A 22-car VIA Rail train 2, the eastbound “Canadian” curves past milepost 8 just east of Geikie, Alberta, in scenic Jasper National Park on July 17, 2013. Dome-observation “Revelstoke Park,” built in 1954 for Canadian Pacific, brings up the markers.

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VIA Rail’s train No. 2, the Canadian, rolls eastbound with 21 cars through Robertson’s Curve at Swan Landing, Alberta, on the afternoon of July 7, 2014. The spectacular Brule Range is softly reflected in the calm waters of Brule Lake.

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VIA Rail train 5, the “Skeena” zips through Geikie, Alberta, on September 18, 2002. Lone EMD F40PH-2 No. 6444 pulls the 5-car train westbound on Canadian National’s Albreda Subdivision over Yellowhead Pass.

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On a sunny September 27, 2015, a westbound Canadian Pacific potash train passes through the Skoonka Tunnels west of Spences Bridge, British Columbia. The unit train of Canpotex cars is led by GE ES44AC Nos. 9353 and 8888.

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With setting sun and cloud shadows emphasizing the “black” in Black Canyon, a Canadian National potash train rumbles along the Thompson River west of Ashcroft, British Columbia, on the afternoon of September 24, 2015. Five locomotives power the eastbound train that is about to cross the Thompson on a truss bridge and dive directly into a curved tunnel in the heart of this rugged canyon.

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