The Last Passenger Train

Join author Robert Goldstein and his wife, Melinda Denson, on a seemingly idyllic trip to celebrate his retirement by traversing Canada on the remnants of its once robust transcontinental train service. More than a routine travelogue, the author describes what happens when two individuals marry late in life, then spend a week crammed in a train compartment. When not worrying about the train's pace, the author provides rich descriptions of the land the train passes through, as well as of the Herculean effort required to build Canada's cross-country railroad.