We rode the train in the fall about 12 years ago. The following winter we did the Snow TRAIN. That wasn't as nice as the fall trip. About 2004 we rode the train to Hearst, Ontario in March. The trip took about 12 hours and the scenery was very, very nice. Fifty miles north of Hearst is the tree line, no trees north of there. The prices then were more reasonable than they are now. I like Canadiennes but I don't like their government.