I love taking the train, but taking the train in Canada is difficult. This video explains what it's like to take the train in Ontario, Canada, and some of the history behind why it's so painful.
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Spoorwegen TV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP2nCN6U_OUEpisode 10: Roads for Rails - the Newfoundland Railway
Well There's Your Problem Podcast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMcriPJKPdIVIA rail passenger train #76, Komoka ON, VIA 916 [drone] (13-May-2017)
Train Spotted (YouTube/CC BY)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX5ckzen69AVIA Rail passenger train #73 & #76 meet, Glencoe ON [drone,4k] (2017-Oct-18)
Train Spotted (YouTube/CC BY)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRGINPR3pQMVIA Rail Timelapse 4K: Toronto to Parry Sound
InfiNorth (YouTube/CC BY)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVcbX6lioLwMap of the Quebec-Windsor Corridor
Awmcphee (Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 4.0)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_City%E2%80%93Windsor_Corridor#/media/File:Quebec-Windsor_Corridor_2017.svg
VIA rail passenger train #73, London ON [drone,4k] (2017-Oct-16)
Train Spotted (YouTube/CC BY)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEnt4uP0eF8Canada blank map
Wikipedia (Public Domain)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Canada_blank_map.svg
VIA Rail train #84 arriving London ON (2019-Aug-24)
Train Spotted (YouTube/CC BY)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5_r-530CJ4VIA Rail Review (Part One)
Nigel Hay (YouTube/CC BY)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vu-xINXsCjYVIA Rail train #72 (Windsor-Toronto) arrives at London ON (2020-May-31)
Train Spotted (YouTube/CC BY)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QAsefOUowYRail Fanning at Brandon N. - VIA Rail Canadian at 75 MPH!
ManitobaTransitVids (YouTube/CC BY)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wdp3S2Ufx9YVIA Rail train #85 at Stratford ON, from Toronto to London (2019-Aug-20)
Train Spotted (YouTube/CC BY)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvKG3b2MBjAVIA Rail RDCs in Windsor, ON. for the First Time in 30 Years Plus VIA 72
CPWindsorsub (YouTube/CC BY)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mX4_7MRTY5YMap of the Great Western Railway of Canada
City of Hamilton Archives (Public Domain)
http://www.trainweb.org/oldtimetrains/CNR/gwr/map_GWR_1879_1880.jpgMaps of the 401
Ministry of Transportation (Ontario)
Canadian Pacific Railway Co., Passenger Train.
Ingenium digital archives
https://ingeniumcanada.org/archives/details/MAT-07778VIA Rail Canada Inc., Diesel locomotive, passenger train
Ingenium digital archives
https://ingeniumcanada.org/archives/details/MAT-01100Map of VIA Rail Routes
VIA Rail (website)
CP mixed freight train & VIA train 73 (2017-Oct-19)
Train Spotted (YouTube/CC B
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