My guy, you’ll never need to tell people you’re Canadian with that glorious hockey hair. We’ll always know.

Meeting someone and becoming friends is a good feeling.... no awkward silences, genuine smiles and the conversation just flows

We totally need to do a train trip sometime Mike

I'm an engineer for CN rail and I run trains on the tracks between Wainwright, AB to Saskatoon, SK plus Saskatoon to Melville, SK. I recognized every b-roll spot you had in that part of this video, Saskatchewan is actually really beautiful, I agree!

I’m amazed at how calm you are. I’d be afraid to explore in an hour long stone for fear I’d miss the train.

I'm a New Zealander but my wife is Canadian Born (Nova Scotia) We're visiting Canada in August/September to see relatives. She is not a train buff but I am and I'm booked in the Canadian to Vancouver while she flies. Your video has helped convince me to do it. And actually I have travelled on the longest in the world. The Trans-Siberian from Vladivostok to Moscow in 2005. I did it in two sections first to Irkutsk (3 days) to visit lake Baikal, then to Moscow (4 more days) Not luxurious at all but great fun. Apart from Putin Russians are fun loving even if there's a language barrier. One day it'll all come right for Russia and that journey is spectacular especially in the East.

I really like how you can see Seb becoming more comfortable as the days passd

When I lived in Canada (Toronto) in the 1990s I took Via Rail across Canada in the winter and it was so incredibly memorable. I remember seeing the Aurora Borealis and the beauty of the country. If I hadn't already been in love with Canada, that train trip would've done it. Thank you for bringing back so many happy memories for me with this one.

Hey Michael, since you have had a German with you, I recommend you check out Germany next. You are always welcome to visit Germany. There wont be such great food on the trains and dome cars only on historic trains, however, the landscape and the cities and villages make up for it. Also keep up the great work and your positive vibe. Greetings from Germany. :)

This train is at the top of my bucket list for sure. If I ever go to Canada, this is the first thing I’m doing.

For those that haven’t had a beaver tail, it’s basically the best fried dough you’ve ever had 😂

Gotta love VIA Rail! I'm German as well and I just had my first ride ever with them yesterday. Their employees are so friendly, organized, calm and generous. It doesn't matter for me that it's not the most "on time service" because the German train isn't as well, but this is pretty much the only similarity between those two. "Love the way" is probably the best slogan they could have come up with. Really looking forward to my next trip with them!

This trip is definitely a bucket list item, looks so relaxing.

I rode the Canadian for my 16th birthday and being from Florida you run out of adjectives to describe how beautiful the Canadian Rockies are!

Kia Ora from the Kiwis on the train with you. The video looks great and reminds me of the great time we had travelling across the countryside and getting to know the other travellers. It was good to get to know both you and Seb, and to enjoy the surreptitious drinks of the final night with newly made friends. Keep up the good work, and we will be watching from afar.

I've been wanting to take this exact trip for years! Already crossed the USA on Amtrak on every route.

This was such a fun adventure! Seb is adorable and such a trooper. 😁

Jp was one of my favourite supply teacher in school!! Such a nice person

Trains trains trains. Grew up on them even before Amtrak. Thank you!!!!!!

You shouls try the amtrak berkshire flyer. Its the ACTUAL least ridden train with about 1000 a year. Its a seasonal train available friday-sunday during june-october

Mike..You impressed me how welcoming you made, "Seb" feel, hope I got his name correct, and how friendly you are, as you showed him our beautiful country. Much respect Mike and hopefully one day our paths will cross during our travels. My wife and I love watching your videos/channel and we also love to travel by car, train, planes, and by boat! My wife and I are off on a May 24 road trip tomorrow morning to watch Icebergs.

This was an exceptionally nice train. It's a risk taking a 4-day train trip with someone you met only three times, so I'm glad it worked out well. On long train trips meals are the highlight of any day and these looked great. And as you said, "There's always room for ice cream."

Completely unrelated to this vid, but I just watched through your entire narrowboat series, after just narrow boating yesterday, and it was great! Looking forward to this vid!

What a fun, good-natured and enjoyable experience traveling with you guys across Canada. I can't believe I haven't watched you before. I'm in from here on, my friend.

I'm so glad of these videos right now. I just got back from an overseas trip to find that my contract at work was not renewed, so now I'm looking for a new job and living vicariously through your amazing travel videos. Thanks for providing a great distraction and inspiration to keep going while I'm looking for jobs.

A great alternative to flying! I rode on The Canadian back in 1959, when it was CP (going through Calgary); and again in 2017, using the more northerly CN route. The food was excellent and the dome car (one of four) was my go-to perch. The train was about 24 cars long, so it provided a great view of the cars snaking around the curves when in the rear dome. The only downer was having to wait 30 to 45 minutes for the higher-priority freight train to pass. I hope videos like this encourage more train travel! Note: CP denotes Canadian Pacific and CN denotes Canadian National. Now it's just VIA Rail.

I've travelled this route more than 25 years ago right after college, although not nonstop. Without the luxury of a sleeper car. I got off the train in Jasper and Edmonoton and then on to Toronto. And yes those delays add up. Still a great experience and fond memories.

Enjoyed seeing all you experienced in 96hrs on Canadas longest train. Beautiful scenery, good food, great company, & new friends. Have a good week.

To travel such a distance, in 5 days/4 nights must be a magical experience. Thank you for sharing!

This was an EPIC vlog and journey Downie! Thanks for taking us along the train was gorgeous!

I crossed Canada by train many, many years ago. Your video brought back many fond memories. Thanks for sharing that most amazing journey.

I love how the conductor(s) really got into yelling "All Aboard!!" They've seen some old movies.

Thanks Michael for taking us along on this train trip! This is something I've always wanted to do!

That's one thing that doesn't change, the rail from Vancouver to Toronto, is the great views of Jaspser, Rockies, the rolling parties, and finally Ontario!

No matter how many times you go across Canada, I will be watching! Love these train trips. Need to get back on a train, it has been way too long! Thank you!

I enjoy how you and your friends make the trip fun .I took an Amtrak Chicago to Texas .,Chicago to Virginia and loved train travel.

Watched most of your videos over the past weeks in the UK. Done so well and authentic, I feel like I’m there too ! Lost our little girl a few months ago but you have helped us to find another purpose and connect. Taking every day as it comes. Such brilliant videos from you. Thanks

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Great video, I love seeing Canada by train. I need to do these trips one day. Thank you for introducing me to all these great places to see across Canada. I will definitely keep a list for future references. Thanks Mike!

I hadn't seen one of your videos for a while, but found this trip as delightful as your others! I especially loved the way your responded to your companion's question if you ever find it boring since you travel on trains a lot. Your timing in your response was perfect and I laughed out loud. Thank you so much Mike for continuing to share your train travel with those of us who dream about doing this sometime in the future. ❤

Another epic adventure Mike, and it was great to watch Seb's comfort level and awe evolve as he discovered Canada by train, or a portion anyways. Seb now needs to experience the 'Ocean' from Montreal to Halifax, just another day and a bit to complete the cross Canada trip. Always enjoy "being with you" on your journeys!

I'd LOVE to take this trip! Seems absolutely amazing to take a train across the enormous Canada with all it's landscapes, mountains, prairies, farmlands and everything❤❤❤🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

Viewing this reminded me so much of my August 1989 trip from Vancouver to Jasper on "The Super Continental". Yes, it was summer and yes, this was the 2nd transcontinental train on Via Rail's offering at that time. I did the Brewsters Coach Tour from Jasper to Banff and returned from there on "The Canadian". You have captured the best part of the transcontinental journey in the first 15 minutes of your video. I recognised the New Westminster bridges and Hell's Gate in the Fraser Canyon. I had a big laugh at your "bear nap" following your post -Jasper lunch, consumed on top of the beavertail, beer and poutine. Funny how you woke up in time for dinner that evening. I still have fond memories of meals in the dining car, especially noting that they still have the frosted window dividers within the dining saloon. Back in 1989 the sleeping carriage I was in on the forward journey was an old style section car with the zip up privacy curtains, but I scored a twinette berth on a stainless steel car for the return. The Park Observation Car with dome seating and rear lounge was popular as always. It is such a pity that from October last year Via Rail has put an empty barrier car behind the Observation Car due to some structural integrity concerns with the carriages (after all they are 60 plus years old). In September 1995, I did the triangular trip in the reverse (anticlockwise) direction by road with my good friend Kevin and a fellow Aussie traveller, James. Kevin took us several kilometres east of Jasper to Henry House and Devona to take in the Mietta range that you viewed from the dome car. It was late summer and the weather and scenery was superb. Thanks again for awakening my memories with your more recent coverage. Cheers from Michael in Melbourne.🙂🙂🙂

Thank you DownieLive for another enjoyable trip with beautiful landscapes, delicious food and lots of drinks. Vicariously, I enjoyed every minute of it. 😄

Another great train ride Mike. It’s now on my bucket list.😊

Travelling cross-continent by train is on my bucket list. I won’t care if it’s Via Rail in Canada or Amtrak in the USA. Either way, it would be amazing. Thanks for sharing your trip with us.

i absolutely love this video. the fact that you didn't know each other well, but you sorta bonded. just so fantastic. and, all the great experiences on and off the train are inspiring

Ohhh what a great vid downie 😊 . My mom is Canadian and its on my bucket list to do this journey . I visited Canada as a child and remember every single thing about it .. astonishingly beautiful country. X

We did actually have some dome cars in Germany in the 60s and early 70s on the Rheingold express train. They were made so passengers could fully take in the narrow Rhine valley between Bonn and Mainz with all its castles and steep hills. Some of these cars still exist and one was even converted into a rentable business car.

Did this trip in 2011 with a friend and this story mimics ours. After the Rockies, it was days of breakfast, “is it still flat?”, nap, lunch, “is it still flat?”, nap, dinner, beer, bed… repeat😂

Hi ! I really enjoyed your video. Best I've seen so far. I made this trip in 1968, 55 years ago ! Then, Via Rail didn't exist but the train was very like yours. It went from Montreal then to Vancouver. I stopped off in Jasper, camped out in the Rockies for a while. It was cold ! Then took off for Calgary, through the mountains. Amazing scenery. Saw some friends there, took another bus back to Edmonton, rejoined the train to Vancouver. A very memorable trip. Too old to go anywhere now. Thanks for the revived memories.

Oh my goodness what a great trip👍👍thanks Mike for sharing another great adventure .🛤🛤😊

saving money and making plans to celebrate age 75 next year on this train. Watching all your videos. You have inspired me! Thank you so much❤️

I'm from the Netherlands and I love trains. Yet I have only traveled by train within my own country. I should definitely go on some international/long distance trip like this some day.

Loved this video. My son & I went coach from Vancouver to Montreal return at Christmastime in 1980. In Jasper, the doors were frozen with thick ice. Brought our sleeping bags. Great memories! ❤

Love your train journeys. So much bucket list material! 👏👏👏👏

I think I rode this train more then 50 years ago, as a small child. It was a very simple train then. we slept on the seats for at least 3 nights and brought our own food.

You really need to visit Switzerland for some train rides!!!

Rocking the Canadian mullet dude!

It's always awesome when you upload. Makes me feel like im on the train with you. Thank you for this awesome video 👍

Would be interesting to see a video focused on the crew. What their bunks look like, how they like working on overnight trains , etc.

Great video. You two need to train around Germany now. As someone who has had Germany on his bucket list since taking 4 years of German in High School and still hasn't made it there, I'd love to see the German countryside from a trains view.

I will be taking this train from Winnipeg to Vancouver in August with a 3 day stop in Jasper. I was only able to book a lower berth and not a cabin, but meals and everything are still included. I am so excited! Thank you for this great video so I know what to expect.

This trip is literally part of my bucket list. Were the beds comfortable? Was it expensive?

Really amazing Vlog and story! We are based in Finland also doing vlogs to show the culture in here 🇫🇮💪🏻

Great video! I've done this same trip twice, but in the opposite direction. Your description of it was spot on and WAY well done!!! Love your train videos!

I did this trip in 2006 or 7. Actually did Rocky Mountaineer to Jasper then transferred to ViaRail. LOOOOVED THE TRIP!! Mike, every time I watch someone else’s travel blog I am so grateful for your pacing, your photography, your relaxed but informative narration. Thanks for taking me with you. AJ

Been such a long time since your last upload. Worth the wait. Looking forward to more adventures and hopefully a network travel log... eventually.

A monumental experience - thank you so much Mike for taking us along!

You inspire me. Thanks for taking us along for the ride.

I'm impressed by the food!! Thanks for taking us along

I really enjoyed this vlog because I rode the Canadian from Jasper to Toronto in summer 2018, and our days and nights were the reverse of yours. I never saw the snow of course, mountains outside Jasper, Qu’apelle Valley, out any major cities (just Sioux Lookout, etc). I never wanted that ride to be over! The food, sunsets, views, and utter relaxation (and no cell signal) were unforgettable.

Another great video. I just watched Seb's, too. Food looks excellent. Amtrak needs to do a case study. Was this Seb's longest train trip? PS: You need to do an Orient Express video!

Again, love the videos yall post up. This must have been the day before I randomly saw you on the streets of Vancouver haha. Thanks again for being so cool. Def want to check out this train next time I'm back up north side of the world.

Man, I’ve been binging your videos since right before I subscribed. Love your vibes and hope to be able to travel myself some time soon.

Beaver Tails!!🎉 we had the same thing at the Central Washington State Fair. We called them Elephant Ears. They are the best, aren't they? Its so nice your German friend got to have one. We love our beaver tails! This is a great video. I never tire of traveling my favorite routes Thank you Michael!❤

I think I would like to travel across Canada than America.

Beautiful sceneries of Canada, I enjoyed it. Welcome to the USA Zeb. Good video Downie and I will try AG1👍👍

Great up load and I’m looking forward to see the actual train in Toronto and reverse your trip . Thank you for sharing.

Maybe I'm just weird, but 96 hours on a train sounds *amazing* to me.

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great trip, i have been across Canada a number of times on that train. So happy they restored the full service! ALL ABOARD!!!!!!

This looks like a great train trip. Going across Canada via train is a bucket list item for sure. I always enjoy the positive spin you put on things.

Your hostess that wanted to be on vlog was so cute! I always love your videos, they have such a great feel to them! Someday I want to take Amtrak from west to east, then this train east to west, Large part because of your videos!

Thanks again for a fun travelogue. I watched Seb's version a bit ago. You both did a wonderful job in showing the joy of train travel. I think I commented on his vid about the flatness of Saskatchewan that he should watch the Corner Gas episode that featured that joke. And I probably should splurge if I visit The Peg again by staying at the Fort Garry but I went cheap last time. Comme toujours, merci mille fois.

Well, that train trip across Canada is on my bucket list. Thank you, It was wonderful and the beaver tail looked great along with all the other breakfast, lunch and dinners !!!!

Thank you for making this video, I have always wanted to take the train across Canada! Five days, four nights = perfect!

Good job showcasing Winnipeg! The station there is truly fantastic. Showing the Fort Garry hotel was a nice touch too! Wonderful building.

I did this trip back in 2018 in economy class. It was such a great experience but I was still happy to sleep in a real bed again afterwards :D

I love Canada and all things Canadian!❤❤😊😊

A cup of coffee on a Sleeper Train makes my day brighter...

Awesome my bro ! . What a fantastic train journey. Peace and happiness to you Downie and hi from me in New Zealand.

What a great trip! And you guys got along so well. It was a thoroughly enjoyable watch.

A few years ago I took my daughter (she was9) on the train from Winnipeg to Edmonton, and we have such fun memories of that trip. We played cards, met loads of people, had a game of frisbee on the platform in Saskatoon with a group of people, spent two hours staring at a bridge near wainwright because we had to wait for another train, and sat in the dome car at midnight watching a storm.

That was great! Really enjoyed the trip! Thanks!

Awesome video!! I'm so into all the train videos you and other channels make!!

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I loved the Prairies too! Ginger beef and rice, best meal of the trip. Thanks for your upbeat video.

Loved the video and loved the mullet! LOL I go along with you wherever you go, and love your calm, gracious energy!

Always love your posts! Thank you!