Steam & Excursion > CPR #1201 - Nov. 1985 Excursion to CPR's 100th Anniversary

As a follow up to the couple of posts earlier this week on #1201, Canadian Pacific Railway celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Driving of the Last Spike at Craigellachie, west of Revelstoke BC, in Nov. 1985 by bringing #1201 out from Ottawa to be the highlight of the ceremony. No diesels assisting on this trip which made for some spectacular steam scenes in the cold winter weather.

I chased the train from Revelstoke to the ceremony and return. These clips are on the return trip to Revelstoke with all the VIP's.

On the last scene, the echo of 1201's whistle echoes for over 10 seconds off the mountains.

The yellow truss-rodded coach on the tail end was over a hundred years old and was the business car owned by the contractors who built the railway a century earlier!

Craig
mcmrailvideos.com



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/14/18 08:07 by spdaylight.

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That was wonderful. Made my day. Thanks

Wow, I have followed steam and excursion activities pretty closely since 1969 but completely missed the fact that 1201 went west on these trips. What a show, unassisted!

Very cool video - love those G5 Pacifics!

-James
http://www.steamtrainvideos.com

Wow! For the cold winter steam plume and mountains/snow/tunnels!

Double Wow! for that whistle and especially those deep echoes!

Jim Baker
Riverside, CA

That's a wonderful video. Thanks so much for posting it.