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Train now boarding for Revelstoke!
Turn of the 20th Century
Revelstoke Railway Museum, Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada
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Credits:
Revelsoke Railway Museum Collection
Photo by Fern Hansen

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Welcome to the Revelstoke Railway Museum's community memories exhibit. We invite you to pull up a seat and listen to a story or two. Join us in Business Car #4 where our retired railway storytellers gather together to reminisce.

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Excerpt of Railroad Map of Western Canada and Alaska
Mid 20th Century
Western Canada, west of Calgary, Alberta to interior plateau of British Columbia

Credits:
Issued by Canadian Freight Association, Western Lines
Revelstoke Railway Museum Collection

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This excerpt of the Railroad map of Western Canada and Alaska gives you a close up view of the towns, stations, cities and whistle stops that are highlighted in the stories that follow. The red line depicts the Canadian Pacific Railway. Sir William Cornelius Van Horne was instrumental in the building of this railway. Listen to retired railroader, Ken Magnes, share his impression of the original tough railroader, Van Horne.

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"The big wheel in this whole process . . . "
22 March 2012
Business Car #4, Revelstoke Railway Museum, Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
Speaker: Ken Magnes
Filmed by Michelle Cole

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If you travel in Canada by rail it takes a number of days, at one time almost a week. The size of Canada required a railroad to join us as a country. The Province of British Columbia required the construction of a transcontinental railroad as a condition to becoming a part of Canada in 1871. With the completion of the railroad Canada continued to grow with new provinces forming along the rail line to create western Canada.

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Engine #146 (4-4-0) during the filming of "The National Dream"
1973 Jun
At mile 86.5 on the Carmi Subdivision, between Myra and Ruth

Credits:
Revelstoke Railway Museum Collection

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The building of the railroad began the story. The workers continue the operation of this rough railroad through the mountains, keeping the transportation link viable and Canada's economy moving.

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Cal Boutwell in engine #8511
1966

Credits:
Revelstoke Railway Museum Collection

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Railroaders reflect how it use to be and all the changes. As long as you did not get in trouble and got the work done, no one said a word. Breaking the rules may have been needed to get a job done.

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The way it use to be . . .
12 November 2011
Business Car #4, Revelstoke Railway Museum, Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
Speakers: Bill Belton, W.L. Handley, Edward Jaatteenmaki and Warren M. Watson
Filmed by Michelle Cole

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Steam Engine #569 exiting West Portal (incorrectly labelled East Portal) at Connaught Tunnel
Early 20th Century
Rogers Pass, British Columbia, Canada
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Credits:
Revelstoke Railway Museum Collection

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Railroader stories speak to the survival of the Canadian Pacific Railway, communities, families, individuals and the nation. History tells us of the when and where of events. Here you will hear from the railroaders who lived it and one story leads to another . . .

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The operator has train orders in his message hoop at the ready for the engineer of the #5901
22 June 1941
Albert Canyon Station, British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
Photo by Arvid Johnson
Thanks to the Jim Hope Collection