My cabin in the sleeper car Mackenzie had a small little sink and a toilet. Yes, I brought aspirin just in case!
After traveling all night, it was time for breakfast, somewhere around the town of Gogama, Ontario. Breaky was open seating, but there were two seatings for lunch and dinner. The food was quite delicious and very plentiful -- often times I ordered half a portion.
We arrived in Foleyet around 11:15 AM and had a few minutes to stretch our legs and get some fresh air. There didn't seem to be much happening in this Ontario town of only 216 residents.
Foleyet was created during the construction of the Canadian Northern Railway in the early 1900s.
Part of the passing scenery aboard VIA Rail Canada in Ontario.
We arrived in Horneypayne at 3:15 PM and had about 30 minutes. I stopped in the local grocery-everything store and picked up another paperback. The town has a population of 1,209 and started out as a railway town. Today the major industry is wood, as evidenced by the piles of logs and pulp and plywood plants that border the railway tracks.
The sun will soon set and we are scheduled to reach the border of Manitoba in the town of Winnitoba at 5:54 AM the next morning.Photos by Sue Frause
NEXT: Winnipeg and on to Saskatchewan
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