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Commentary
Four Days on VIA’s Canadian
Written by David Peter Alan, Contributing Editor![image description](https://www.railwayage.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Thecanadiannearjasper.jpg)
2011: VIA #1, The Canadian is led by newly rebuilt F40PH 6434 near Jasper, Alberta. Tim Stevens/Wikimedia Commons