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Canadian Pacific Railway's Rogers Pass Project (1983–1989, 1hr27m)
- Lammy 4y agoMeta: The video's actual title card reads "!CHALLENGE! — The story of the ROGERS PASS PROJECT", but I edited it to fit and to include the context that it's a CP Rail project: https://youtu.be/1zepXkTPvqA?t=176 https://youtu.be/1zepXkTPvqA?t=176 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Shaughnessy_Tunnel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Shaughnessy_Tunnel - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Macdonald_Tunnel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Macdonald_Tunnel
- vhodges 4y agoSomewhat related: Prior to this (which I did not know about!) they used pusher units to climb the grade. My dad was a road electrician for CP in the 70's and was responsible for wiring up the ventilation system for the Connaught Tunnel and the electrical system for the pusher camp.