Saturday, January 9, 2021

1972 CPR Battles Winter in British Columbia

 


In January 1972, the CPR experienced "British Columbia's biggest battle against winter in living memory". 

A 'chronology of disaster' appears next. 

Employee timetables from 1977 for the affected areas follow, along with a map.

Then, articles describe the work done by people and equipment to reopen the various blockages of the railway.









Canada Descriptive Atlas; 1933; Government of Canada.
You can scroll to the right to see the rest of the map.
The CP lines are shown in green.