OK so this is a bit of a one for railway nerds. The mountain pass was too steep for running normal trains, so to avoid the need to split the train and use additional engines they made the slope more gentle. In 1907 a pair of tunnels where the entrances and exits overlap were built. Known as the Spirral Tunnels they took 20 months to build.
As front ofthe train leaves the exit of the tunnel the rear is still crossing the pass andwill shortly be disappearing into the entrance of the same tunnel.
Further down the Valley in Yoho National Park is Emerald Lake.
The Kicking Horse River.
A typical section of road. The rock faces are highly unstable and the verge littered with fallen stones.
Oh, it is Highway 1 - the Trans Canadian Highway.
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