Canadian Railroads > on this day 2005

April 24, 2005  no "meet & greet" this trip on the Lillooet sub. All the way Williams Lake to Lillooet the BC Rail way. A few grab shots along the way..

01 Mile 211.7 was known as "Fill" used to be a wooden trestle bridge and then filled in with dirt.
02 Mile 206 "Fifty One Creek" a few miles north of Clinton BC
03 Mile 206 on the bridge

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04 mile 206 rear view
05 mile 189, two miles into the descent of Kelly Lake Hill, the grade starts at mile 191, gently working into 2.2 percent grade at mile 189. It is at this point that air and dynamic brakes are adjusted for the long descent and the train ought to "feel good" brake and control wise.
06 along the way on the hill

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07 view looking back at the train
08 view of the valley
09 a beautiful spring day

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Doug, 

Is that your Sony video camera in the window?  

Dave Burroughs
Hamilton, ON

10  "black slide"
11  Mile 171 just south of glenfraser
12  rear view, darn power lines

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13  near mile 170, mid screen is the tunnel at mile 168.5
14 Fraser river
15 mile 169  highway 99

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16  tunnel at mile 168.4
17  tunnel again
18  view of train and the valley

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19 south of Fountain, view out the side window, not for the faint of heart
20 near mile 161, view of Fraser River bridge
21 bridge again

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last three images, hope you enjoyed.  Time stamp for image 05 Mile 189 was 3:58 pm, image 24 is time 5:29 pm, long time on the hill
22  Fraser River bridge
23 on the bridge Mile 160.3
24 view up the river valley, just a few more miles to Lillooet, jump in a taxi and ride back to Williams Lake.  Another safe trip on BC Rail.

Thanks for looking.   Doug
 

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va3cp Wrote:
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> Doug, 
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> Is that your Sony video camera in the window?  

Yes Dave, that is a video camera.  I have miles and miles recorded.  Doug

Thanks for all these Doug!

I look forward to your "this day" posts...

 

Will MacKenzie
Dundas, ON

Love your 'engineer perspective' posts of track locations very familiar to me but not from this vantage point obviously . . just curious  . . how long did the taxi ride take going back to 'Bill's Puddle'?

Craig
http://mcmrailvideos.com/

Oh about 3 1/2 hours including a pit stop at Hortons in 100 Mile House.  Doug

There are some really beautiful shots in this bunch.  But, I am also struck about how dangerous that railroad could be from slides and I don't see slide detection fences.

There was quite an effort later to put slide detectors and falling rock fences in various areas. Also there is or was track patrols ahead of each train. Crews have to be vigilant watching the track ahead.   Doug

Thanks for posting your pictures and videos.  I enjoy them and could kick myself in the butt because I didn't do much of that.  Appreciate your efforts in posting your "on this day" series.

Doug, do you know the milepost of #8?

- L.F.

hoggerdoug Wrote:
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> There was quite an effort later to put slide
> detectors and falling rock fences in various
> areas. Also there is or was track patrols ahead of
> each train. Crews have to be vigilant watching
> the track ahead.   Doug

Hi Doug,
Many thanks for the Great Photos..
Do you recall the weigh and length of the train please??
Did you have Mid train locos also Please??
Thats a long time on the hill 2 and a 1/2 hours..
I am  looking forward to our trip in around 3 and a half months time..

Cheers Brian in New Zealand..



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/25/15 00:18 by RogersPass.

What a view your office has! 99.9% of us pay to go on vacation to see scenery such as that yet it seems you understand how lucky you are ot work in such a great location.

Thanks for posting. These are great yet I still believe my favorite was the series of photos you had comparing the trackside photographer's images with your from-the-cab photos. 

Jay

loleta Wrote:
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> Doug, do you know the milepost of #8?
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> - L.F.

Are you referring to #10 Downing??  Think it was at or near Gramsons (flag stop) at mile 109 between Birken and Creekside. #10 was never shown in the timetable but did show in the brochure on the Budd Car, one of those "highlights" along the way.  Doug