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2. Rocky Mountaineer - Wikipedia

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   It was designed as an all-sightseeing train pulled by the retired steam locomotive CNR 6060, a Bullet Nose Betty-class locomotive in the Canadian Rockies. Originally, it began as a once-weekly Via Rail Canada daytime service between Vancouver, Calgary, and Jasper. The first departure was on May 22, 1988, with a special train for the travel ...

3. List of railroad crossings of the North American continental ...

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   Canadian Northern Railway and Grand Trunk Pacific Railway: Canadian National Railway: 1914–present Originally two lines. GTP built 1914, CNoR built 1915. Consolidated into one line in 1917, with some adjustments in 1924 Kicking Horse Pass: Alberta and British Columbia: 1,627 m (5,338 ft) Canadian Pacific Railway: Canadian Pacific Railway 1884 ...

4. Great Canadian Railway Journeys - Wikipedia

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   Great Canadian Railway Journeys is a BBC travel documentary series presented by Michael Portillo and aired on BBC Two. [1] Using an 1899 copy of Appleton's Guidebook to the railways of the United States and Canada , Portillo explores historic Canadian railways and learns about the places along the way.

5. Rail transport in Canada - Wikipedia

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   The Rocky Mountaineer and Royal Canadian Pacific provide luxury rail tours for viewing scenery in the Canadian Rockies as well as other mountainous areas of British Columbia and Alberta. Canada has 49,422 kilometres (30,709 mi) total trackage, of which only 129 kilometres (80 mi) is electrified (all urban rail transit networks).

6. List of Rocky Mountain passes on the continental divide

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   Canadian Pacific Railway (1898). Pacific Ocean or Hudson Bay drainage. 49°00'N* UNITED STATES Montana A: Logan Pass: 6,646 ft (2,026 m) Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park. Divides Pacific Ocean and Hudson Bay drainages.

7. Grand Trunk Pacific Railway - Wikipedia

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   Each vessel measured about 40 feet long and 12–16 feet wide and carried 20–30 tons. Two men crewed each end. The Goat River Rapids, Grand Canyon, and Giscome Rapids, were extremely dangerous, with wrecks and drownings common. Dismantlers purchased the scows that survived the journey, selling the used lumber primarily for house building. [35]