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Tough Railroaders, Rough Railroad

 
Remembering back to the challenges of working on the railroad . . .
163 of 219 		Rock slide resulting in derailment of a Fairbanks Morse engine
164 of 219 		"Crowsnest blizzard - I'll tell you it was a dandy . . . "
165 of 219 		View from above snow slide at Illecillewaet (1500 ft. long 57 ft. high)
166 of 219 		"An extremely tough winter . . . "
167 of 219 		Roy and Ed remember the challenges of snow . . .
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"Ice built up during the night . . . "
169 of 219 		Mud slide took out three sidings
170 of 219 		"Hit a mudslide and derailed . . . "
171 of 219 		"Ernie Ottewell in front of the #5909 that ran through a rock slide . . ."
172 of 219 		"The ice jammed up in the river . . . "
173 of 219 		1948 flooding of Mara Lake
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"The engine was running in about a foot of water . . . "
175 of 219 		View out engine of flooded tracks on Mara Lake
176 of 219 		"Remember when the Illecillewaet washed out . . . "
177 of 219 		Szowski & McDonald's steam shovel
178 of 219 		"Oil all down the Kicking Horse River . . . "
179 of 219 		Steam engine coming through Kicking Horse Canyon
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