Caption: It's 06:34, foggy, cool, and damp on the station platform at The Pas, MB. VIA #693 (Winnipeg to Churchill) arrived a few minutes earlier so it was time to detrain and capture what I could during this early morning stop. Only a handful of people were milling about at this hour, including a couple of passengers, VIA on-board & local maintenance personnel, a station security guard, and the new headend crew. After getting my photos, and enjoying the cool fresh air of this northern Manitoba community, I climbed back on board and headed to VIA 8515 Skyline to enjoy a hot, freshly prepared breakfast of scrambled eggs, bacon, and hash-brown potatoes, and another full day of riding the rails towards the polar bear and beluga whale capital of the world. :-)