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Big trains in small canyons
Posted by trainboyH16-44 on Monday, January 31, 2011 5:06 PM

Here's a shot of a train exiting the upper Kicking Horse Canyon on its way down to the lower Kicking Horse Canyon, with a stop at Field on the way.

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Posted by Modelcar on Monday, January 31, 2011 5:17 PM

......Very nice.

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Posted by trainboyH16-44 on Monday, January 31, 2011 8:36 PM

Thanks!

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Posted by samfp1943 on Tuesday, February 1, 2011 9:02 AM

Modelcar

......Very nice.

Absolutely! Cool  Matt. 

  Exactly what Quentin, said. Bow

 

 


 

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Posted by trainboyH16-44 on Wednesday, February 2, 2011 7:40 PM

Thanks, Sam!

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Posted by WMNB4THRTL on Wednesday, February 2, 2011 9:48 PM

It looks like it came from/belongs in a magazine! Thanks for sharing.

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Posted by Deggesty on Thursday, February 3, 2011 11:48 AM

That's quite a place; We was were there eight years ago, and I got a picture of an eastbound entering and another picture of it leaving one of the tunnels; I wished the train had been long enough to have taken one picture. Oh, well, you can't have everything.Smile

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Posted by trainboyH16-44 on Monday, February 7, 2011 7:37 PM

Deggesty

That's quite a place; We was were there eight years ago, and I got a picture of an eastbound entering and another picture of it leaving one of the tunnels; I wished the train had been long enough to have taken one picture. Oh, well, you can't have everything.Smile

Probably the last time a freight train shorter than 4000 feet went through the tunnels, too Stick out tongue

WMNB4THRTL

It looks like it came from/belongs in a magazine! Thanks for sharing.

Hey, maybe I'll send this one into trains too...

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Posted by Boyd on Wednesday, February 9, 2011 11:03 PM

You don't know what the word crammed is until you fit a two  level Lionel layout  in a 13x11 bedroom.

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Posted by Deggesty on Wednesday, February 9, 2011 11:10 PM

Boyd

You don't know what the word crammed is until you fit a two  level Lionel layout  in a 13x11 bedroom.

MasochistSmile

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Posted by GP39 on Saturday, February 12, 2011 11:22 AM

Nice pictures. Kicking Horse Pass always looks beautiful.

 Thanks for sharing!

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