Mark your VIARail journey from Ottawa to Montreal brought back fond memories of my first time in Canada some 15 years ago. My son was going on a university exchange from Macquarie University to Carleton University in Ottawa. I accompanied him to the USA & Canada and I recall asking him why he had selected Canada & not the USA for his 6-month exchange (my sister was living in Manhattan NY so it would have seemed more logical to choose a US university close by). Like most 18years olds his reasoning was profound "Dad you have to be 21 to be of the legal age to drink alcohol in America - Canada is the same as Australia - 18'. So we stayed in NY with my sister to see the New Year in & then caught Amtrak's Maple Leaf to Toronto. Toronto was great. We then caught the train to Ottawa - gee I thought NY was cold. The O train had only recently started operating & it had a stop at the university. I understand VIARail is updating some of its regional trains to the new Siemens Venture train sets similar to Amtrak. The train you caught surly looked dated but it did seem a relaxing way to travel to Montreal.
Haha, my daughter said the same thing when she was 19. She came to visit me in the US as soon as she turned 21. It was an old train, but service was very good and it was a pleasant journey
I hope you enjoyed your ride on our heritage line. Wooden railroad ties, comfy old pleather seats, rickety rackety ride and plenty of time to finish your book. Welcome to G7 Canada. circa 1955.
I didn't want to say it Jonathan, but it did harken back to a bygone era in some respects. Both good and bad though. Service was excellent. I did encounter some turbulence when drinking my wine.
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Wow! You got to travel on an antique rail car. Not even an 1980s LRC train. New trains are now being put into service, which are ultra modern.
"Almost Vintage" is one term I like
So if you go through Casselman, the next stop would be Alexandria, than on to Dorval
Mark your VIARail journey from Ottawa to Montreal brought back fond memories of my first time in Canada some 15 years ago. My son was going on a university exchange from Macquarie University to Carleton University in Ottawa. I accompanied him to the USA & Canada and I recall asking him why he had selected Canada & not the USA for his 6-month exchange (my sister was living in Manhattan NY so it would have seemed more logical to choose a US university close by). Like most 18years olds his reasoning was profound "Dad you have to be 21 to be of the legal age to drink alcohol in America - Canada is the same as Australia - 18'. So we stayed in NY with my sister to see the New Year in & then caught Amtrak's Maple Leaf to Toronto. Toronto was great. We then caught the train to Ottawa - gee I thought NY was cold. The O train had only recently started operating & it had a stop at the university. I understand VIARail is updating some of its regional trains to the new Siemens Venture train sets similar to Amtrak. The train you caught surly looked dated but it did seem a relaxing way to travel to Montreal.
Haha, my daughter said the same thing when she was 19. She came to visit me in the US as soon as she turned 21.
It was an old train, but service was very good and it was a pleasant journey
I hope you enjoyed your ride on our heritage line. Wooden railroad ties, comfy old pleather seats, rickety rackety ride and plenty of time to finish your book. Welcome to G7 Canada. circa 1955.
I didn't want to say it Jonathan, but it did harken back to a bygone era in some respects. Both good and bad though. Service was excellent. I did encounter some turbulence when drinking my wine.
Appreciate that you were privileged to ride on a Budd coach.
Opened in 1966