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They rely on the cooperation of passengers, who are called on to move in groups to different cars so that the train can generate enough momentum to make it uphill.

This sounds worse than how public transportation would've worked on the Flintstones. Shame indeed.

The corrugated metal makes it look like a cheap private prison

Countless horror stories have been told about the Via Rail passenger train that runs between Montreal and Vancouver, christened The Ocean

Oops, wrong coast, maybe this reporter's train got lost and crossed the Prairies by accident.