One of the narrative difficulties was how to combine a linear and literal eastbound journey with a story about a construction project that advanced simultaneously from east and west and continued over decades.
The Canadian's eastbound journey begins at Vancouver's Pacific Central Station.
The eastbound journey takes about 14 hours and 16 minutes, while the westbound journey takes about 14 hours and 45 minutes.
At the meeting of Main St. with Queenston Road, Highway 8 leaves Main Street and follows Queenston Road to continue its eastbound journey.
The train of 17 cars - 11 of them sleepers - will make the eastbound journey with as many as 188 passengers in five days.
On the eastbound journey, there is one daily train, and the timing of the second train varies by day of the week.
On 18 December 1916, during an eastbound journey, Finland was halted by a French warship.
Taylor, who lived at the time in California, returned to his starting point of Oshkosh, Wisconsin a hero two months to the day after the 1976-08-01 start of his eastbound journey.
The first few wartime voyages were packed with Americans trapped in Europe, eager to return home, although the eastbound journeys carried few passengers.
Once Interstate 20 turns away from Interstate 59, it begins an eastbound journey toward Georgia.