Canadian Railroads > Rogers Pass traffic

Where can I find information about the Canadian Pacific route named Rogers Pass between Revelstoke and Golden, BC. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogers_Pass_(British_Columbia)

I am looking for the names of the trains, the name of the railroad district, composition of the trains and type of freight carried, and timing.

Rogers Pass is located midway between Field and Revelstoke on the CP Mountain Sub--about 125 miles end to end.  CP timetables will have a lot of info if you can find them.  The Canadian Trackside Guide, published by the Bytown Railway Society is also a useful source of info.  SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America (Western Canada Edition) has excellent maps and lists all stations, waypoints and detectors, etc.  You can even learn quite a bit by looking at Goodle Earth.  Is there anything specific you want to know?

Keith Robertson
Langley, BC

krausyao Wrote:
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> I am looking for the names of the trains, the name
> of the railroad district, composition of the
> trains and type of freight carried, and timing.

(1) freight trains don't have names

(2) as already answered, this is the Mountain Subdivision of CP's Pacific Region

(3) the main bulk commodities carried in unit trains throigh Rogers Pass are coal, grain, potash and sulphur. Other freight traffic includes intermodal containers (both domestic and marine), automotive vehicles, chemicals, and general freight

(4) freight trains do not run to specific times, although a few intermodals have roughly scheduled departure and arrival times at the start and end points. Rogers Pass is far from these points, so timings through there will be vague at best.

(5) You didn't ask but Rocky Mountaineer Vacations operates tourist trains through Rogers Pass from late April through early October. You can find the schedules at  http://www.rockymountaineer.com/en_CA_BC/travel_planning/schedule

 

krausyao Wrote:
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> I am looking for the names of the trains, the name
> of the railroad district, composition of the
> trains and type of freight carried, and timing.

It's heavy mainline railroading with a constant parade of trains. There are two tunnels under the top of the pass: the 5 mile Connaught Tunnel and the 9 mile Mount Macdonald Tunnel.....so find a good location on either side with a nice mountain backdrop for photos and let the trains come to you.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/28/15 08:03 by ghCBNS.

The Omer Lavalee book Van Horne's Road has a wealth of information on the construction of the original line up and over the Big Hill. And about its replacement with the first tunnel project.

More information than most people will ever need.

Lackawanna484 Wrote:
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> The Omer Lavalee book Van Horne's Road has a
> wealth of information on the construction of the
> original line up and over the Big Hill. And about
> its replacement with the first tunnel project.
>
> More information than most people will ever need.

Except that that's about 70 miles east of Rogers Pass in the Kicking Horse Pass. Kicking Horse crosses the Great Divide at the BC/Alberta border, whereas Rogers is a short cut across the "Big Bend" of the Columbia River. There's a tremendous aura of rail history in either place. Trains on the CPR (with the exception of the Rocky Mountaineer) are not named, but they are numbered. Listening on a radio scanner will let you hear the numbers at times.

Generally 100 series are internal, 200s and 400s are manifests, 300s are grain trains, both loaded and empty, 600s are other bulk trains (primarily sulfur and potash) and 800s are coal trains. Specific train numbers indicate origin and destination and are subject to change at any time.

Darren Boes
Lethbridge, AB
Southern Alberta Railfan

I haven't been in it for at least 10 years but there was a neat working Z-scale model of the original line over Rogers Pass in the information building next to Glacier Park Lodge at the summit. IIRC, there was lots of other historical displays on the building of the line, the 1910 avalanche that prompted the building of Connaught Tunnel and the building of both tunnels. 

sarailfan Wrote:
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> Generally 100 series are internal,

Typo: "internal" should read "intermodal".

Best regards,

Rob L.

rob_l Wrote:
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> Typo: "internal" should read "intermodal".
>
> Best regards,
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> Rob L.

To which I say: damned auto correct!

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Darren Boes
Lethbridge, AB
Southern Alberta Railfan