The Ocean 🇨🇦 VIA Rail, Halifax to Montreal

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A once in a lifetime trip aboard the Ocean - the oldest named passenger train still running in North America. This train is one of the most popular tourist routes in the world, and is usually very busy, but thanks to sheer chance, I took this train in between a service suspension due to line blockades and the COVID-19 crisis hitting Canada, so the train was practically empty, with no more than 30-40 passengers in the sleepers. So, enjoy, as I had the bullet lounge and the observation deck in the Assiniboine Park Car all to myself on this 800+ mile, 22 hour journey across Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Quebec from Halifax to Montreal!
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@Paul_Lucas 3 года назад

Thanks so much for joining me on the Ocean - it's one of the most unique train journeys I've ever done and I was blessed to have pretty much the entire train to myself! If you enjoyed this, why not watch my: Amazing CrossCountry HST train trip in England! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-aA6MoteaJwU.html Follow me on Twitter: @paul_winginit ¦ twitter.com/paul_winginit Follow me on Instagram: paul_winginit ¦ instagram.com/paul_winginit My website: www.winginit.me

@rogertwance 3 года назад

I was a service manager for VIA Rail from 2007 to 2013. The "Ocean" used to be coupled up with the "Chaleur" from Montreal to Matapedia. The "Chaleur" would split in the morning in Matapedia and run up the Gaspé coast and team up back at night with the "Ocean". If you have any questions about VIA let me know. The " Chaleur" was my favourite train to work. In the summertime, the combined trains added up to 24 cars. Sometimes we had to stop five times in a station to let people on. In my day, we did not cross the Quebec bridge, the stop was Charny station. I remember one night, the snow was so high, we were hitting snow banks at the crossings that would shake the train and send snow flying onto the roof. I spent many nights in the dome. The best time was coming into Amqui around June 21st on the way up to Gaspé at around 4:30 am and seeing the sunrise. rogertwancetpt@gmail.com

@ServiusTheBear 3 года назад

I really liked this. It was good to see old rolling stock still being used from way back then.

@kevincallaghan3212 3 года назад

Thats where swiss air went down in 98 paul i think,?..

@chiruraju1306 3 года назад

🌏🌎🌍⛪

@MrSinghYYZ 3 года назад

The train didn’t stop at Campbellton?

@maestromecanico597 3 года назад

"There's nothing so civilised as a dining car..." Amen and amen. Good report.

@russbear31 3 года назад

@RoadhogTime13 Amtrak will probably restore service after Covid-19. Joe Biden is a rail buff himself, so Amtrak isn't going anywhere and he'll probably reverse Trump's budget cuts.

@daveyboy_ 3 года назад

BACK in tha day there used to be a bar car .

@PaulfromChicago 2 года назад

English breakfast with Yorkshire Gold in a dining car.....

@pauly_orangeman 3 года назад

Done the train ride, the Canadian, from Toronto to Vancouver in July 2017. It is one heck of the ride. The Ocean train line is going to be on my next bucket list.

@sandyjohnson4182 3 года назад

Born and grew up in Nova Scotia; in 1967 I left for work in Toronto, boarding the train in Truro at the old original sandstone station, which for some reason was later torn down and replaced by the present drab "warehouse", which is probably the dullest train station in Canada. In 2010 my wife and I took the train to Montreal and on to Truro to be there for my Mom's 90th birthday. My wife is no longer able to travel by air or by car for a long distance, but she enjoyed the trip on the train. I travel by any and all means available, but did find the train a relaxing way to go. I've taken day trips on the GO train, and on the train from Toronto to Montreal but the Ocean is the only overnight train I've ever traveled on and only those 2 times, 1967 and 2010. I believe it was less expensive than flying in 1967, but don't know for certain because the company who hired me paid the fare. Now It's more expensive than flying or driving, but it's leisurely and you feel well taken care of.

@Desmaad 3 года назад

The troubled history of the Quebec bridge is why all engineers in Canada wear a faceted iron ring: to remind them of their responsibilities.

@juliansmith4295 2 года назад

Very interesting piece of information. Thank you.

@mikefletcher2774 Год назад

The iron ring for Canadian engineers en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Ring

@businessbuilding1 3 года назад

As a Canadian, I am so happy you did this review. I have been planning to do this trip for a number of years! Great video and review. Just one correction - Canadians call it Vee Ah Rail rather that V.I.A rail. The parents of a number of my Italian friends used this route to start their new life in Canada after arriving by boat in Halifax.

@xtension85 3 года назад

Thank you for saying that. I came to say the same thing. It's just "Via Rail" not "V.I.A. Rail"

@AlanThomsonsim 3 года назад

The thing is the word via is pronounced differently so if he had said it the British way people would complain and if he said it the North American/Canadian way people would have complained I think he did the best he could

@average_joe8905 3 года назад

We also refer to it as Via Rail down here in the States.

@businessbuilding1 3 года назад

@@average_joe8905 I still remember when we used to have a North American Rail pass where we could use both Amtrak and Via within 30 days

@average_joe8905 3 года назад

@@businessbuilding1 I didn’t know they even had that, very interesting!

@SimplyRailway 2 года назад

I'm finally trying the Ocean in two weeks. I am so so excited. Your video helped a lot!

@jericho1961 3 года назад

Loved the video! I live in Halifax and have taken the Ocean a number of times when the entire fleet was still like the park car you enjoyed so much. My late husband worked the bar in that car for many years and I too enjoyed spending time up in the dome, especially late at night. We were super lucky to see the northern lights while travelling through northern New Brunswick once. The bulk of that fleet was moved out west and replaced by the Renaissance. It was considered a major downgrade comfort wise, especially for front coach passengers. Narrow plastic seats with thin padding just not really suited for 22 - 24 hour journeys.

@christalbot210 3 года назад

Indeed. I rode on VIA Rail between Toronto and Vancouver and all the cars were from the 50's. They were NICE! I then rode an Amtrak from Seattle to LA and then LA to New Orleans. 70's cars. Efficient, but not nearly as nice.

@wandaarnt234 3 года назад

jericho1961 sounds lovely

@ronclark9724 3 года назад

@@christalbot210 Amtrak would be wise to refurbish the Superliners better than they have. With the pandemic impacting their business, Amtrak is reducing their long distance sleeper trains to just three times a week. Only taking credit of having one train more per week than the Canadian or the Ocean in Canada... The days of daily service for long distance trains in North America appears to be over, gone with the wind...

@dougkendall6867 3 года назад

The Renaissance cars are showing both their age and that they were built for conditions in Britain and western Europe, not eastern Canada. On many cars, the exteriro body rust is evident.

@russellwyse1895 3 года назад

Great video. My dad was a porter for 25 year on that very train. Also my grandfather before him. This train as a warm place in my heart. Thanks

@AdamAuxier64 3 года назад

The Ocean got the Park Car added specifically for the backup movement into St. Foy (Quebec City) across the Quebec Bridge as it has an interior air brake dump valve for the crewman. For years the Quebec City stop was Charny, across the St. Lawrence River, VIA would shuttle passengers from QC across to Charny to catch the combined Ocean/Chaleur.

@dougkendall6867 3 года назад

Even further back, the Quebec City stop was in Levis; in 1987, I had dinner in the dining car with a view of the Chateau Frontenac during the Levis stop. I am guessing in that era any passengers from Quebec City would have come over the ferry to Levis.

@crockerbd 2 года назад

Yes - my very first trip on Via in the late 1980s, we stopped at Levis and took the ferry over to Quebec City to transfer to the ski hills at Mt Sainte Anne. The trains were also still steam heated back then.

@solace669 3 года назад

The "double-decker" trains that you saw are very common in NA. They are called intermodal trains and they carry shipping containers to their destinations. Sometimes they even carry them accross the country because it is cheaper than going through the Panama Canal. They are different from regular trains because the contents of the shipping containers are not handled by the train company at all. edit: I also forgot to mention that they can go for literally miles!

@Brettski_1234 3 года назад

We have them in Australia too (not my part due to tunnels though), they are a great sight

@mabamabam 3 года назад

Intermodal just means they carry containers. Because the containers themselves use different modes of transport. Containers and container trains aren't at all special. It would be more remarkable if the freight wasn't in containers. The double stack part is the special part. A lot of places can t run double stacks because they have tunnels and bridges built before double stacking was a thing or because they have electric infrastructure above the rails

@ZapFlashD 3 года назад

I only ever see double decker freight trains where I live. Between cars there are a few breaks but they're incredibly long! I think the longest one I've counted was 140 cars (nor including the locomotives).

@ronclark9724 3 года назад

The only main line without double deck container freight cars is Amtrak's northeast corridor...

@benlahrman4149 3 года назад

Double decker passenger cars work as well.

@crinkle2649 3 года назад

Snow is so pretty when you are inside all nice and toasty warm with a hot drink.

@Desmaad 3 года назад

Back in the '90s we used to take the train on this route to Montréal to visit family for Christmas. I still feel nostalgic for the Budd couchettes we used to travel in until rising costs forced us into coach class. Good times. Also, thanks for giving us the dates for those old cars. I always knew they were old, but never knew how old.

@HSMiyamoto 3 года назад

I'm glad to hear the Ocean is popular with foreign visitors. I'm sure it is also very valuable for local residents in their isolated and remote communities.

@patjenkins3402 3 года назад

A lack of crowds, chilly rooms, and snowy scenery-ideal for me...that's why I live in Montana. Great presentation-I just subscribed, Paul.

@thesmallerhalf1968 3 года назад

In 2002 I went by VIA from Vancouver to Winnipeg, Winnipeg to Churchill return and thence to Halifax, before returning to Montreal and Ottawa. A marvellous experience. The 1940's coaches on the Churchill leg, and the people I met were particularly memorable.

@pattimuse1 3 года назад

Thank you so much, Paul! Since the pandemic, like many, I suffer depression but since discovering your videos, I feel hope again! I love travelling and your realistic but also inspiring comments make me hopeful!

@johndornoff 3 года назад

A Brit comes to Canada to ride a train made up primarily of cars from Britain that were supposed to be used on a project from Britain that never happened. Another great video Paul I have never had the chance to ride trains in Canada yet but hope that I can if the service returns. Dome cars are just incredible and it's too bad they have become very rare. When it is that cold outside being on a warm train and not having to worry about driving is the best.

@hobog 3 года назад

British loading gauge is so small

@ronclark9724 3 года назад

While the Budd cars of the Canadian are approaching 70 years in age, the Ocean will be losing their British built Renaissance cars soon for Budd cars. These Renaissance cars have not fared well in the Canadian winters and are quickly reaching the end of their service lives while all of the Budd cars have been refurbished. Having said that these Budd cars will require replacing soon as well, although they are still in better shape than the much newer Renaissance cars. Appears after the pandemic the Canadian will not go to three trains per week during the summer months it has in the past. That rolling stock switching to the Ocean...

@paname514 3 года назад

@@ronclark9724 Via Rail never maintained the Renaissance carriages properly. They are modern high-tech coaches, not simple old tech 1950s technology. FFS the Renaissance coaches still have their original 1990s Nightstar livery, Via Rail NEVER repainted them. Eurostars built a few years earlier run every day in the extremely wet and salty, and warm - thermal shocks in winter with brutally melting ice - Channel Tunnel, and they are in better condition.

@lynncibelli3534 3 года назад

Best railroad commentary yet. Thanks.

@rogink 3 года назад

I guess they were built to run through the Channel tunnel in the early 90s. Of course the high speed line from London wasn't ready for another 10. It'll be another 10-15 years before we get HS2, and naturally that won't connect directly with HS1! So, probably good business sense to flog these carriages to Canada!

@catemackay1911 3 года назад

A great video. I used to ride this run from Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick (the stop before Moncton), in to Montreal on my way home for Christmas break. They offered student rates then for a berth, bottom or top which were 1/2 price. It was such a lovely relaxing trip home for Christmas right after exams. Then change trains for a ‘cattle car’ from Montreal to a Toronto - seated and crammed in - still wonderful. I am so glad you enjoyed it. The car at the end of the train has always been a stunning way to see Canada. My grandfather was a Canadian Pacific Railway engineer. He drove the very first engine into Atlantic Canada from Montreal in...1953. The run ended in Saint John, New Brunswick with a brass band and the Mayor waiting for him when the train arrived - so I am a train geek hereditarily. They are a magnificent part of our Canadian history. Thanks for coming to enjoy it.

@dougkendall6867 3 года назад

My son used the Ocean several times going to and from Mount Allison for 4 years. As we live in central New York state, we always needed to drive to Montreal as Amtrak and VIA Rail do not coordinate well if you want to connect from the Adirondack to the Ocean or vice versa. Still preferable to driving all the way through New England and New Brunswick! I hope it returns soon...

@gabrielmyre 3 года назад

I've been taking the AMT Passenger Trains for years, about an hour ride from home to work in Montreal. But now after seeing this I have to try this train on my next vacation. That's what I call a train ride.

@itorontoi 3 года назад

Consider that at that time of year Halifax is one of the few harbours on Canada's east coast that's ice free. The container ships are able to connect with the trains so running a lot of those made sense for the time of year.

@jarb504 3 года назад

So glad I stumbled on this video. I took this train in 2003 I think it was! And as a teenager, was oblivious to the history of it. So great to experience it again.

@strykercm 3 года назад

I laughed at the brakeman on the ground lighting up a smoke, that's a real railroad man.

@Desmaad 3 года назад

Now I'm reminded of my last long-distance train trip back in 2015. How I wish I could take the train again.

@meroplankton266 3 года назад

I've done part of this trip a few times and this made me nostalgic, thanks for sharing.

@22Patriotman 3 года назад

My friends call me crazy but this seems like the best option for a vacation relaxing and fun

@maggieWeir 3 года назад

Great video very relaxing and quiet could actually hear the sound of the train thank you Paul

@Oyvind1973 3 года назад

I took the Ocean Halifax-Montreal in January 2008 with my partner at the time - loved it. We then continued by train to Toronto and flew to Winnipeg. Love Canada, can't wait to return :-) Great trip report - as always.

@landb3893 3 года назад

I enjoyed every second of this. A few years ago we rode the Canadian from Vancouver to Toronto in the sleeper car. Best Experience! Was so sad when the trip was over.... I must say though that the food on the Canadian was exceptional! Not a cheap trip but I’d do it again in a heartbeat. Thanks again, we will do this trip in the future.

@trackstar1322 3 года назад

nice to see your trips again..

@heathertruskinger6214 3 года назад

Wow...looks amazing Such a beautiful old train. Lovely to see such a train still running 🧡

@janbarber7807 3 года назад

One of the best,Paul.Keep it up!And the sublime photography!

@TheFauve4ever 3 года назад

My husband and I did this trip and we absolutely loved it! I’m looking forward to do it again. We took the the whole 1st class experience. Sleeper cabin all the meals included in the dining room car. It was bliss. I will definitely go back again.

@DouglasEdward84 3 года назад

I really love the train excursion videos, feel like i can soak in more of your voyage and the locales you are visiting.

@senorsoupe 3 года назад

Interesting thing about the Quebec bridge is that new Engineering graduates in Canada are presented with an Iron ring, said to be from metal from the first Quebec bridge that collapsed, as a reminder of ethical duties of engineering

@Gameflyer001 3 года назад

They do get an iron ring upon graduation, but it is in fact a popular myth that steel from the first Quebec Bridge was used to forge the initial batch.

@neilgoodman2885 3 года назад

Very nice glad to hear about it!

@paname514 3 года назад

Are engineering graduates in Canada taught that maintenance is key? For example, painting the bridge before it rusts too much and collapses? Just saying

@chrisjiang5121 3 года назад

@@paname514 As a civil engineering graduate with an iron ring, I would say we were taught that regular maintenance, among many other things such as good design and practicality considerations, is of course important!

@TimWilson666 3 года назад

Thank you so much Paul. I did thiz journey (in reverse) with my girlfriend in 2016 and it was one of the most magnificent rail journeys we have ever done. It brings back such memories and I hope that we will be able to do other Via Rail journeys again in the future, once it is safe to do so.

@Byzantios1 3 года назад

My parents , like so many others, took that train ride to Montreal when they landed in Halifax from Europe.

@PaulIsAGamer 3 года назад

Wow, I really love these kind of journeys. Thank you very much for showing us, Paul.

@jamesrea329 3 года назад

This might be the best “I took an excursion on a train” video I’ve seen, and I’ve seen a lot of them. Bravo! 👏👏👏

@jamesstuart3346 3 года назад

Massive thanks for making this video in the winter -- probably our least appealing season. Still a fantastic ride!

@williamchristian8389 3 года назад

Paul I like this segment so much I have to watch it again. Keep up the Fantastic Work!!!

@theglobalpeasant 3 года назад

taking the train during winter adds to the experience! Quite the historic route.

@jamessmith6402 3 года назад

Brilliant video you could almost feel the cold definitely one of your best 👍thanks Paul

@yourtravelswithbruce 3 года назад

One of your best videos LOVED IT.

@andersarre4949 3 года назад

Another great and informative video trip by Paul. Thank you!

@dragonfly8080808 3 года назад

Great episode Paul, in these sad and dark times it's good to see a n interesting journey full of history and interesting facts, thanks for sharing Paul D U.K.

@WhoIsBillBrine 3 года назад

Great video! I've travelled this route many times since 1978 and loved every minute of it. Your video brought back some great memories to me.

@MemeReviewer 3 года назад

I have been watching your videos for a while now, and I can say that they are very relaxing to watch.

@texleeger8973 3 года назад

Alas, being 70 and with COVID lurking for probably years to come, I will likely not ever again experience the mystique of travel (or any travel) by rail. Not VIA. Nor Amtrak. But this video is delightful and inspiring as related to history, geography, and sheer romance of rail. What is sad, however, is the emptiness of the train especially the usually joyful dining car. And with no VIA routes now running, the landscape and culture of Canada are bereft of the allure of a more relaxed, more gentile or at least it used to be mode of travel. Still we can dream. And we shall. PS Oh. My. God. The music, the sunrise, frigid cold, and snow. The 5AM venture to the observation car is emotionally overwhelming. Truly overwhelming for the autistic. Utterly beautiful. Tenderly ethereal. And tears. Thank you ever so much.

@kepc9083 3 года назад

Thanks for sharing this unique trip. Gorgeous wintry scenery! The Ocean is everything I’ve imagined a classic train to be. Wonderful! 🚈

@jonpatterson 3 года назад

Loved this video. I've taken the Ocean a number of times, always love the dome car. I literally laughed out loud at the Halifax and Truro station comparisons. Very accurate! Glad you enjoyed your trek down our little neck of the woods. You're welcome back anytime (post-pandemic).

@nataliekirhen42 3 года назад

I've taken this trip several times and I really miss it now that it's no longer running. Thank you for sharing this video with us. Brings back some nice memories.

@PompeyJimmy 3 года назад

Good to see Jeb Brooks got a new position as the ticket agent at Halifax station! 😂

@debbiekerr3989 3 года назад

I can't wait for this pandemic to end this is one train trip I'd love to take! ! It looks like an amazing trip.

@debbiekerr3989 3 года назад

@RoadhogTime13 Thank you for sharing this important information with me. I still want to make this trip, and I'll wait until October.

@mridul1608 3 года назад

Thanks Paul for this amazing train trip report! Train voyage from Halifax to Montreal looked awesome! Keep it up man!

@videocritical 3 года назад

The choice of music at 14:20 is perfect. It suits the time of day and scenery, well done

@melissanoonan3301 3 года назад

Love your background research and level of detail Paul. Thank you!

@trotva 3 года назад

What a outstanding video. The content is always good Mr. Lucas, but the filming you do ! Fantastic.

@gueerk 3 года назад

That looks amazing! It reminds me a bit of the Nordland line in Norway, with the wide snowy views and the same grey door cards, although those Norwegian trains could really do with ensuite bathrooms. I've added this trip to my bucket list for when travel is allowed again, thank you for another great trip report :)

@StevePenney34 3 года назад

I have travelled this train several times in the late 60's and 70's and at that time it was all stainless steel cars like the bullet. I remember pulling into Halifax (my home town) sitting in the very Assiniboine Park car highlighted here. Great memories.

@johncollier608 3 года назад

Took me back to my visits to Canada - Bone chilling cold, warm hospitality and wide open vistas! Thanks, Paul.

@elliesanders885 3 года назад

11:18 I believe that's what they call a "general merchandise" train. Or as the 1988 BR advert said "Girders for bridges, Plastic for fridges bricks for the site are required by tonight"

@darleneking5060 3 года назад

@Island_Line_Rail_Productions 3 года назад

nope..intermodal....general manifests are mixed freight

@Welsh_Girl_UK 3 года назад

Excellent trip report as always Paul. Thank you 👍🏻

@hbruins85 3 года назад

Lucky you!! Thanks for taking us on a beautiful journey.

@etmccaus 3 года назад

Enjoyed the video. My wife and I rode the western equivalent - the Canadian - a few years back. Fondest memories were sitting up in the dome section, especially at night - managed to convince staff to kill ambient lighting, taking in the glow of distant signal lamps and cities as we traveled.

@thekidfromcleveland3944 3 года назад

Oh! You were on the verge of greatness. You were THIS close😂😂😂 I was hoping it was The Canadian but the Ocean is nice too.

@mayloo2137 3 года назад

For older people like myself, who can forget the story of Pierre Laporte and the FLQ crisis in the early 70s. So glad he was remembered. Edit Ah yes. That great sign when you're in Canada. Tim Horton's!

@ittipolpan-ngum4477 3 года назад

The most beautiful empty train of your series, thankyou Paul! Much appreciated.

@davideurenius5272 3 года назад

How I have missed your reviews! This was just amazing, what a journey!

@ThinkStory 3 года назад

Snowpiercer season 2 looking fire!

@NEXT300 3 года назад

around and around Canada we go, we can never stop, snowpierc- sorry the *ocean* , 14 cars long.

@pamfulcher6037 3 года назад

Thanks Paul from an ex Brit now living in Canada , great to see a video on the Canadian trains for a change. I live in Saskatoon and only get to see CN and CP freight trains with the odd VIA passenger train going to Vancouver from Toronto . Cheers mate 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿⚒🇨🇦

@deanthompson1156 3 года назад

Paul, viewing this in mid-December, it seems like so many years ago.No, no one with a mask on, few travel restrictions, and full food service in the dining car. I Hope VIA Rail can continue this service when we return to something that looks normal. The weather looked just as early in the month of March usually does in the northern climates. Thank you for the journey. Stay safe.

@michaelrmurphy2734 3 года назад

Yep! Right there in the South End at the VIA station. The eastern end of the line in Canada. Awhile ago I had a very Canadian moment. The Ocean was head in to the station from Montreal. The engines were in high rev because they had been powered down to come slowly into the station. With the bell slow clanging and the train itself just ambling in! I never get over that!! No suprise. My uncle spent his life driving trains for the CNR. And his brother (my Dad) helped him with the exams to be hired for the Canadian National Railways. And Vincent Coleman, the great hero of the Halifax Explosion was their next door neighbour in the North End.

@crinkle2649 3 года назад

I love those chairs from the 50s. They remind me of my childhood, though I'm not from the 50s, I'm from the 60s lol

@janscattergood7294 3 года назад

Great to see a train video! Love the Geoff Marshall reference! 😂 Stay safe. x

@rohan1731 3 года назад

very informative as always and high quality! worth the patience to wait for your videos :)

@kingmafw 3 года назад

That was a fantastic journey. I'm happy that you filmed this. Thank you so much!

@Sum_Guy 3 года назад

It's amazing how much content you had on hand

@richardnei 3 года назад

An amazing rail journey through eastern Canada. Hopefully everything will get back normal operation in the future, when this have improved!

@tomcole7688 3 года назад

What a treasure! I hope service returns so I can mark this newest item off my bucket list. Thanks so much for discovering and sharing this Paul!

@johnmccarthy6686 3 года назад

Paul, love your videos and commentary. You have one of the most interesting channels on RU-vid, in my opinion. And this video is great. We live in Halifax, and although we’ve never taken the Ocean line, many years ago we occasionally took the “day liner” between Halifax and Saint John, New Brunswick. It was a treat, but was cancelled many years ago due to low ridership and profits. Sadly, the same thing had now happened to the Ocean. Due to the uncertainty brought about by COVID, Via Rail has suspended the service indefinitely, which means we may never see it again, unfortunately. So I’m really glad you got a chance to take this run and post another great video. Thanks and all the best!

@kaziu312 3 года назад

Wow, you won the lottery with this train ride. I can only imagine how wonderful it must have been to be in that viewing car with a snowy sunrise!

@lewiscourtney5740 3 года назад

Great video Paul. Looked like a exacting train journey.

@stevehinnenkamp5625 3 года назад

Paul, such a great host are you! I always feel comfortable while i share these rail journeys with you. I also learn a lot. Your honesty is rare. A great companion are you!

@judithpearson8870 3 года назад

Great video. Brought back memories of my riding this train several years ago.

@fuzzwork 3 года назад

The 3rd locomotive was definitely there for extra traction on wet rails. Via habitually adds an extra loco on long distance routes from Leaf-fall to spring

@carlbusque1856 3 года назад

Great review, even learned some stuff even though I did this exact journey in reverse, 16 years ago!

@rachelehrenberg9231 3 года назад

Brilliant, mate. My extended family arrived in Halifax from Europe in 1930 and some stayed while my parents moved to Montréal. No doubt aboard The Ocean. Thank you so much for this.

@stntylr101 3 года назад

I rode the Ocean back in 2016. I went the whole way in coach. Still an enjoyable trip.

@bjornhansen79 3 года назад

what a beautiful journey 🙏❤️🙏

@gtcaledonia2886 3 года назад

What a fantastic journey, hopefully I’ll get there one day 👍

@laurenhw1988 3 года назад

Superb content as always, Paul. I bet it would be lovely to sit up there and see the stars

@mlsyogi4821 3 года назад

Paul, I’ve been watching your videos for a while now, and have seen the evolution of your channel. Terrific video and can’t wait until I can venture on that marvelous train. Thanks, it is a much needed respite during these difficult times.

@A.R.B.J. 3 года назад

That is a trip worth inclusion on anyone's bucket list.

@skinnyshoes11halfAA 3 года назад

As a Florida native, seeing that amount of snow is mind boggling!

@KerrikkiLurgan 3 года назад

Sorry, but for a Canadian winter, that was not much snow. In January, the snow can pile up to 7 feet, mostly in the middle provinces.

@ryangjewell 3 года назад

I didn't know you were in Halifax! I've taken this route, but just in a standard seat, as I couldn't afford a sleeper car, and my seat ended up being broken, so it wouldn't lock in place properly. That made for a long and unenjoyable journey. Perhaps I'll have to try it again sometime in a sleeper car. It's just hard to justify spending more money, and taking 10x as long compared to flying.

@jwrarmstrong 2 года назад

Interesting sidebar. Following the fatal bridge collapse it became a tradition for Canadian engineers to wear an iron ring as a reminder of the gravity of their profession. The ring is said to be made the steel of the collapsed bridge. Every year, graduating Engineering students receive an Iron Ring at a private and voluntary "Ceremony of the Calling of an Engineer". The ceremony calls upon all Engineering graduates to uphold the principles of professionalism and to perform their work to the best of their ability. The first ceremony, also known as the Kipling Ritual, was held in 1925. Every year hundreds of practising and graduating engineers receive their ring at the ceremony which is closed to the public. In order to get your ring you must have graduated from an accredited Engineering program.

@davisbyer4791 3 года назад

Hi Paul! Someone has probably mentioned this already, but most of us call it "Via rail" not V-I-A. As in, I'm travelling via rail! 😉

@thetravelingrailroadist 3 года назад

Great video, Paul. Here’s a bit of information on North American railroading for you. In The US and Canada, railroad operating crew members have to be qualified on the operating rules, and must have all required bulletin orders, timetable special instructions, general orders and notices that govern the section of railroad in which members of the operating crew by law are qualified on the physical characteristics along the segments in which they work. In Canada VIA rail operates under CROR, Canadian Rail Operating rules. one of the many rules railroad operating crews have to follow is that when making a reverse movement or as we often refer to it on the railroad as “shoving the train back.”in the opposite direction. When a shove move is being made and it is not possible to switch the locomotives from one end of the train to the other, the locomotives then are not on what we refer to as the leading end of the movement. what happens is that a qualified member of the operating crew will position themselves accordingly on what then becomes the leading end of the train, in which they control the movement in the opposite direction By communicating via radio and or hand signals when possible to tell the engineer in the locomotive the information required to move the train. Hope this helps!