Via Rail Panoramic Dome car No. 1722 curves through English, Alberta, in the consist of train No. 1, the westbound Canadian, on July 14, 2013. Built by Colorado Railcar for the Florida Fun Train in 2000, the three cars, (now VIA Nos. 1720-1722) where not even completed when this operation shut down. Constructed on the center sills of former VIA/CN baggage cars, the cars were finished for service on BC Rail’s Whistler Northwind excursion train in 2000. When this train was discontinued, the cars were bought by VIA Rail. Originally, they saw use on the Skeena, but are now used on the Canadian between Vancouver and Edmonton. With 6 ft. by 6.5 ft. windows, these cars are also known as “Ultra Domes,” with VIA reserving the glass-domed coaches for touring class passengers.

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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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Surrounded by the mountains of Jasper National Park, VIA Rail train No. 1 passes Windy Point west of Devona, Alberta, on July 11, 2014. Carrying the markers on the 23-car stainless-steel streamliner is dome-observation “Revelstoke Park.” The train is skirting Jasper Lake and will soon be cooling its heals at a station and service stop in Jasper.

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VIA train No. 2 rushes by a hour early at 2:00 p.m. at Moose Lake, British Columbia, on July 20, 2011.

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