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Tough Railroaders, Rough Railroad
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View of overturned box car (possibly in Coquihalla Pass)
1 of 19 		Wedge plow #400884 pushed by diesel engine.
2 of 19 		Top view of Steam Engine #2703 buried by avalanche.
3 of 19 		Rock slide at West Portal of Connaught Tunnel
4 of 19 		"Every season has different challenges . . . "
5 of 19 		Rock slide resulting in derailment of a Fairbanks Morse engine
6 of 19
"Crowsnest blizzard - I'll tell you it was a dandy . . . "
7 of 19 		View from above snow slide at Illecillewaet (1500 ft. long 57 ft. high)
8 of 19 		"An extremely tough winter . . . "
9 of 19 		"Ice built up during the night . . . "
10 of 19 		Mud slide took out three sidings
11 of 19 		"Hit a mudslide and derailed . . . "
12 of 19
"Ernie Ottewell in front of the #5909 that ran through a rock slide . . ."
13 of 19 		"The ice jammed up in the river . . . "
14 of 19 		"The engine was running in about a foot of water . . . "
15 of 19 		"Remember when the Illecillewaet washed out . . . "
16 of 19 		"The old oil pond they had behind the CPR shops and roundhouse . . . "
17 of 19 		"Sparks flying or something . . . "
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