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The Rocky Mountaineer,
Vancouver, British Columbia to Banff, Alberta - Page 2

by Ken Humphreys

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A line of CN snow plows at the Revelstoke Yard
An eastbound CP train of covered grain hoppers at Revelstoke
Passing a train of tank cars at Revelstoke
The Rocky Mountaineer entering a snow shed in Glacier National Park (The Canadian one, not the US park of the same name)
Connaught Tunnel, built in 1916, climbing to a summit of 3,794 feet through Mount Macdonald. The tunnel is a straight line and was built to avoid the heavy snowfalls in Rogers Pass.
The Rocky Mountaineer meeting a CP container train pulled by locomotive #8535 during the ascent to the Spiral Tunnels.
Cars on the CP container train
Arriving at Banff
The end of the trip, the impressive Canadian Pacific Station in Calgary, Alberta



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