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melbourne metropolitan busways board @mmbb.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

this morning I arrived in Vancouver, marking the end of a 6,296km rail journey from the shore of the Atlantic Ocean in Halifax, NS to the shore the Pacific here in Vancouver, BC. I suppose now that I've done the Atlantic-Pacific I should get around to doing the Indian-Pacific back home

the VIA rail locomotive 6457 at the head of 2 other locomotives and a 13 carriage consist on train #1 from Toronto to Vancouver, having just arrived at Pacific Central station in Vancouver after 4,400km from Toronto

the classic 1950s/1960s Budd cars that form the backbone of VIA Rail's long distance fleet stretching off into the distance at Vancouver's Pacific Central station

the front view of the rather grand Pacific Central station in Vancouver, showing the "Pacific" half of the large illuminated red sign that says "Pacific Central" on the roof

the calm waters at sunset beach at the mouth of false creek opening up into the burrard inlet, and eventually the Pacific Ocean past the web of islands along the British Columbia coast

melbourne metropolitan busways board@mmbb.bsky.social

woke up this morning looking out onto the Atlantic from Halifax Harbour, and this time in 13 days (including a few days in Montreal and Toronto) I'll be looking out onto the Pacific Ocean in Vancouver, having travelled there entirely on the iron road. may you all have a lovely 2026

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melbourne metropolitan busways board @mmbb.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

I have taken thousands of photos on this trip, but to give you an idea of the variety we encountered, it was just under 2 weeks ago we arrived in Halifax to freezing rain, and were greeted by snow flurries and gorgeous sun within an hour of each other on the run back bsky.app/profile/mmbb...

a very foggy, very snowy scene passing over a valley in rural Nova Scotia with a road curving away to the left

clear blue skies breaking through grey clouds just an hour later over dry and yellowed fields without a speck of snow on them

two huge wind turbines near the bay of Fundy with a very dramatic sky behind with the sun breaking through low rain clouds. viewed through the window of the dining car

clear blue skies with some broken cloud fronts in the distance over the tidal flats on the edge of the bay of fundy

melbourne metropolitan busways board@mmbb.bsky.social

arrived 2 hours late into Halifax due to freight getting priority and the freezing rain, but at least it's very atmospheric

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