Ghost Train Crossing Canada

model miniature train, The Canadian, crossing Canada — FIVE ISLANDS PROVINCIAL PARK, NOVA SCOTIA

The Canadian miniature train in Lake Louise, Banff — LAKE LOUISE, BANFF NATIONAL PARK, ALBERTA

The Canadian miniature model train in a prairie thunderstorm — PRAIRIE THUNDERSTORM, SASKATCHEWAN

The Canadian miniature model train crossing Canada — LA MAURICIE NATIONAL PARK, QUEBEC

model train, The Canadian, miniature art — BRUCE PENINSULA NATIONAL PARK, ONTARIO

miniature train, The Canadian, in Nova Scotia — CAPE BRETON HIGHLANDS NATIONAL PARK, NOVA SCOTIA

Ghost Train Crossing Canada — DRUMHELLER PROVINCIAL PARK, ALBERTA

miniature model train, The Canadian, crossing Canada — OKANAGAN LAKE, BRITISH COLUMBIA

The Canadian train in Ottawa — PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS. ONTARIO

Canadian train crossing waterfall — CANADIAN SHEILD, ONTARIO

model train miniature art, The Canadian in Newfoundland — SIGNIL HILL, NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR

model miniature Canadian train Manitoba — MANITOBA PRAIRIE

The Canadian miniature model train in BC — MILE ZERO, VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA

miniature art, The Canadian model train crossing Canada — GATINEAU PROVINCIAL PARK, QUEBEC

Canadian train New Brunswick — FUNDY NATIONAL PARK, NEW BRUNSWICK

Canadian train Prince Edward Island — CAVENDISH SHORE, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

The Canadian miniature model train in Algonquin Park — ALGONQUIN PROVINCIAL PARK, ONTARIO

It’s hard to make sense of living in a big country. Canada has 6 time zones, and the highway crossing them is almost 8000 km (5000 miles) long. What holds this sprawling landscape of wilderness and scattered cities together? In searching for an answer, I tied the country together with tiny steel rails.

Ghost Train Crossing Canada captures the cross-country journey of an ankle-high model train. The train is a replica of the vintage streamliner first to be named The Canadian. While the full-sized train originally travelled from Montreal to Vancouver, the miniature Canadian appears like a ghost anywhere underfoot.

Canada’s vast landscapes pull your eyes to the horizon, leaving unseen wonders below. The miniature Canadian brings your perspective to ground level. Imagine yourself as a passenger, seeing scenery on every scale. The train's windows serve as a lens, bringing a hidden world into focus

As we journey through life, we collect memories that link together a larger story. In a similar way, the miniature Canadian links together the story of the land Canadians share.