Category: Trains

Due to Lakeshore East being closed, VIA Rail was diverting its trains along the Don Valley and then east to rejoin the regular route in Pickering. I checked out some of the trains in the valley and rode one of the diverted trains.

I had an opportunity to travel the full length of Amtrak’s Southwest Chief from Los Angeles to Chicago. The trip is a scheduled 43 hours (took me about 47 hours) over a reported 2,265-miles (3,645 km) across the US Southwest and Midwest.

On March 22, 2026, I rode VIA Rail through Georgetown and Milton to Aldershot on CN’s Halton Subdivision.

In February 2025, I travelled on The Canadian from Winnipeg to Toronto with my parents.

In May 2023, I rode Amtrak’s Maple Leaf from Toronto via Niagara and Buffalo to New York City. I stayed overnight in New York and then took Amtrak’s Adirondack from New York to Montreal.

VIA Rail operates its “Scenic Adventure Route” from Sudbury to White River. This train uniquely uses two or three “Budd” cars on an 8-hour schedule through northern Ontario.

On February 18, 2017, about a year after riding the Coast Starlight north from LA, I was back in LA heading south to work meetings in San Diego.

In February 2016, I was visiting Los Angeles and Palo Alto for work. While the rest of my group flew, I took the Coast Starlight from Los Angeles to San Jose.

In April 2014, I joined my dad for the trip of a lifetime, riding VIA Rail’s The Canadian along its entire route from Vancouver to Toronto.

In August 2006, I travelled around the world in 28 days via St. Petersburg, Moscow, Siberia, Mongolia, China and Vancouver.