Canada's Greatest Ride A camera was mounted on the front of a Via Rail engine. The complete Vancouver to Halifax trip was recorded, as well as spots at various stations across the country. The show will begin on CTV Travel on Sunday June 26th at 18:00, and continues through July 1st. It will be 12 hour blocks that repeat: 18:00 is the premiere, 06:00 is the repeat. Then at 6 pm on July 1st, the show repeats again back to back for the holiday weekend ending 06:00 Monday July 4th. website - Canada's Greatest Ride http://www.ctvtravel.ca/ click on "Canada's Greatest Ride". Two shots of the camera mounted on the top of this Via F40PH-2 #6412 A brief 3 minute stop in Cobourg to interview three Cobourg Railfans.
Lenny53 wrote The three Cobourg Railfans are - 3rd from left Philip Niles, 5th from left Michael Niles and 6th from left Harold Taylor. Here is a shot of the host (about to give me a hug) - Valerie Pringle a well known on screen personality. Another Cobourg Railfan was involved in the production, he was interviewed on the train between Toronto and Cobourg. I think his name is Milne Hall. A man of doubtful character.
Via cable, we receive one Canadian channel here. Believe it's CISA. I wonder if they'll carry this show? Sure looks interesting! Boxcab E50
What are everyones thoughts on the Greatest Ride so far?? I love to travel by rail and sit and stare at the passing landscape but for a TV show I think CTV could have added a bit more monologue or play by play description of what and where the trip is going. Ten minutes or more of silence while watching the praries pass by is a bit on the boring side. What do you think. Dara
I have emailed them asking if they put it on DVD to let me know. I want to buy a copy. As for silence while watching the prairies pass, that's just my speed. I would enjoy that.
Dara, welcome to Trainboard I would love to see the programmes if they were on DVD, but don't think I would watch all 60 hours at one sitting
I know I wouldn't watch it in one sitting. I bought Shogun on DVD and that is nearly 10 hours long. It took me 2 weekends to watch it all. But 60 hours of this? I'll find time for every minute. Even if it is 30 DVDs!
SD70MACMAN - The highlights of this program will be on CTV and the Discovery Channel. If I'm able to get the dates, I'll post them.
