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Railroaders wore many hats . . .
20th Century
Revelstoke Railway Museum, Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
Revelstoke Railway Museum Collection
Photo by Fern Hansen

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"Once a railroader, always a railroader . . ." How many times did you play train as a child growing up? Stories abound about how the railroad made an impression early on in the lives of railroaders. Clancy's anecdote reveals more than mere child's play . . .

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"Get this train out of the station . . . "
15 March 2012
Business Car #4, Revelstoke Railway Museum, Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
Speaker: Clarence (Clancy) L. Boettger
Coffee Club members: Bill Belton, W. L. Handley, Edward Jaatteenmaki and James V. Walford
Interviewer: Michelle Cole, Program Coordinator
Filmed by Michelle Cole

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Early on Clancy set his sights on being a railroader. Listen to how his dream became reality . . .

5

"That's how I got on the railroad . . . "
8 December 2011
Business Car #4, Revelstoke Railway Museum, Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
Speaker: Clarence (Clancy) L. Boettger
Coffee Club members: Bill Belton, W. L. Handley, Edward Jaatteenmaki and Douglas El(Roy) Mitchell
Filmed by Michelle Cole

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Shop track at Revelstoke yard
Circa pre 1960
Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
Revelstoke Railway Museum Collection

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You can hear the excitement in their voices as the group shares their early days of being trained to work the railroad. Les made it all the way to Lumby!

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"When us guys started . . . "
8 December 2011
Business Car #4, Revelstoke Railway Museum, Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
Coffee Club members: Bill Belton, Clarence (Clancy) L. Boettger, W. L. Handley, Edward Jaatteenmaki, and Douglas El(Roy) Mitchell
Filmed by Michelle Cole

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Dennis Holdener in diesel cab.
Mid 1980's

Credits:
Revelstoke Railway Museum Collection

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Fourth generation railway worker, Ed speaks of his different careers leading up to being an engineer technician. Often we only think of the engineers/enginemen as railroaders, however, the career potential is vast and varied. What job would you like to try?

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A life on the railroad . . .
26 February 2011
Revelstoke Railway Museum, Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
Speaker: Edward Jaatteenmaki
Event filmed by Ben Beruschi, Bryce Derosier, Aaron Haaf, Bailey Hutton, Destinee Lebuke, Jessica Ralph and Summer Richardson
Edited by Jaiden Lips

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Different eras of railroad operations called for different jobs. Ernie shares how patrol men would regulate water flow to keep the snow sheds moist. The Bear Creek snow sheds contributed to a network of structures over Rogers Pass in the years before the Connaught Tunnel. During the winter snow sheds offered the line protection from avalanches. In the summer the snow sheds faced the challenge of high temperatures and sparks. Imagine your job, over a hundred years ago, keeping wooden structures moist in the vast landscape of Glacier National Park.

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Bear Creek Patrolman
24 November 2011
Business Car #4, Revelstoke Railway Museum, Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
Speaker: Ernie Ottewell
Coffee Club members: John (Jack) Carten, W. L. Handley and Edward Jaatteenmaki
Interviewed by Michelle Cole
Filmed by Michelle Cole

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James Walford reminises at Railway Reflections story telling event in 2011
26 February 2011
Revelstoke Railway Museum, Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
Panel member: James V. Walford
Photos by Ben Beruschi, Bryce Derosier, Aaron Haaf, Bailey Hutton, Destinee Lebuke, Jessica Ralph and Summer Richardson