Wish the southern route would come back :(
@roger1818
@roger1818 11 ай бұрын
Agreed. There is a second reason though. By using the the northern route, it is able to support the Skeena in Jasper, swapping in and out equipment as it needs maintenance, which is done in Vancouver. If the Canadian didn’t go to Jasper, they would have to pay CN to transport it south, at least as far as Kamloops, where the two lines converge
@zachnzilla1846
@zachnzilla1846 Жыл бұрын
when is the warrior g6 video coming out bro?
@trav4oilers
@trav4oilers Жыл бұрын
prob end of the month, gear should arrive today!
@PeterNGloor
@PeterNGloor Жыл бұрын
high quality movie!! And it is right - the loss of passenger service along the CPR route is a disaster. Only in Canada passenger rail is treated in such a lousy way.
@trav4oilers
@trav4oilers Жыл бұрын
I agree. Canada has to have some of the worst overall passenger service on earth. WOuld be nice to fix it
@mgrizz2386
@mgrizz2386 Жыл бұрын
I've been travelling the train since the 60s. CP passenger trains and CN passenger trains, then VIA. I love them all but I do miss the additional stops that CN and CP had , along with having more support crew on the trains. Back then, those were awesome times, the service was impeccable and the passenger trains had the right of way over freight. The bar cars were where smokers would sit. They definitely weren't as crazy expensive as they are now. And the bullet car back then was not on a restricted class schedule. I also miss the dayliner that ran between Calgary and Edmonton from the CP station in Edmonton. I wish they would bring that back but let it run Edmonton, Calgary, Banff. Train travel is definitely not as it use to be, sadly.
@trav4oilers
@trav4oilers Жыл бұрын
I kinda like the idea of the smell of cigaretees in the bar car. Maybe I'm odd haha I wish they would bring it all back!
@mgrizz2386
@mgrizz2386 Жыл бұрын
And before the restricted smoking in the bar car, you could smoke anywhere.
@michaelbruchas6663
@michaelbruchas6663 4 ай бұрын
That Chemex rig would never be allowed on Amtrak. Kinda weird to see it on a VIA train, though…
@trav4oilers
@trav4oilers 4 ай бұрын
I've done it multiple times and never had a problem once. Thanks for watching though, I'm in the middle of a series documenting the grand railway hotels of Canada on this channel. You should check it out, I'd love to hear what you think :)
@Dan-tx1ch
@Dan-tx1ch 10 ай бұрын
Why does it take 9+ hours for this train to travel from vancouver to kamloops? Is it travelling 30kmh
@trav4oilers
@trav4oilers 8 ай бұрын
It literally is, and stopping for freight
@Dan-tx1ch
@Dan-tx1ch 8 ай бұрын
Its a shame, I hope some decent rail transportation comes to western canada ​in the near future @@trav4oilers
@MrMitch5656
@MrMitch5656 Жыл бұрын
Awesome video Trav! you should definitely contact Mike Downie for a collab!
@trav4oilers
@trav4oilers Жыл бұрын
Met Mike a few times!
@93kronic
@93kronic Жыл бұрын
The Canadian Pacific Railway had the better Route. So much more beauty. Even in Ontario. Sad.
@trav4oilers
@trav4oilers Жыл бұрын
wish they would bring it back!
@robotgamerplaynow
@robotgamerplaynow Жыл бұрын
What food do you eat before games and exercise???
@trav4oilers
@trav4oilers Жыл бұрын
All depends, sometimes I fast, sometimes protein and carbs. It varies
@robotgamerplaynow
@robotgamerplaynow Жыл бұрын
Thank you it’s my 1 year as a goalie
@greencontroller9692
@greencontroller9692 Жыл бұрын
Why you don't play? Did you retire already? All the best Trav.
@trav4oilers
@trav4oilers Жыл бұрын
I had hip surgery in January. You havn't been following along?
@greencontroller9692
@greencontroller9692 Жыл бұрын
@@trav4oilers I have been following since 2021 or so, but haven't been following a lot for the last couple of months. Sorry to hear that. Hopefully you'll have a full recovery and come back stronger than ever.
@cliffwoodbury5319
@cliffwoodbury5319 4 ай бұрын
So whats the average speed of this service
@trav4oilers
@trav4oilers 4 ай бұрын
slow lol Thanks for watching though, I'm in the middle of a series documenting the grand railway hotels of Canada on this channel. You should check it out, I'd love to hear what you think :)
@cliffwoodbury5319
@cliffwoodbury5319 4 ай бұрын
@@trav4oilers I definently will - I have more railway channels than any others and becoming aware, and learning the history of these hotels would be cool as heck....
@bvilleD
@bvilleD Жыл бұрын
Clutch Ross support 👌🏽
@trav4oilers
@trav4oilers Жыл бұрын
Ross is the man!
@juststephanie6955
@juststephanie6955 Жыл бұрын
Wow! The food looks absolutely amazing! May have to through a cheesecake at you next season in Binghamton. Getting ready for playoffs, hoping for the best possible outcome💪. Took the train from Minnesota to Southern California. Was quite the trip and not as luxurious as your rail ride!
@trav4oilers
@trav4oilers Жыл бұрын
You took amtrak on which route?
@juststephanie6955
@juststephanie6955 Жыл бұрын
@@trav4oilers Minneapolis to LA. Wasn't a bad trip, went through Seattle too.
@TheHat--Man
@TheHat--Man Жыл бұрын
When you get injured but you have a YT channel
@trav4oilers
@trav4oilers Жыл бұрын
I had surgery bro
@place_desjardins
@place_desjardins Жыл бұрын
Nice video. Must have been nice to travel without all your goalie gear.
@trav4oilers
@trav4oilers Жыл бұрын
It's a good feeling to travel with gear again :)
@qjtvaddict
@qjtvaddict 5 ай бұрын
Hmmm?? The southern route??
@trav4oilers
@trav4oilers 5 ай бұрын
YES SIR!
@DavidSmith-vx4sx
@DavidSmith-vx4sx 3 ай бұрын
You need to do a lot more research. Eg Mount Robson is not even close to highest peak in North America. The Canadian does not traverse the Okanagan valley
@trav4oilers
@trav4oilers 3 ай бұрын
Hey dave thanks for the feedback, you're correct. Have you watched my other videos on the grand railway hotels?
@TheJc71693
@TheJc71693 Жыл бұрын
When you said dark side of Via Rail, I thought you would've mentioned the Chinese railway workers building most of the tracks and getting mistreated while getting paid hardly anything. I enjoy the video as I'm a rail fan too but I think you missed an important part of the Canadian railway history in this video.
@trav4oilers
@trav4oilers Жыл бұрын
Maybe I'm mistaken but I feel like most people know that? Maybe thats a history segment for another video
@DavidSmith-vx4sx
@DavidSmith-vx4sx 3 ай бұрын
You need to Dina lot more research. Eg Mount Robson is not even close to highest peak in North America. The Canadian does not traverse the Okanagan valley.. Union Station in Toronto was not a CP station. It’s was a UNION station ……
@trav4oilers
@trav4oilers 3 ай бұрын
@@DavidSmith-vx4sx did you at least enjoy the video? You should check out my series on the grand railway hotels I’m doing :)
@DavidSmith-vx4sx
@DavidSmith-vx4sx 3 ай бұрын
@@trav4oilers I love historical content like your hotel and Canadian videos - great quality video. I enjoy them but your historical accuracy could be greatly improved…
@adellis24
@adellis24 Жыл бұрын
Trav, if you’re interested in making more Train based content I’d suggest reaching out to fellow Vancouverite Michael Downie to collab with.
@trav4oilers
@trav4oilers Жыл бұрын
Just bumped into Mike in person maybe 2 weeks ago on the seawall!
@trav4oilers
@trav4oilers Жыл бұрын
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@randomuncreditedquotes3609
@randomuncreditedquotes3609 Жыл бұрын
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