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Vacation to British Columbia in early July
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I agree BC is a great place to vacation. My wife and I took the last circle tour offered by BC Rail two weeks before they shut down passenger service. We levt their North Vancouver station at 7AM on a five car RDC train. I like the RDCs as DART in Dallas, whose board I served 7 years, owns 13 of them for their TRE service. The ride along Howe sound was spetacular. After Squamish we climbed into the mountains passing the WQhistler ski resourt. The ride along the Fraser river was wonderful. The salmon were spawning and the river was full of them. The canyons around Lillooet were spetacular, although due to the curves no real speed could be obtained. We overnighted in Prince George where we caught the VIA Rail Skeena to Prince Rupert. Two days were spent there on our own. Then we were on BC Ferries to Port Hardy on the northern end of Vancouver. Over nighted in PH then bussed to Courtenay where we overnighted. Then on a single VIA RDC on the E&N to Victoria. Quite a trip and would recomment it to all, except you cannot do it any more. Such a shame. Perhaps a tourist line will run trains from Vancouver to Prince George in the future.
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