I thought I would get ahead and typed the day 2 blog while still on the train.
Remember how I said we had to pull over a few times. Well at 5 pm we were told we were about 2 hours behind schedule. We just had the corkscrew tunnels to go then a run into Banff.
Waiting. Waiting. Then an announcement came that a train had had an emergency breaking procedure coming through the tunnel and they were not sure how long it would take to clear. We were pulled over in a siding in the little town of Field.
An hour later another announcement that they would be giving us something to eat because they still didn't know when we would get moving.
The catering staff whipped up some soup and some quiches with whatever food they still had on the train.
Another hour ticked over and they started distributing pillows and blankets. Let me remind you here that we had got up at 5:30 that morning.
Eventually after about 6 hours, 12 buses arrived from Banff and all 600 passengers got off the train , into buses and another hour journey by road to our hotel. We hit the sack at about 1;45 am with the knowledge we had a 6:30 wake up call to make all the stops planned for Wednesday.
Tired tired girl (and boy ) today.
Trevor will tell you about the magnificent trip from Banff to Jasper.
Love Nadine xxxx
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