AGAWA CANYON TOUR TRAIN in Sault Ste Marie (The Soo) - Let's Discover ON
Have you ever had one travel experience that was on your bucket list forever? For us it was the Agawa Canyon Tour Train in Sault Ste. Marie. It's a train ride through forests and over bridges, that eventually ends right into the heart of the Agawa Canyon Park, 144 km north of The Soo.
Not only is it a great scenic ride, but it's the ONLY way to get there, and the view from the top is awe-inspiring.
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Agawa Canyon Tour | Canada Trip | The Cool Vacation
We visited Sault Ste Marie, Ontario Canada and the next day we did a tour to Agawa Canyon in Northern Ontario.
Agawa Canyon Tour Train | Sault Ste. Marie Ontario, Canada
You gotta, MUST hit up the Agawa Canyon Tour Train. It will take you through some of the most beautiful, pristine parts in all of Ontario. In fact, words cannot even do it justice. Check this out!
The BEST way for me to describe this experience is - it’s like a fairy tale.
The tour train leaves from Sault Ste. Marie and takes you 114 miles north through some of Ontario’s most rugged, STUNNING terrain - winding past serene lakes, mixed forests of the Canadian Shield and incredible mountains.
One of the highlights - is the curved Montreal River trestle – at 130 feet high and over 1,500 feet long, I was speechless!
The destination: The Agawa Canyon Wilderness Park - climb up the 250 foot lookout trail for an amazing view of the valley and follow the trails to see towering cliffs and beautiful waterfalls.
Whether you do this in the spring, summer or fall, the experience will leave you mesmerized!
Have you been on the Agawa Tour Train?
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Rail Away: Canada - Sault St. Marie/Agawa Canyon/Hawk Junction
In deze aflevering: een rit per toeristentrein van de stad Sault Ste. Marie, op de grens van Canada en de VS, naar het noorden, dwars door de wildernis van de provincie Ontario. Deze rit naar de Agawa Canyon is een bijzondere belevenis, zeker in de herfst als de vele bomen zich tooien in fel rode kleuren. In Agawa Canyon gaat de reis verder per passagierstrein naar de kleine nederzetting Hawk Junction. Het gebied is dun bevolkt met weinig wegen, waardoor de trein van de Algoma Central Railway in zomer en winter voor de bewoners van deze regio vaak het enige contact met de buitenwereld is.
Algoma Central Railway passenger train, Sault Ste Marie to Hearst ON (2014-Jun-28)
2014 June 28-29, Sault Ste Marie to Hearst, Ontario
A few highlights from the CN-operated passenger train between Sault Ste Marie ON and Hearst ON. I wanted to ride this train while it was still running because there was threat it might shut down. Indeed a year later it was suddenly canceled, although as of early 2016 there are plans to resume it under a new operator.
The train passes through the Agawa Canyon from Sault Ste Marie, and then continues through the wilderness past countless lakes to reach Hearst. The day I went there was a slow order over much of the track due to heat kinks in recently-replaced rails. We ended up about an hour short of Hearst when the crew hit their work time limit, had to take a taxi into town. Which meant coming south the next day the crew ran out of work hours about 4 hours away from Sault Ste Marie and had to be replaced by a fresh crew taxi'd in from Sault Ste Marie (at Frater, if I recall correctly).
CN 104 - EMD F40PHR (Agawa Canyon Tour Train paint scheme).
also seen in Hearst:
ONR 2200 - EMD GP40-2
ONR 1801 - EMD GP38-2
CN 2170 - GE Dash 8-40CW
Tourism Sault Ste. Marie Agawa Canyon Tour Train
Agawa Canyon Tour Train In Sault Ste. Marie
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Agawa Canyon Tour Train in Sault Ste. Marie 7/11/2016
My 2nd visit to Canada. 7/11/2016 during 6pm hour. Day before my actual trip. CN/Algoma Central F40PHR-104 (ex-Ski Day Train, ex-Amtrak) pulling the six car Agawa Canyon Railroad train with F40PH 105 on the opposite end next to the station platform in Sault. Ste. Marie (pronounced: Soo Saint Marie). Was really neat seeing an EMD Screaming Thunderbox in action again. #104 was in HEP mode. I rode this train the next day. This is my first video on YouTube, please forgive my camera movement. I realize that I should have packed my tripod.
Camera: Sony HDR CX330
Agawa Canyon Tour Train
Take a ride on the all new Agawa Canyon Tour Train!
Agawa Canyon Tour train At Sault Ste. Marie Station
A typical Scene in the Soo. A Purple train pulls in to a mall parking lot, and in the fall, the train is longer, and blocks traffic for about an hour. LOL
Algoma Central Tour Train. Frater Aug 2006
Just found this short clip on a CD of photos I was looking through.
Frater, Ontario.
Agawa Canyon Train Tour - Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada
On 9/11/16
Algoma Central F-Units - Agawa Canyon - August 1998
PLEASE READ DESCRIPTION: Shot w/Hi8
Video by: Steve Slayton
It's August 1998, and my friend Steve and I are riding the Algoma Central. On the layover in Agawa Canyon, we get a look at the EMD F-Units that the trains were being pulled with at that time.
Agawa Canyon Tour Train leaving Sault Ste Marie station (27 Jun 2014)
2014 June 27, Sault Ste Marie, Ontario
Algoma Central Railway Agawa Canyon Tour Train returns to yard after dropping passengers at station (train was more than an hour late, delayed due to slow orders on recently repaired track that was apparently buckling due to heat.
CN #105 - F40PHR (lead) Agawa Canyon Tour Train paint
CN #4110 - GP9Rm (pushing)
Algoma Central Yard at the Sault (26AUG2010)
Algoma Central Yard in Sault St. Marie.
Riding the Algoma Central Railway (Canada)
In October 1997, we travelled from Hearst to Sault Saint Marrie in Ontario Canada aboard the Algoma Central Railway. It was fall time, and the colours were wonderful.
This tour was part of a Polar Bear trip trip Churchill run by Ffestiniog Travel. See my other videos of this trip.
Algoma Central Railway
Algoma Central Railway/CN's Agawa Canyon Tour Train lead by engines 106 and 104 pulling into the station in Sault Ste. Marie Ontario Canada on 7/15/15
To Hearst and back on the Algoma Central Railway
We start our trip in Sault Ste. Marie, where we take a look at CN Train 631, the Algoma Central Railway train to Hearst. This train, for all intents and purposes, is not a tourist train. People take this train to go between Sault Ste. Marie and Hearst, as well as points between to hunting camps and the Chapleau Game Reserve. This is train is essentially the lifeline to Northern Ontario. A lot of the places this train serves are far from any roadways, and are otherwise isolated. The train has come into some rough times lately, as CN has already made plans to stop running the train under their company, as they want to focus solely on freight. The train was supposed to have ended last year, but was given a brief reprieve, and is financially assisted by the Government of Canada. However, if something isn't done soon, the train might stop running as early as the end of March of 2015. That being said, let's get to the videos. In the first scene, we start in the yard in Sault Ste. Marie, where we walk along the entire train, which consists of a former Amtrak F40PH in the Agawa Canyon Train color scheme, a baggage car, two coaches, and a generator car. At the 8:20 mark, we're under way and going over some grade crossings just outside of Sault Ste. Marie. At the 18:00 mark, we cross the high bridge over the Goulais River. At the 18:45 mark, we cross the Montreal Falls on the Montreal River, before coming to a stop just across the bridge to pick up a couple of hikers at the flag stop called Awana. At the 22:45 mark, we get to one one of the jewels of the line; the Agawa Canyon and the multiple waterfalls that flow into the Agawa River. The first waterfall is the bridal veil falls, while the other noteworthy one is the pair of waterfalls called the twin beaver tails. At the 26:20 mark, we pass the Agawa Canyon Train, which is preparing to depart back to Sault Ste. Marie. That train departs about an hour and a half prior to ours, travels the 114 miles up to the canyon, lets the tourists off to walk around the park up there, and then departs about 2 hours later to come back. That is a day trip, and it's a splendid one at that. However, we continue past the canyon. The Canyon Train consists of F40PH's 104 and 105, both ex-Amtrak. They're pulling a diner car, and 7 coaches. At the 31:00 mark, we have come to one of the few stops where a station actually exists; Hawk Junction. Here, we see CN Train 573, the local freight out of Sault Ste. Marie, as it drills the small yard in Hawk Junction. They came north before we did, but will end up following us up the rest of the way to Hearst. 573 consists of SD60F 5544 and C44-9W 2692. C40-8W 2178, originally of the Santa Fe, will remain in the yard to be used as a drill engine. Once the paperwork is done, we get back on the train and continue north. At the 33:15 mark, we get to hear one of the handful of CN defect detectors on the line, this one being at MP180.6, which is between the flag stop at Goudreau, and the timed stop at Dubreuilville (we didn't stop at either place heading north). The detector gives a good read out, and we continue on our way. At the 33:42 mark, our train gets track clearance between MP246 on the Soo Sub in Oba to MP294 at Wyborn, which is about a mile and a half outside of Hearst, which is MP296. Outside of two or three signals, one for crossing the diamond with CP at Franz, and one for crossing the CN at Oba, the line to Hearst is single track with passing sidings, and is a completely dark/paper route with clearance paper being the only thing giving permission on the tracks, one section at a time. At the 35:25 mark, we cross the CN main at the location known as Oba. Oba used to have a small town there, but it's been reduced to nothing more than a small yard and a couple of ramshackle buildings. Parked in the yard, we see a bunch of MOW equipment, as well as some camp cars, with the MOW workers inhabiting them, as they are doing some track work along the line we are crossing. At the 37:27 mark, we see Ontario Northland GP40-2 2202 as it drills the yard in Hearst. At this point, we are getting ready to depart back for Sault Ste. Marie as Train 632. While we watch the cars get drilled, notice the power from Train 573 from the day before, the SD60F 5544 and the C44-9W 2692 as they sit in the yard. In the last scene at 38:40, we see a bit of fun action at Hawk Junction, where we watch a hunter take his ATV off the baggage car with the help of a portable ramp which is stored on the car. Three different people then drive their dirt bikes onto the train. That's the way of life in Northern Ontario. If the train doesn't get saved, a lot of people will not be able to reach civilization. If you have any questions about the video, feel free to message me. Comments are welcome. The videos were taken on October 13th and October 14th, 2014.
Algoma Central Tour Train PT 1
New consist of the Agawa Canyon Tour train September 16 2009. Love the horn! The train is passing trout lake road near Hyden Ontraio, north of the Soo.
Agawa Canyon Park, Train Tour, Algoma County, Ontario, Canada 2017 | Travel Vlog | Vlog # 11
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Peeps! In Vlog 11 is a trip to Agawa Canyon Park, Train Tour of Algoma County, Ontario Canada 2017. It is a trip that we did last minute to blow off some steam. No plumbing in this one, but definitely some in the next vlog. Hope you enjoy peeps!
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