VIA Rail Budd Car from Sudbury

 i was happy to write a story this month about a Sudbury man who took a nice fishing trip up the Canadian Pacific line with his adult son and his 14 year old grandson. They had a nice trip to Lodge Eighty Eight at Esnagi Lake. 

I think the cool part was that they rode the VIA Canada Budd Car train, which is an abbreviated version of a local passenger train.

The Budd Car heads out of Sudbury a few times every week and runs up to Chapleau and White River. And then it comes back the next day. No locomotives. A couple of coach cars and a baggage cars. It is a self-propelled diesel machine. 

It is a real life line for a lot of people who live in tiny communities along the line or who work at the fishing and hunting lodges.

And it's also an incredibly scenic train ride.

I am thinking of making the trip some day soon. Will let you know.