In addition to the VIA Canadian service which operates on the Canadian National tracks three times a week, a private company, Great Canadian Railtours, operates a daytime, summer train from Vancouver to Kamloops, where passengers stay overnight before proceeding either to Jasper or to Banff and Calgary. Here we see the eastbound train at Revelstoke ready to climb the Rogers Pass through to Golden and on up the Kicking Horse Valley to Field and the spiral tunnels before descending along the Bow River to Banff. BC Rail still operates a daily dayliner service from North Vancouver to Lillooet and three times a week to Prince George. The Cariboo class food is excellent. The passenger subsidy to BC Rail was cut a couple of years ago and the dayliners are aging and may not run for much longer.
Recent rumours indicate that replacement units are being sought.
A second dayliner service which may also not operate for much longer - the Malahat dayliner is operated by VIA Rail with a 140 mile daily run from Victoria to Courtenay on Vancouver Island. Like the BC Rail service it passes through some magnificent scenery especially as it climbs to the Malahat summit and crosses two very high trestles in the woods. The train is seen at Cowichan station - a flag stop near Duncan. This train comprises two dayliners as is usual during the summer season. The Duncan area also has an operating steam engine.