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West portal of Connaught tunnel. Look closely and you will see someone in the window of the building.
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Caption: West portal of Connaught tunnel. Look closely and you will see someone in the window of the building.

Photographer:
Andy Morin [152] (more) (contact)
Date: 08/20/1942 (search)
Railway: Canadian Pacific (search)
Reporting Marks: Not Provided
Train Symbol: 3, second section (search)
Subdivision/SNS: Glacier, Mountain (search)
City/Town: Glacier (search)
Province: British Columbia (search)
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5 Comments
  1. Stephen C. Host
    December 31, 2020 at 6:36 pm

    Surely a historic view. Thank you – I wonder what the oil car was for in that siding?

  2. RTCDave
    December 31, 2020 at 6:58 pm

    Probably to fuel the generators for the exhaust fans.

  3. Stephen C. Host
    December 31, 2020 at 10:40 pm

    Interesting. Thank you

  4. TMike
    February 4, 2021 at 7:50 pm

    Did Connaught tunnel have doors at the portal (like the Moffat tunnel un US)? How did the air flow keep the tunnel clear.?

  5. Smokeywoodstover
    February 5, 2021 at 9:07 am

    I don’t think the Connaught tunnel ever had doors. I guess the fan blows air through a nozzle pointing east to push the fumes through and out the other end.

    When I was with BC Rail starting in 1980, I heard our Azouzetta tunnel in the Pine pass used to have a door but that was for a different purpose. Much ground water leaks into the tunnel and the door was to prevent winter winds from blowing through and making big icicles. I gathered the experiment didn’t work. When we sent a wide load through there, I had to ask the roadmaster if there was enough extra room for the big load.
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