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The Agawa Canyon Tour Train began operation in 1964, carrying tourists from Sault Ste Marie to the scenic & popular Agawa Canyon. The train operates on the tracks of the Algoma Central Railway (ACR), now owned by Canadian National Railways (CN). The Algoma Central was a regional railway in Northern Ontario operating north from Sault Ste Marie. In addition to the tour train, there is a regular passenger train which operates over the entire length of the line from Sault Ste Marie to Hearst, ON.
Until recently, equipment on the tour train consisted of ex-CN coaches, an ex-Union Pacific dome car and an ex-California Zephyr diner pulled by CN SD75I 4,300 horsepower diesel locomotives. In 2011 the equipment, except for the dining car, has been replaced by former Rio Grande Ski Train coaches. There are no longer any dome cars on the train but there are TV screens in the coaches giving a live forward view, plus the usual big picture windows. Motive power now consists of former Rio Grande Ski Train F40PH 3,000 horsepower diesel locomotives.
As the train leaves the town of Sault Ste Marie, it passes the ACR yards & Algoma Steel corporation at Steelton, the Goulais River near Searchmont, Trout lake, and the spectacular Montreal River trestle at Montreal Falls before descending the Canyon into Agawa Canyon Park.
If you enjoy superb scenery, friendly service & fine dining, then you’ll enjoy a ride on The Agawa Canyon Tour Train.
For those visiting the Sault Ste Marie area, the Days Inn offers convenient lodging near the train station and the nearby casino offers buffet dining options.
- 0561 AGAWA CANYON TOUR TRAIN AT THE STATION MALL, SAULT STE MARIE, ON
- 0564 ALGOMA CENTRAL DINING CAR
- 0565 ALGOMA CENTRAL COACH
- 0566 ALGOMA CENTRAL DOME CAR
- 0567 CN SD75I #5729 ON THE POINT OF THE AGAWA CANYON TOUR TRAIN
- 0575 IN THE DOME CAR ON THE AGAWA CANYON TOUR TRAIN
- 0576 LEAVING SAULT STE MARIE
- 0577 ALGOMA CENTRAL YARDS, STEELTON, ON
- 0578 ALGOMA CENTRAL GONDOLAS
- 0579 BELLVUE VALLEY
- 0580 GOULAIS RIVER VALLEY
- 0581 CROSSING THE GOULAIS RIVER
- 0582 OGIDAKI LAKE
- 0583 TROUT LAKE
- 0584 NEAR MEKATINA
- 0585 BOATERS WAVING TO THE TRAIN AT SPRUCE LAKE
- 0586 RAND LAKE
- 0587 REGENT LAKE
- 0588 MONTREAL RIVER TRESTLE & DAM
- 0590 VIEW FROM MONTREAL RIVER TRESTLE
- 0591 MONTREAL RIVER TRESTLE
- 0592 TRAIN DESCENDING AGAWA CANYON
- 0593 TRAIN DESCENDING AGAWA CANYON
- 0595 BRIDAL VEIL FALLS
- 0596 APPROACHING AGAWA CANYON STOP
- 0597 LOCOMOTIVES RUNNING AROUND TRAIN FOR THE RETURN TRIP
- 0601 VIEW OF AGAWA CANYON PARK FROM LOOKOUT
- 0605 VIEW OF AGAWA CANYON PARK FROM LOOKOUT
- 0607 SPEEDERS IN AGAWA CANYON PARK
- 0608 GIFT SHOP IN AGAWA CANYON PARK
- 0609 DOME CAR IN AGAWA CANYON PARK
- 0610 AGAWA CANYON TOUR TRAIN READY FOR THE RETURN TRIP
- 0611 CANYON VIEW CAMP CAR, AGAWA CANYON PARK
- 0613 VIEW OF GENERATING STATION FROM MONTREAL RIVER TRESTLE