From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

John Beamish wrote:
> Online?  Wow!  Wonder what V would say if a discreet package ever
> arrived in our mailbox :-D
>
> As for the trains ... for quite a few years, the vista dome cars on VIA
> 1 (The Transcontinental) went through the Rockies in the middle of the
> night.  Yup - middle of the night.  Passengers represent trivial revenue
> to the railways compared to freight so the schedules were set up for
> freight and the passengers got what was left over.  That seems to have
> changed.
>
> Always wanted to the Rockies trip, the Blue Train (in SA), and the Ghan
> (in Oz).  I did the TraNZalpine (in, natch, NZ).
>

Having had some mates do it......I'd recommend the Helsinki-Saigon/Ho Chi
Mihn City route via Moscow & Beijing.

Kinda like a camping holiday where the tent is constantly on the move....

Adam

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