More of Lake Louise .

More shots of the stunning scenery at the Lake!. The Hotel is in a National Park, so you are free to visit the lake and surrounding trails anytime. But if you wish to take in the luxury that the Fairmont is famous for, have deep pockets , it's 5 star service at a premium (ouch!!) price..LOL But you have to do it once!!
Gregg.

Lake Louise.

 
G'day all,
                 The last three days have been spent at the historic and opulent Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise. This is a scene out of a movie and the lake is still semi frozen so I got the best of summer and winter scenery. The ski season only finished 2 weeks ago at Lake Louise fields, so there is still plenty of snow on the ground and today I hiked 10km through the trails around the lake, many of them with knee deep snow and deeper!!! More photos of the stunning lake and Hotel to come.
In Bannf tonight for 2 days to catch some CP action on the main line, then board the Rocky Mountaineer on Wednesday.
Hooroo for now.
                           Gregg :-)

G'Day all,

                 Today saw more great CN trains in crystal clear morning skies, even a black bear on the tracks was captured by "Fishplate Films"  ..LOL Then a fantastic day in the snow on top of Whistler Mountain. caught the cable car up to the snow and then walked another 200m up to the summit!! My first ever "real" snow and it was in beautiful warm sunshine!! Only a day and a half left in Jasper then off to Lake Louise!

Hooroo for now,Gregg ;-)

In Jasper!!

G'day all,
                Sorry for the delay, no coverage in the vast wilderness of central Canada!!, only briefly as we went through towns. Had a fantastic time on the Canadian , met some great people and saw countless freight trains as we waited in sidings!  I saw many different loco types including BC rail, Standard cab Dash8's and many different EMD variants.The Dome cars were even better than I expected and I spent the whole trip ( apart from sleeping and eating )in the rear Park car and it's dome! Didn't wan't to get off in Jasper, even though we were 6hrs late!!

    Jasper has trains leaving and arriving almost non-stop and the new camera is getting a workout already! Will be up early in the morning to catch the sun on the beautiful snow topped mountains and get some trains in the morning light!

Horroo for now!
                            Cheers Gregg.

G'day everyone!!

G'day everyone!
                            This is all new to me , so sorry for the delay ! I will post details of the trip shortly , I fly out of Brisbane on May 12 th and arrive in Toronto on May 12th ..LOL. From there it's a 3 day trip on the "Canadian", Via Rails  famous Transcontinental train to Jasper. I will be updating trip details and  times I hope to be in certain places, so you can come and say hi and share some rail fan stories with me!

Thats all for now,
                             Cheers Gregg.:-)