#252
Here are three passenger operations from the same day, all quite different. First up is Train #1, the iconic 'Canadian' operated by VIA Rail Canada. This long distance passenger train originated four days earlier in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, nearly three thousand miles away. The classic Budd-built, stainless-steel cars were originally delivered beginning in 1954. It was videoed a few miles east of its destination in Vancouver, BC, in the City of Burnaby at about MP146 on Canadian National's New Westminster subdivision.
Next up is Amtrak's Cascades Service, Train 510, which originated at Seattle, WA, USA's King Street Station a few hours ealier. It's now at south Brownsville, MP139 of BNSF's New Westminster subdivision, in the City of Surrey, BC. When the Talgo articulated trainset reaches its destination in Vancouver, BC., the train will have covered 156 miles.
Lastly is a tourist train, but one with a fairly long run by tourist train standards. It's Rocky Mountain Railtours Train #609, The Rocky Mountaineer. It originated in Kamloops, BC, earlier today. It's now 181 miles west at our video location near Matsqui, BC, at about MP89 of Canadian National's Yale subdivision. The consist is a mix of old and relatively new. The standard coaches started out as 'heavyweight' cars built by Canadian Car and Foundry in the mid- 1950's, while the extended domes were built by the Colorado Rail Car Company in the mid- 1990's. It, too, will terminate in Vancouver, BC, some 40 miles further west.