Rick rides the rails through British Columbia with Canadian Pacific and Parks Canada.
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@tovalynch82313 жыл бұрын
Miss Rick. His shows were funny, educational, nation building, got you involved and left you feeling better about life.
@Luuo736 жыл бұрын
rick is a national treasure, whenever you need a laugh just turn on one of his videos
@johnthorpe1349Ай бұрын
💯💯🇨🇦🇨🇦
@timsummers8704 жыл бұрын
I'm not gonna lie, I'd love to do his job!! It's too bad he retired too soon because that show was a lot of fun.
@bradonturner30033 жыл бұрын
Canadian legend. Wish he’d bring the show back. I think in our current political climate Rick Mercer could be our saviour 😂
@Sandymaxy13 жыл бұрын
Rick is so lucky to be able to travel around beautiful Canada and experience things that most people don't. He got to drive a train and stand on top of a railway bridge! I wish I had his job.
@kyleh54193 жыл бұрын
Get a job on the railroad
@Zerodghjj6 жыл бұрын
Rick, you have the best job in the world.
@Anghellik913 жыл бұрын
Never thought i'd fall in love with a spike driver
@TheRelger11 жыл бұрын
I used to work on a gang in B.C. clearing a stretch of tunnels in winter. Pick and shovel work. One of my favorite memories of my working youth. Hard work good food and angry foremen.
@rfish546 жыл бұрын
Love it, thanks for sharing this good railroad information.....Rick Mercer, a true Canadian. Proud to have you here!
@at_brunch3852 Жыл бұрын
My knees were rattling the whole time. Been on that train through BC. OMG.
@tracksidefilms54167 жыл бұрын
"This is the throttle and wow look how pretty that is!" (Train crashes)
@ryanmcneiltrains130510 ай бұрын
Look at that fantastic intermodal train, in the background!
@sitarnut8 жыл бұрын
I'm so envious of Rick.... I love the guy and his humor, but this is the living end.... he got to drive a bloody train in Canada over the Stony Mountain bridge! Don't really care if the loco was built on Mars! .... and I'm a CPR nut to boot. Guess I'll just keep on dreaming.
@mistertofu8 жыл бұрын
Me too!
@fitnessjournal5554 Жыл бұрын
Please 6 years later ….Are you an Engineer yet?
@papoocanada13 жыл бұрын
do take a coast to coast trip, I did it three times. its just fantastic. Halifax - Montréal - Toronto - Vancouver. Always in Ist Class with a roomette of course. Great trips. once on the original CPR and twice on VIA RAIL.
@corinnedejong11 жыл бұрын
rick has made me question my dreams. I think I might want to be a train conductor now.
@flamingosnflipflops13 жыл бұрын
Ahh, Canada was so meant to be traveled by train. Can't wait to take a coast to coast trip someday :D
@mattsieluv11 жыл бұрын
Rick should have poked a little fun with the train crew about the American built locomotive. ES44AC built by General Electric in Erie, Pennsylvania.
@20redhead0713 жыл бұрын
i feel proud i get to see that scenery every time i go to work :) gotta love cp!
@clusterguard7 жыл бұрын
truly fantastic country!!
@bradgearly20 күн бұрын
Craigellachie, British Columbia, was where the Last Spike of the Canadian Pacific Railway happened as Lord Strathcona drove it to complete the railway at almost nine thirty in the morning on Saturday, November 7th, 1885. This village is located about fifty-nine kilometres west of Revelstoke on highway 1.
@nickdawn39855 жыл бұрын
Trains go through such unique landscape, I wish they were more affordable.
@stephenjones89285 жыл бұрын
Salute to all the good people at the CPR and Parks Canada!
@DungeonStudio6 жыл бұрын
Ontario Science Center had a wonderful model railway display of the Stoney Creek bridge, and a little window to peak inside the spiral tunnels. And a model train would traverse it all day. I could watch it for hours. I wonder what ever happened to that display?
@UnhappyTestTubeBaby13 жыл бұрын
This is a good episode.
@marioiacolucci3 жыл бұрын
Let's ride the train
@Lou7293911 жыл бұрын
going through the tunnel is amazing
@ransom1826 ай бұрын
Our country is beautiful isn’t it? Brings a tear to me eye
@shelleydoxtdator7534 ай бұрын
Damn I love Canada ❤❤❤❤ thank you for all
@kurrah1003 ай бұрын
its 2024 and this guy is still relevant
@streetsurfer13311 жыл бұрын
If you live in Canada its really easy nowdays... Just go for it! There are 6 months formations given at many colleges in Canada, after your all set to be hired. But remember that being a conductor is not only sitting inside the locomotive looking at the view, you have ALOT of duties. Radio communications, double checking signals for the engineer, doing the physical work like uncoupling cars/ attaching the air hose, activation switches outdoor. Not to forget that you are on call 24/7.
@mattsieluv11 жыл бұрын
That must have been a special train probably made for this feature, because westbounds don`t normally use the older Connaught track in Rogers Pass. Also, the last scene looks like it`s at Glacier station just west of the Connaught Tunnel(the one shown here).
@mvmacneil12 жыл бұрын
Rick Rocks. That was awesome. Thanks.
@lyticityl13 жыл бұрын
what a beauty way to go!
@mistertofu8 жыл бұрын
I just went there yesterday!! Lol I want to meet Rick.
@johnthorpe1349Ай бұрын
One my favorite Canadians ever ❤️ next to David Suzuki ❤️ Migwech
@stevengatti726111 ай бұрын
You are a good man Rick Mercer
@linearstream358410 жыл бұрын
I want to move to Canada someday
@nottheesko10 жыл бұрын
Grab your bags! See you in Canada!
@packhorsetriumph53197 жыл бұрын
no, don't come
@kermfella7 жыл бұрын
The train tracks were built by Chinese slaves on the big Chinese famine, the Canadians traveled to china and told them that they were going to have a better life... Not to forget that Chinese blew themselves up with nitro because actual TNT is more expensive ( TNT is safer ) And those Chinese, got forgotten by everyone witch I find very sad... R.I.P
@aberdeener6 жыл бұрын
meh
@MrJustinbegley6 жыл бұрын
@@kermfella actually that was the CN line but close!
@DannyandPatty12 жыл бұрын
Beautiful British Columbia
@desireeT0113 жыл бұрын
Would it be safe to say, in this episode, Rick had a ONE TRACK mind???? LOL
@Hiei2k713 жыл бұрын
poor Rick. 3/4 of the first swing hit the rail and the rail hit back. lol!
@thatcanadianchick7589 Жыл бұрын
I ❤Rick !!!
@kimmariefaber4636 Жыл бұрын
I love Rick Mercer, i want to do what he does!😅
@lregis6813 жыл бұрын
How nice !
@f1fan00113 жыл бұрын
Staggering beauty all the year around. Why do we leave the country for holidays anyway?
@nottheesko10 жыл бұрын
Great video!
@anlashok4213 жыл бұрын
Beautiful AND terrifying, my favorite combination. LOL
@00BillyTorontoBill13 жыл бұрын
Always want to do the train trip
@Sandymaxy13 жыл бұрын
@BruceCountyFinest I would love to do that, but I'm a student so I'm kind of stuck here in Vancouver. Though, I plan to experience the world and that includes Canada. Just watching Rick travel around Canada makes me so jealous. XD If it's worth every last breath, I can't wait to see this beautiful country. :)
@MrFallingfromgrace2 жыл бұрын
One of the last rails out of Sydney Steel.... nice
@coastaku19543 жыл бұрын
It's so sad seeing that line and thinking of the decline of passenger trains in Canada, we need daily service on all lines, then we add more lines. I should be able to go to anywhere in Canada by train at least daily but I'm really only limited to the Corridor for that, but I can't take the train to Sault Ste Marie
@whaddyamean992 жыл бұрын
Watching them on the bridge and seeing how far it went down gave me anxiety
@biblethumpr21612 жыл бұрын
Best job I ever had.....
@koggyb7 жыл бұрын
But Rick can't do doughnuts in a train!
@31xrg3 жыл бұрын
Come on Rick. Canada adopted the metric system over 50 years ago.
@roberthewitt90542 жыл бұрын
The Railways didn't and are exempt from conformity under the Railway Act. They still use miles and mph
@saveourrivers Жыл бұрын
Unmentioned here is, the last passenger train along this route was in 1990.
@8305613 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed this segment
@sblack487 ай бұрын
I had to turn it off when he got off on the bridge. Total vertigo!
@judgedredd86578 жыл бұрын
im a cn conductor, id love to see rick at my terminal!
@wafflewaffle9012 жыл бұрын
If I ever got to operate one of those pushcarts, I would do the whole "O Brother Where Art Thou" thing, and start telling people that they'll see cows on the roofs of cotton houses. Oh it would be fun :)
@celinekavanaugh21010 жыл бұрын
Represent CANADA
@OhBoysPaintball3 жыл бұрын
Bet his arms were sore the next day.
@SkycaptainII12 жыл бұрын
Engage! Picard would be proud.
@raddave913 жыл бұрын
This is the throttle, as we go back it goes towards.... Look how pretty that is... LOL
@Scotford_Maconochie6 жыл бұрын
Fantastic!!!
@marioiacolucci8 жыл бұрын
so cool!
@DannyandPatty12 жыл бұрын
@tomcrissy I live in Vancouver, and I've been to the Last Spike. The monument is at Cragellachie, which is between Revelstoke and Salmon Arm.
@stevenlee68710 жыл бұрын
The last spike fell down the rail ohh dear!
@swcnut13 жыл бұрын
coolest job
@lexpo18112 жыл бұрын
Great video! totally cool to see!
@AnthonySeehaArchive13 жыл бұрын
That was pretty awesome.
@jackerbeans111 жыл бұрын
Rick was in notch 8 .....yay
@MenwithHill12 жыл бұрын
Train are awesome.
@CPRailRTC11 жыл бұрын
It's a kettle. We have kettles and hotplates on most locomotives.
@stevenlee68710 жыл бұрын
He's wearing a poppy
@linearstream358410 жыл бұрын
Will do, see you there
@magicsuperman1313 жыл бұрын
@tomcrissy Nope, I've been there. Its quite a bit east. Close to the alberta border
@RossJohnsonVIA17 жыл бұрын
NOv 7th, 1885 was a saturday
@wideworldofrailroads40144 жыл бұрын
I have a Canadian pacific railroad spike
@Lou7293911 жыл бұрын
it's like were from the wile e. coyote cartoon!
@rustykrys8888 жыл бұрын
I run trains all the time!
@MrChancebandit3 жыл бұрын
I'm going too find that spike
@t1mTV13 жыл бұрын
i'd love to be a freight train conductor.
@sircartier29034 жыл бұрын
bro what's a flaccid pancake
@yeahitspersonal12 жыл бұрын
Rick give me a job!
@bradgearly2 жыл бұрын
This music I like at 5:51. What is it?
@derooger13 жыл бұрын
@rootbeerlover445 It's CP not CN! I work for CP so I take offense.
@Scotford_Maconochie5 жыл бұрын
6:28 ❤ 🇨🇦
@lleppala13 жыл бұрын
@OntarioRails1 Well thats better than the ACes controls
@vladtepes97 Жыл бұрын
that didn't look like a passenger train, so what's the conductor's job?
@EdmontonRails9 жыл бұрын
they show an ES44AC but the cab of an AC4400CW........
@BooshBalls9 жыл бұрын
Noah S. It may probably be an ES44AC that Rick should be driving.
@crazypilot75778 жыл бұрын
+Noah S. I know some ES44's have the cabs of an AC4400.
@EdmontonRails8 жыл бұрын
CrazyPilot757 export ones? I've never head of a gevo with desktop controls, including on the CPR
@crazypilot75778 жыл бұрын
Noah S. Yea, it's quite strange, but I think it might be custom orders by CPR for an ES44 with desktop controls, cause I saw the GEVO's number just above the engineers window.
@djkrisis0113 жыл бұрын
I work on that section of track
@kyleriddle58176 жыл бұрын
I live in Canada
@89316000713 жыл бұрын
I wonder if the camara man gets to drive stuff
@CPRailRTC11 жыл бұрын
Uhm.... the first transcontinental railway in Canada was the Canadian Pacific. And, this piece was about the anniversary of the driving of the last spike on the first transcontinental railway. CN didn't exist then. Nobody ever accused railfans of being too intelligent :)
@GEES44DC6 жыл бұрын
Where is CN in this video?
@jacksmall94485 жыл бұрын
wheel is a little thin 4:11
@LinxFox13 жыл бұрын
@raceimaztion Hes gotta be? He is slighty crazy :D
@beaster2913 жыл бұрын
@20redhead07 and im stuck being on tracks surrounded by wheat fields :(