Royal Canadian Pacific
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The Royal Canadian Pacific is a luxury excursion passenger train operated by the Canadian Pacific Railway.
The Royal Canadian Pacific was inaugurated on June 7, 2000 after the CPR received the Royal designation for the service from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
The train operates seasonally from June to September on CPR trackage through the Rocky Mountains in Alberta and British Columbia.
All trains are based out of Calgary, Alberta at the former VIA Rail station near CPR's corporate headquarters. A typical excursion would be a 1,050 km (650 mile) route from Calgary through the Columbia River Valley and Crowsnest Pass before returning to Calgary. Such a trip would take six days and five nights with no operating at night in order to preserve the sight-seeing of mountain scenery during the daylight hours. The train consists of up to eight luxury passenger cars built between 1916 and 1931 and is powered by restored first-generation diesel locomotives.
