Page M16 July 25, 1990. This Week

PRIME TIME

Train travel is only a memory

rowsing through a
book store the other
day, looking for a
good read, I came
across a book on cross country
train travel. I picked it up. I
was looking forward to renew-

=Goldenred=

By IVY KENT

ing happy memories of my
own transcontinental jour-
neys behind the big iron hors-
es. I was disappointed. I have
Ill Take The Train by Ken
Liddell and enjoy it. I have
fond memories of train travel
and I love this wonderful
country in which we live. Ob-
viously, this author had a
different outlook. I was
amazed that he was able to
find so many of his destina-

. just the way you have set

Then I realized that you
find just what you are looking
for, and if it so happens that
you are looking on the dark
side, then what you find will
indeed be depressing.

didn’t feel up to the dining
car, there was also a small
cafeteria. From the parlor
cars, the panoramic views
were spectacula~. And if one

Ontario, there was a knock on
my door.

My neighbor asked if the
girls were with me. They wer-
en’t so we conducted a search.

for the tourist trade. They
were very small, justthenght +
size to catch the interest Of
little girls.

And that was where we

Even the people he inter-
viewed seemed to hold less
than favorable opinions about
the country. But that can be
explained by one simple truth

. . that people respond to you

them up to respond.

We see that often enough in
daily living. If you approach
others with a negative atti-
tude, then that will surely be
reflected.

I'm sad to see that train
travel in Canada is becoming
a thing of the past. I’m sad
that the powers that be had
not the foresight to be able to
turn things around instead of

throwing in the towel. If, just
across the border, they were
able to make Amtrak viable,
and very successful, why in
the world had we not the
savvie to do the same with our
passenger train travel?
Crossing Canada behind
those big locomotives was an
experience like no other. It
Was gracious travel. Roo-
mettes were private and com-
fortable, the porter only a ring
away, the diningroom service
left nothing to be desired, and

felt like company, there were
people to talk with all along
the coaches.

A young woman with two
little girls occupied the roo-
mette opposite mine. She was
on her way to Halifax to meet
her in-laws. Her husband was
in the services, and the chil-
dren had yet to see their
grandparents. The children,
barely school age, were excit-
ed about the prospect.

One afternoon, as we were

crossing the rugged pre--

I thought I might know where
they were. Two cars down, I
had noticed an old lady. This
particular coach wasn’t full
and she had a double seat. I
had stopped for a few words
with her the day before. She
had boarded just east of Sas-
katoon and was going to see
relatives south of Montreal.
With her ample girth, neat
grey braids, and laughing
dark eyes, she looked like a
wonderful grandmother. And
she was doing needlework:

found them, sitting quiet as
mice, together on the seat
facing the old lady, listening
to stories about what it was
like when she was their age.

I'm glad I crossed the coun-
try while that type of travel
was still available. But above
all; I'm thankful that the
years haven't changed me,
that I still look on everything
as an adventure and consid.
each new day a gift. Life is to
precious to waste by being

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