CPR No. 2 on Rogers Pass
Doug Harrop Photography • August 12, 1975
CP Rail's premier passenger train, The Canadian hits the west switch Rogers siding in British Columbia. A maintenance crew, up bright and early can be discerned in the shadows, no doubt offering the train a first rate roll-by.
Rogers Pass is a high mountain crossing through the Selkirk Mountains of British Columbia, but the term also includes the approaches used by the CP Rail and the Trans-Canada Highway, in the heart of Glacier National Park.
Rogers Pass is the lowest route between the Sir Donald and Hermit ranges of the Selkirks, providing a shortcut along the southern perimeter of the Big Bend of the Columbia River from Revelstoke on the west to Donald, near Golden, on the east.
The pass was formed by the headwaters of the Illecillewaet River to the west and the Beaver River to the east. These rivers are tributaries of the Columbia, which arcs to the north.
CPR No. 2 on Rogers Pass
Doug Harrop Photography • August 12, 1975
CP Rail's premier passenger train, The Canadian hits the west switch Rogers siding in British Columbia. A maintenance crew, up bright and early can be discerned in the shadows, no doubt offering the train a first rate roll-by.
Rogers Pass is a high mountain crossing through the Selkirk Mountains of British Columbia, but the term also includes the approaches used by the CP Rail and the Trans-Canada Highway, in the heart of Glacier National Park.
Rogers Pass is the lowest route between the Sir Donald and Hermit ranges of the Selkirks, providing a shortcut along the southern perimeter of the Big Bend of the Columbia River from Revelstoke on the west to Donald, near Golden, on the east.
The pass was formed by the headwaters of the Illecillewaet River to the west and the Beaver River to the east. These rivers are tributaries of the Columbia, which arcs to the north.