Photograph depicts the western portal of the C.P.R. Connaught Tunnel under Rogers Pass. The Glacier Station is a quarter mile to the rear of the camera. Fans are operated to force air through the tunnel against the direction of the trains, these therefore used for all westbound traffic. Diesel driven, steam for ancillary equipment.
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- Act of means of transporting from one place to another
- Act of means of providing water, power, sewage, etc. to communities
- Facilities and infrastructures (eg. harbours, highways, airports, hydroelectric projects)
- Vehicles, rolling stock, aircraft, equipment, ships and boats, ferries
- Accidents (eg. highway crashes, derailments, air crashes, ship wrecks)
- Rescue services (eg. towing, coast guard)
- Businesses and corporations (eg. motor associations)
- Professional organizations and unions
- SEE ALSO: Agriculture; Business and Commerce; Industries; Military
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- MemoryBC Subject Groups