Ken Briers of Rail Passengers Association (formerly NARP)

In October 1974 Ken rode The Canadian, from Montreal to Vancouver, on CP Rail.  While planning to stop over in Banff, he secured a locomotive cab ride over Kicking Horse Pass, through the spiral tunnels, spent the night with the crew, and returned to Banff the next day.  While in Vancouver, he took a ferry to Vancouver Island and rode the Esquimalt and Nanaimo RR.  Returning to Vancouver, Ken rode the Super Continental to Toronto on Canadian National, then the Toronto, Hamilton, & Buffalo, and Amtrak, to DC.

This presentation is a digitized set of slides he took on that trip along with stories about this once-in-a-lifetime trip on many trains that no longer exist.

Biography:

Ken Briers in a native of Baltimore, a graduate of the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, and the University of Maryland, with a BS Degree in Transportation Logistics.  He was a Conductor and Locomotive Engineer for Penn Central, Conrail, and Amtrak, and later, an Operations Analyst for DeLeuw Cather and Parsons Transportation Group, retiring in 2009.  He resides in Washington, DC, within walking distance of Union Station.

Address:Washington, District of Columbia, United States