[AT] Fw: Railroaders 1958 film ...

Charlie V 1cdevill at gmail.com
Sun Jan 30 17:07:09 PST 2011


Good film, Eric.  Thanks for posting.  I may watch it again in August
to cool down.  (grins)

Charlie V.

P.S.  The Railrodder is a hoot too.

On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 12:28 PM, Eric Joel <jd2cyl at shaw.ca> wrote:
> Here's a 20 minute Canadian National Film Board documentary done in 1958 showing the day to day operation of the Canadian Pacific Railway operating during winter months in the Canadian Rockies.
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> If anyone has a spare 20 minutes it is well worth the viewing.
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> Here's a story from an old railroader, followed by the link to the National Film Board movie ...
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> It may say "1958" in the subject line, but this is the type of railroading that stole my heart when I stepped off the westbound Super Continental in Jasper, Alberta in December of 1965.
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> This film depicts mainline mountain railroading in CP's Mountain Territory, but CN's Mountain Territory wasn't that far north of Revelstoke.  If you look at a map and find Revelstoke, look almost directly north and find Valemount which is on CN's mainline from 'out east' to Vancouver.  Valemount is on the Albreda Sub between Jasper, Alberta and Blue River, BC.132 miles of very deep snow and long winters.  It boasts wonderful scenery amid the vast forests, high mountains and beautiful valleys.
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> The same type of motive power and cabooses (vans) were in use on CN as is shown on CP at that time, and the same employees who lived and worked along the track.
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> Many sincere thanks to my friend Larry Ayerst in Capreol, Ontario for sending this to me so that I could share it with you.  And a great many thanks to The National Film Board who sponsored this film so many years ago.
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> Bruce Harvey
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> CN Rail retired and missing it . occasionally
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> If you have about 20", watch this film of the railway in 1958:
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> It's a 1958 National Film Board documentary on railroaders life on the Mountain Sub.
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> It has some great clips of the Dispatcher, Operators, Engineers, and the various
> line side men working their jobs, although they sure were not aware of the problem of smoking!
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