1

Railway - full of danger and first aid
20th Century
Revelstoke Railway Museum, Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
Revelstoke Railway Museum Collection
Photo by Fern Hansen

2

Train wreak due to snow slide.
1950's - 1960's
West of Laurie Tunnels, British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
Revelstoke Railway Museum Collection

3

Fraught with danger, winter in the Mountain Subdivision presents risks to the railroad of epic proportion. Listen to Jack tell of an avalanche that came down in the Field station yard, triggered by the sound of their engine.

4

"It put everything on the ground . . . "
25 February 2012
Revelstoke Railway Museum, Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
Speaker: John (Jack) Carten
Railway Reflections panel members: W. L Handley, Dennis Holdener and Warren M. Watson
Filmed by Ryan Stilwell and Ewan Urquhart

5

The worst avalanche accident in Canadian history
4 March 1910
Rogers Pass, British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
Revelstoke Museum and Archives Collection

6

Opened in 1916, the Connaught Tunnel rerouted the railway under the avalanche terrain of Rogers Pass. Other tunnels have since been built to reduce the risks involved in operating through the Selkirk Mountains. The Coffee Club reflects on the challenges of plowing to keep the line open.

7

"Come charging out of the tunnel and there was a slide . . ."
1 December 2011
Business Car #4, Revelstoke Railway Museum, Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada

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

8

Work crew digging out a locomotive that was covered by an avalanche.
Circa 1930's

Credits:
Revelstoke Railway Museum Collection

9

Imagine hearing the Howitzers go off and seeing an avalanche coming at you. Clancy remembers a time clearing the line and having this happen.

10

"Here comes this big white cloud . . . "
15 December 2011
Business Car #4, Revelstoke Railway Museum, Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada

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

11

View of winter train wreck
1977
East of Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
Revelstoke Railway Museum Collection
Photo by Bill Stockland

12

Winter impacts even routine operations like dumping fill. Ernie and Ed tell stories of the material inside the cars freezing and taking the whole car over when dumping fill in a ditch.

13

Dumping frozen fill caused derailments.
23 February 2012
Business Car #4, Revelstoke Railway Museum, Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada

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

14

Air powered side dumps unloading contents in river
Unknown

Credits:
Revelstoke Railway Museum Collection