Kamloops British Columbia - "The trip is spectacular.
 
Right off the bat, it's a two percent grade, so you're climbing up the mountain and we climb that grade for 14 miles before we reach Monte Lake.
 
At Monte Lake, we've got these sweeping views across the lake, beautiful in the fall, with those fall colours, and the steam swirling around the engine.
 
We criss-cross up and over Route 97 quite a few times and there will be cars waving at us.
 
We go through the communities of Westwold and Falkland and then we'll steam into Armstrong.
 
Once we're in Armstrong, the train will take a two-and-a-half-hour break and that will be for the crew, as well, and to water the engine.
 
Guests will be able to dine and take a break in Armstong.
 
A sharp blast of the whistle will signal everyone to come back to the train and we'll continue on to Vernon.
 
Guests in Vernon can either overnight there, or be motorcoached to Kamloops, or into the Okanagan Valley.
 
The next day, it all reverses.
 
Guests will be motorcoached directly downtown and they'll be able to spend the night in downtown Kamloops at one of our various hotels.
 
All that money will be kept downtown and in Kamloops," said Jordan Popadynetz.
 
Jordan Popadynetz explained the vision for renewal, a plan hatched to restore decommissioned steam locomotive 2141, the Spirit of Kamloops, and save the Kamloops Heritage Railway Society (KHRS).
 
"We have some gaudy goals, some monumental goals," said Popadynetz, leader of railway development for the KHRS.
 
"The goal is to create one of the world's longest steam-powered train excursions. It will be probably one of the most captivating and authentic steam-powered rail excursions in North America, if not the world. The track we're looking at operating the train on is between here, downtown Kamloops, and Vernon."
 
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