The Via Rail brochure describes it as Art Deco, and I suppose that is a fair architectural assessment since the train was introduced in the 1950s. The first architectural term that comes to my mind, however, is scale model. Still, navigating the corridor is a challenge. I flash back to The Lady Vanishes and North by Northwest , and I wonder how they could have shot the scenes that took place in the corridors of those trains. You can fit people or cameras perhaps, but not both.
Size is relative.
And it was probably a mistake spending the night before in a rather large bedroom at one of Toronto's nicer downtown hotels. This bedroom is considerably smaller than my bathroom last night. Everything, however, is exceptionally clean and functional. The two chairs are comfortable and can be freely moved so I can face in either direction. Every surface is covered with either burnished steel with bolts and screws visible, or in a powder-blue textured wallpaper.