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Returning from Midway to Nelson on their second day on duty, the crew of CP 4104 +8509 + 8555 + 8526 has successfully descended from Paulson Gap near Farron on Friday 1974-10-11, and now is on the outskirts of Castlegar with only another 28 miles to go to reach Nelson. Engineer trainee John Leeming was running, supervised by engineer Bob Calder, and I had the privilege of a cab ride with them that morning from Midway to Grand Forks.
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Caption: Returning from Midway to Nelson on their second day on duty, the crew of CP 4104 +8509 + 8555 + 8526 has successfully descended from Paulson Gap near Farron on Friday 1974-10-11, and now is on the outskirts of Castlegar with only another 28 miles to go to reach Nelson.

Engineer trainee John Leeming was running, supervised by engineer Bob Calder, and I had the privilege of a cab ride with them that morning from Midway to Grand Forks.

Photographer:
Ken Perry [277] (more) (contact)
Date: 1974-10-11 (search)
Railway: Canadian Pacific (search)
Reporting Marks: CP 4104 (search)
Train Symbol: East from Midway (search)
Subdivision/SNS: Boundary sub. (28.0) (search)
City/Town: Kraft (search)
Province: British Columbia (search)
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3 Comments
  1. terry.oshell
    June 15, 2026 at 6:45 am

    Nice.

  2. awmooney
    June 15, 2026 at 7:11 am

    Beautiful image, Ken. You must have been in your glory being able to ride.

  3. Ken Perry
    June 15, 2026 at 3:31 pm

    Of all my numerous cab rides, that one was the most outstanding. It started the day before at Eholt, when the westward train whistled for the crossing, with a clear indication of E&N influence by the truly short third blast of the 14L. Not only that, the engineer Bob was the brother of a close acquaintance Don at Victoria. A glorious day!
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