![]() ![]() They then launched into a classic airlines safety briefing that included identification of all emergency exits, location of the train car’s bathrooms, a description of the meal and drinks service, and a reminder of the strict no smoking policy. Jasper’s historic railway station is a five-minute walk from the town’s lively, visitor-friendly main street. Rocky Mountaineerīefore leaving the Jasper station, our cheerful onboard attendants for the two-day Journey Through the Clouds itinerary, Charity and Susan, swept down the aisle counting heads to make sure all their charges were aboard. There was even a sack to take care of motion sickness which, I know from personal experience as a child traveling many a train, is not beyond the bounds of possibility. There was the full recliner with enough leg room to delight a lanky basket ball player, a pillow, drop-down foot rest, and a net seat pocket stocked with emergency instruction card, sales catalogue for purchasing a range of attractive souvenirs, and an inflght – oops! – on board magazine packed with articles about the history, wildlife and geography along our route. Efficiently checked in and shown to my GoldLeaf dome car seat aboard the Rocky Mountaineer as the sun’s first rays crept over one of Jasper’s many mountain slopes, all the trappings of a First Class airplane seat greeted me. In a sleepy early morning stupor, I thought my taxi driver must have dropped me at an airport, not a train station. Rocky Mountaineerīy Alison Gardner, Editor, Travel with a Challenge Each Rocky Mountaineer dome car offers a strategic viewpoint to photograph that passing bear, eagle’s nest or snowy mountain peak.
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