Trips are scheduled for Saturdays and Sundays and some weekdays from May to October. View an image of locomotive 41 . These trips operate entirely in daylight. The first day, one goes from Vancouver to Kamloops, BC on Canadian National tracks, then on the second day from Kamloops to either Jasper on the CN line or to Calgary on Canadian Pacific. One has the option of detraining in Banff instead of Calgary.
Trips also operate in the opposite direction, from Calgary or Jasper to Vancouver.
The Jasper-Vancouver route is the same as that of VIA Rail's Canadian . The Rocky Mountaineer is now the only passenger train operating on the CP route between Calgary and Kamloops. These trains operate from mid-May until early October. There are three round trips in any two-week period. The trip is sold only as a package including overnight accommodation in Kamloops and some meals.