Challenges

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Gordon,

Taken on the slide prone Frazier River. And it was worst than you think. CP crossed the Rockies at Rogers pass, but didn’t know if the route went all the way through. Survey crews worked from both sides of the mountain but with the bad winter weather never met or got to the summit on either side of the pass. All this time, construction crews was working towards a pass that may or may not have existed. 

Mason Cooper

 

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Both the N&W and Virginia faced some rough terrain when built, but look what CPR builders faced in chiseling a roadbed through this canyon.  In fact, we have to admire those who even thought that a railroad could be built here.

 

Gordon Hamilton

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