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Ottertail Diversion Canadian Pacific CPKC

A stack train howls up the 1.%+ grade over Ottertail River. This was part of the Otterdail Diversion route that reduced the old line from 2%+ to 1.5% along the Kicking Horse River. The original plan was to bypass all of this with a steady 2.2% along the face of Mount Stephen... This was all changed with the Spiral Tunnels and the line between Kicking Horse Canyon and the Big Hill needed to be re-designed...

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Uploaded on August 23, 2024