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Now this you are not likely to ever see again. Before CP's second main line was built through Rogers pass extra power was needed to get heavy westbound trains up the grade. Here a 6 loco helper set is seen on Mountain Creek Bridge running light down hill to wait at the bottom for it's next assignment. All SD40-2's #5632 is in the lead, followed by 5775 and 5647 in "Expo '86" livery, then 6044, 5692 and 5957.
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Caption: Now this you are not likely to ever see again. Before CP's second main line was built through Rogers pass extra power was needed to get heavy westbound trains up the grade. Here a 6 loco helper set is seen on Mountain Creek Bridge running light down hill to wait at the bottom for it's next assignment. All SD40-2's #5632 is in the lead, followed by 5775 and 5647 in "Expo '86" livery, then 6044, 5692 and 5957.

Photographer:
colin arnot [627] (more) (contact)
Date: 08/00/1988 (search)
Railway: Canadian Pacific (search)
Reporting Marks: CP5632 (search)
Train Symbol: Not Provided
Subdivision/SNS: CP Mountain Sub, MP 71, Mountain Creek Bridge. (search)
City/Town: Revelstoke (search)
Province: British Columbia (search)
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  1. robin lowrie
    December 18, 2018 at 5:10 pm

    In the seventies, a few of us stopped at Rogers a couple of times and rode the helpers up the hill. The crews were always very friendly and tolerant of our presence.
    They lived a fairly lonely existence down there!
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