Mind the gap!

This was taken in the a Rocky Mountaineer train that runs between Vancouver and Calgary. A two day excursion going through the Rocky Mountains. We were fortunate to be in the main carriage that has the glass roof so you get the full view all round. But to be honest the best place was the open section at the back of the carriage, much nicer being outside in the air.

Now these things look pretty rickety but as you can see they do serve a purpose keeping the land slides off the track, though I fear they might need to be a bit bigger!