From “Not Just Bikes”. ( YouTube / Nebula )

The Canadian VIA Rail Train Skyline Car Forward View Crossing South Saskatchewan River
Trip Clips (YouTube)

Rail project to reduce heavy truck traffic
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/halifax-rail-project-to-cut-truck-traffic-now-under-construction-1.6855003

Explosive Demolition To The London Ontario VIA Rail "CN" Train Station
https://archive.org/details/videoplayback-2021-05-07-t-135853.747

As usual, the YouTube Description is not nearly long enough for all of the references. You can find the full list on Nebula or at this link:
https://notjustbikes.com/references/viarailtheocean.txt

The vast majority of the content in this video was filmed on location by Not Just Bikes, with some images licensed from Getty Images and other sources.

No generative AI or AI voices were used in the making of this video.

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Chapters
0:00 Intro
2:20 The second-best train in Canada
3:16 Forgettable Halifax
4:19 Lunenburg
5:07 Halifax train station
5:45 From six to three days per week
6:50 The CN era
9:22 Boarding "The Ocean"
10:20 The Budd Company
11:09 Our sleeper rooms
12:24 "The Ocean Limited" in 1965
13:32 Departure
15:04 Lunch
16:23 Chronic underfunding
16:55 Renaissance cars
20:14 Dinner
20:32 Other sleeping options
21:31 Seating cars
22:01 Station stops
22:41 The missing Park car
24:30 Sleeping
25:08 Terrible, terrible tracks
28:06 Breakfast
28:42 Arriving in Montréal
29:04 Booking this train
29:56 The future of "The Ocean"
31:15 Our continued travels
31:48 Supporting this channel & Nebula