Woche 5: 2016-10-02, end of the band of brothers tour and the Canadian 

Unsere gemeinsame Männerreise in Kanada haben wir am Donnerstag in Vancouver abgeschlossen. Ich bin nun mit dem Zug quer durch Kanada unterwegs und habe auch hier oft keinen oder nur lückenhaften Internet Empfang. Ziel ist am 4. Oktober in Toronto anzukommen wo die Reise dann nach New York weiter geht.

The Canadian – cross continental train

After I said goodbye to my brother and Tarni (these guys need to go back at work) in Vancouver, I boarded the cross continent train which brings me to Toronto within 5 days…

From Vancouver (departure on time)

via Kamloops

via Jasper (offload all the Asian tourists)

via Edmonton (load fuel and water, window cleaning)

via Saskatoon

via Winnipeg (load fuel and water, crew change, remove panorama wagon)

via Sioux Lookout

via Sudbury Junction

To Toronto (arrival 7 hours behind schedule)

Some numbers

6000 PS (2x 3000 PS Diesel engines)

4466 Kilometer

300 liter diesel per hour

270 MB data transfer

92 hours on the train (including the 7 hours delay)

82* year’s average age on board (without crew) *estimated

70 years old wagons

29+2 staff on the train (2 engineers)

26 wagons

7 hours delay

5 deer’s seen

4 time zones

4 nights in my cabin 195x120cm

3 eagles seen

2 wine tastings

2 black bears seen

2 passengers under 40

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