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CERA 2nd Friday Zoom Presentation
CERA’s November 13, 2026 Zoom Presentation
7:00 pm CT
Newer Short Link to Zoom
https://tinyurl.com/2ndFridayCERA
Link to Zoom Meeting
HARVEY LANER
Riding VIA Rail Canada's, 'The Canadian'
In late May and early June 2026, Harvey Laner rode VIA Rail Canada’s
1950s-era streamliner, The Canadian, from Toronto to Vancouver. Hearing
plans to replace the classic Budd-built equipment were underway, he
booked Prestige Class nearly a year in advance in hopes of experiencing
the classic train while it was still in service.
The Canadian is a 20-car train offering five classes of service: Economy,
three sleeper classes, and Prestige Class. It also operates as a flag-stop
train, with 71 locations across Canada where passengers, with prior
arrangements can board or detrain.
Prestige Class service is first-rate, with first class meals prepared on board
by the Dining Car chefs. The full trip covers four days and four nights
through some of Canada’s most memorable landscapes: Ontario’s remote
lake country, Manitoba and Saskatchewan’s fertile farmland, Alberta’s
magnificent Canadian Rockies, and British Columbia’s exciting Fraser and
Thompson River Canyons.
The program covers the route in considerable detail and explains the
importance of Canadian National’s freight network and the challenges CN
and VIA Rail Canada face while moving two twice weekly transcontinental
passenger trains across a very busy, mostly single-track railroad.
The program opens with a comprehensive transit update for the streetcars
and subways of Toronto and closes with an overview of Vancouver’s Skytrain.
Run Time: 1h23m
Older Longer Link to Zoom:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88929318526?pwd=ICg6ZpFwsa6fpHIQ7PDvgowdyzD1HV.1
Meeting Number 889 2931 8526 Passcode 022656
There will also be a short In The News program preceding the regular program.
This program is open to all CERA members, their guests and the public.
Mark this date on your calendar!
If you have not yet paid your 2026 CERA Membership dues please do soon or contact me
for more information: Elmer Haneberg
elmer@corpevent.com
(773) 972-0470
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