Near collision between two trains - GIF

**nova_robotics** · Sep 11, 2023, 07:48 PM

VIA Rail. That checks out.

**BuffaloJohn** · Sep 11, 2023, 09:30 PM

That's Canadian...

**NeiljohnUK** · Sep 12, 2023, 08:24 AM

Originally Posted by BuffaloJohn

That's Canadian...

That fills me with confidence, due to travel across Canadistan West to East by train this month...

**NeiljohnUK** · Oct 10, 2023, 06:56 AM

Originally Posted by NeiljohnUK

That fills me with confidence, due to travel across Canadistan West to East by train this month...

Well we made it, 2 days on the Rocky Mountaineer, 4 on the 'Canadian'. Interestingly when the national control centre in Edmonton had a problem the WHOLE of Canada's national rail system emergency stopped, we were in the middle of BFK at the time. As for Via Rail's 'Canadian', the trains are showing their age, and being sealed window recirc air only several unwell (covid?)passengers made almost the whole train sick...

**nova_robotics** · Oct 10, 2023, 08:26 AM

Originally Posted by NeiljohnUK

Well we made it, 2 days on the Rocky Mountaineer, 4 on the 'Canadian'. Interestingly when the national control centre in Edmonton had a problem the WHOLE of Canada's national rail system emergency stopped, we were in the middle of BFK at the time. As for Via Rail's 'Canadian', the trains are showing their age, and being sealed window recirc air only several unwell (covid?)passengers made almost the whole train sick...

Sounds like a nightmare. Isn't it super expensive as well?

**NeiljohnUK** · Oct 10, 2023, 09:30 AM

Originally Posted by nova_robotics

Sounds like a nightmare. Isn't it super expensive as well?

As we went 'silver' not too bad as a once in a lifetime trip, 'gold' was almost twice the price, we budgeted £10,000 each for the whole trip, flights premium economy, car hire and dinners. One retired Dr and his wife with our group went full gold and business flights, cost them double what we paid!

**nova_robotics** · Oct 10, 2023, 02:52 PM

Originally Posted by NeiljohnUK

As we went 'silver' not too bad as a once in a lifetime trip, 'gold' was almost twice the price, we budgeted £10,000 each for the whole trip, flights premium economy, car hire and dinners. One retired Dr and his wife with our group went full gold and business flights, cost them double what we paid!

I'd like to do it some time in my life. Every time I priced out a train ticket it's been like 3-5x the cost of a plane ticket.