18 November 2010

Rick Mercer's OJT (On The Job Training) Trip

Canadian Pacific Railway Mountain and Shuswap Subdivisions - The Conductor is Jana McNutt and the Locomotive Engineer is Wally Thacker (Wally is Local Chair Division 657 Revelstoke).
 
They take Rick for a run on the CP Mountain Sub, through the famous Connaught Tunnel which was finished in 1916.
 
They make a stop on the Stoney Creek Bridge which was originally built of wood and finished in 1885.
 
The current steel bridge was built and finished in 1893.