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Air powered side dumps unloading contents in river
Unknown

Credits:
Revelstoke Railway Museum Collection

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Frozen ties contributed to losing cars that jumped out of a train. Clancy recalls coming through Rogers and the train going into emergency. The conductor thought the joint had come apart, however, when they arrived in Revelstoke they were short two potash cars, left upside down in the ditch. Ernie speaks of a few cars being lost until spring when the snow melted. How much snow does it take for you to loose entire railway cars?

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"Didn't find them till spring when the snow went . . . "
23 February 2012
Business Car #4, Revelstoke Railway Museum, Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
Speakers: Clarence (Clancy) L. Boettger and Ernie Ottewell
Coffee Club members: Edward Jaatteenmaki and Warren M. Watson
Filmed by Michelle Cole

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View of overturned box car (possibly in Coquihalla Pass)
Circa 1950s
Unknown

Credits:
Revelstoke Railway Museum Collection

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Construction crew inside the cut of the Connaught Tunnel
Circa 1914
Rogers Pass, British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
Revelstoke Railway Museum Collection

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Hazards exist below ground as well as above. Early workers in the Connaught Tunnel faced dust and construction debris. Later railroaders contended with nitrous oxide fumes and poor ventilation. Ed shares how he checked tunnel clearances across the division in the dark. Can you smell the smoke?

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"Holy smoke, I could hardly breathe . . . "
1 December 2011
Business Car #4, Revelstoke Railway Museum, Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
Speaker: Edward Jaatteenmaki
Coffee Club members: Bill Belton, W. L. Handley and Warren M. Watson
Filmed by Michelle Cole

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Engine #8683 derailed.
Circa 1960
Unknown

Credits:
Revelstoke Railway Museum Collection

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Regular operations require the submitting of 1409 accident reports in the event of an incident, often referred by as just 1409. Bill gives a brief example, explaining a collision between a train and a few cows.

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1409 accident reports . . .
15 March 2012
Business Car #4, Revelstoke Railway Museum, Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada

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

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Have you ever had an experience "that wasn't that long but seemed like an eternity?" Bill remembers a scary night in November 1977. The train went into an undesired release causing a runaway. Pulling the pin on the caboose saved the train crew while a broken drawbar release the engine crew from the rest of the train that piled up and took out a bridge.

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An undesired release = runaway train . . .
15 March 2012
Business Car #4, Revelstoke Railway Museum, Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada

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

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The makings of local legend - Roseberry, February 1947: Steam Engine #3512, ore cars and the caboose sank at Cape Horn. In the steam ship era, trains boarded barges to be pulled to their destinations along the Arrow Lakes and others. Clancy gives an account of the sinking of a barge and train in Slocan Lake.

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"Wreck on the Slocan Lake . . . "
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
Filmed by Michelle Cole