Talk:Across Canada by train

There's really no point in having two stand alone articles about travelling across Canada by rail so I proposed merging whatever we can into Rail travel in Canada, then redirect. -- (WT-en) Andrew H. (Sapphire) 09:14, 21 December 2006 (EST)

Thanks for your comments - however I'm concentrating on a precise itinerary, not a travel topic. It will abide by the guidelines for an intinerary and hopefully will not tread on the toes of the existing travel topic by going into detail not suitable for the Rail travel in Canada page. I would ask that the documents remain un-merged until the complete material exists on this page. Regards, and thank you for your concerns and comments. (WT-en) James 14:27, 21 December 2006 (GMT)

Ok, updating at the end of a long-ish day... the bare factual bones of this itinerary (booking information, routes, classes etc) are now in place. What comes next is a much more subjective itinerary, suggesting one or two ways of doing the trip: Would appreciate more constructive criticisms and contributions, but as already discussed above it needs to keep to the basic point to point itinerary. (WT-en) James 17:10, 21 December 2006 (GMT)
 * fast coast to coast stopping off only when necessary
 * the twelve-travel-days Canrailpass itinerary
 * a longer itinerary with additional stops and recommended excursions off route.

Across Canada
I'm also adding a Across Canada by Bicycle wiki page. and would like to have other Across Canada pages. .. however there is a point where its too much for a wiki travel article, as my plan is to go into extreme detail. http://acrosscanadatrails.wikia.com/wiki/Across_Canada_Trails_Wiki

—The preceding comment was added by (WT-en) Acrosscanadatrails (talk • contribs)

Eat & Drink
I think this article should have a section on dining aboard. I have only done the Hudson Bay Line, so I'm not sure if my experiences were common to all Canadian rail travel, and therefore won't add them without confirmation. But the food sucked and was expensive, you can't bring your own alcohol on board (there's some insane fine). The drink prices in the dining car weren't unreasonable, and the drinks themselves were fine. Is this usually the case? Do dining cars sometimes have chefs, serving something other than that foul microwaved @#$%? Or is this all less relevant on the better-traveled tracks, with more opportunities to dine off the train? --Peter Talk 09:31, 28 January 2013 (UTC)