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I am amazed that the Canadian comes so close to turning a profit. I always assumed it was a giant money pit. But I guess the hefty sleeping car fares aimed at international tourists go a long way to paying the train's costs.

Even if you factor in the capital costs it's probably not too grim since Via inherited a fleet of cars for the Canadian from CP, and has only totally rebuilt the fleet once in the 40+ years that they have owned it.