United Rail Passenger Alliance

Vol. I, No. 3 – September 16, 2004

1. Good news from our Canadian cousins: Peter Armstrong’s Great Canadian Railtour Company, operator of Rocky Mountaineer Railtours in Western Canada has been selected by Canadian National Railway Company to operate passenger rail service over CN’s newly acquired BC Rail in British Columbia.Previously BC Rail operated a rail diesel car train between North Vancouver and Prince George, considered by many to be the most spectacular scenic route in North America. On an interesting note, part of the new service will take GCRC trains over a part of the VIA Rail Canada route between Prince George and Jasper, Alberta, the route of VIA’s Skeena, which runs from Jasper to Prince Rupert on the BC coast, a stop on the Alaska Marine Highway. Full scale operations are scheduled to begin in 2006.

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