Another interesting railroad trip which started in Pembroke rather than Whistler. The station in Whistler isn’t really a railway station. The train stopped on the main line to let us off on the 24th but had to move to Pembroke where there is space for the train to wait overnight. We were picked up from our hotel by the motor coach which delivered us to Pembroke about 25 km away. From there we continued on our way to Quesnel.
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Sea to Sky Highway-By Rail
It was a very early start for us today so we would be all packed up for a 06:10 luggage pickup and a 06:50 bus pickup and everything was pretty close to on time. After a bit of chatter from our guide and we were on the way to the CN rail yard in North Vancouver. Using this start point eliminates an hour of travel from the downtown terminal around most of Burrard Inlet. The map below shows the approximate track we followed. The scenery was spectacular and you may get some impression from the day’s photos. I say impression because, as usual, photos hardly do scenery justice.
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