18 Saturday Nov 2017
Posted in Alberta, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, trains, Travel
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alberta, canada, Jasper, Jasper National Park, photography, rail, railroad, railway, rocky mountains, rural, train, trains, Travel, Via Rail
Via Rail’s Canadian in Jasper National Park. The view is from one of the forward Skyline dome cars, looking back toward the back of the train. Snapped on my cross-Canada train trip back in April 2013.
06 Thursday Jul 2017
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alberta, canada, canoe, Jasper, Jasper National Park, lake, Maligne, Maligne Lake, nature, photography, Travel
In something I wrote for work this week, I referenced a 2008 visit to Jasper National Park. Here are a few images from that trip.
25 Saturday May 2013
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alberta, canada, Jasper, photography, rail, railroad, railway, rocky mountains, station, tourism, train, trains, Travel, Via Rail
Via Rail won’t let dirty windows ruin a Rocky Mountain vista. Here are some employees hard at work cleaning the windows of Toronto-Vancouver train “The Canadian” during a station stop in Jasper, Alberta.
03 Friday May 2013
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alberta, canada, Jasper, national park, park, photography, rail, railroad, railway, rocky mountains, skyline, train, trains, Travel, Via Rail
Views such as this is why people like to hang out in the dome-observation Skyline and Park cars aboard Via Rail’s The Canadian. Got this image last month as the train made its way westward toward the town of Jasper.
24 Wednesday Apr 2013
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alberta, canada, Jasper, mountain sheep, national park, park, photography, rural, Travel
Spotted this mountain sheep trainspotting as Via Rail’s western transcontinental, “The Canadian”, rolls by in Jasper National Park.
22 Monday Apr 2013
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If you’re on Via Rail’s western transcontinental train, “The Canadian”, keep your eyes — and ears — open for two members of Toronto-based band Running Red Lights, who will be performing aboard the train that leaves Vancouver on Tuesday, April 26, 2013.
I had the pleasure of enjoying Scarlett Flynn and Kevin Howley’s music as I travelled westbound with them through much of last week.
Check out their website to learn more about the whole band and to see blog entries recounting their epic cross-country journey.
They’re also all over social media:
Facebook — http://www.facebook.com/RunningRedLights
Twitter — http://twitter.com/rrlmusic
YouTube — http://www.youtube.com/user/rrlmusic
Top photo: Kevin and Scarlett performing in the second Skyline car aboard Via Rail’s “The Canadian”.
Below: A little boy listens intently as Scarlett and Kevin perform a quick gig at Winnipeg Union Station.
Bottom: Scarlett and Kevin entertain the crowd at Jasper train station.
30 Monday Jul 2012
Ricky Leong 