Revelstoke Dam CPKC Eagle Pass, 3 Valley Gap & Taft Part 9
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- Опубликовано: 17 окт 2024
- Taking a quick look a the Revelstoke Dam feeding the Columbia river and then moving west along Eagle pass, 3 Valley Gap and Taft
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Great video Tony. When I was field mechanic out of Kamloops I was right down in the diversion tunnel when they were building it before the dam was started. They used a huge cable system to take the cement buckets out to pour the dam. It was used on the Aswan dam in Egypt.
Oh wow, thats fascinating info. I am always amassed at how something like this can hold back so much water, the Mica dam is even more impressive as its dirt.
The Mica dam is like a giant pyramid. Detroit Diesel used it as a proving ground to test their new cross head piston in the Dart belly dumps.
@@dougberry1011 the amount of earth that’s in there is mind boggling
Another nice video from the great scenery in the Revy sourroundings, thanks very much Tony for showing us the locations we all know from the VRF chat. 🙂
Your welcome, have a great week Huns
@@TonyVRailfanning Thank you Tony, wishing you the same! 😀
Excellent Tony! I love that area. My wife and I went on a tour of the dam last year. It's well worth it. Three Valley Gap is a beautiful location. We always stop there for breakfast or lunch. Anyway, nice work on the video!
Cheers, Jack
Thanks Jack. Have a good weekend
Great scenery in this episode. I knew of Mica/Kinbasket but never knew Revelstoke had a dam nearby. Interesting following along this route. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Ken, Yes, the Mica dam is much larger but made of earth not cement. Im very surprised how long these earth dams last. The North Saskatchewan river headwaters also has one made of earth (Athabasca resivwar)
@@TonyVRailfanning Interesting info thx for the reply.
Thanks, Tony! another great video of beautiful BC. BTW, before completion of the Rogers Pass highway, many canadians drove between BC and Alberta via the USA, esp in winter when the Big Bend was closed. Also, BTW-2, about 20-30 years ago, in the 3 valley gap area, a single huge boulder rolled down the mountain, hitting the transcontinental passenger train and killing a very unfortunate single passenger. Cheers.
WOW another fantastic video with some great scenery. Loved watching and have a wonderful upcoming weekend Tony.(Steve)
Thank you Steve, the scenery speaks for itself doesn’t it!
@@TonyVRailfanning you're welcome and yes it sure does.
Hello Tony must say how good your videos are and tying together information of the area and your drone work is smooth. also to show of the location that you video from. three mile crossing i remember well with the amount of east bound pick up of trains and also securing trains both at 3 mile crossing and Stella Jones crossing. and knowing the track so well with switching Clanwilliam and Three Valley and also Taft being a location for hot box detector set off location. your voice over has really improved and I am still surprised that you only have 2 thousand plus subscribers. at a certain point viewers well see and continue returning. I guess i am just a little biased, having working the rails for so long. looking forward to your further locations.
Thank you, for always supporting me with information on these areas
Outstanding work
Thanks!
Super cool video! The drone coverage is superb. Did u get permission from BC Hydro to overfly the dam?
Thank you, I checked with transport Canada, and there are no restrictions to flying over that dam that I could find
Never knew there were 2 grades west of Revelstoke. Hey I'm sure i saw your drone taking off by 3 Valley Lake!
Yes, the second grade was built in the 90s are you in the 3 valley area? This was filmed the last weekend of May
@@TonyVRailfanningNo I'm not around there. Saw it in the video
@@andrewmcarthur3843 ahh sorry misunderstood you. Yes it lifted off while I had the main ground camera rolling
Great coverage
Thanks James!
Nice catches, shots, & video!
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it
Thanks!
Thank you again, very kind of you 😊
Highway 3 and the Yellow Head were open open at this time, but they were a long around for people from Revelstoke
Thanks Pete
Awesome pictures, but please, I beg video makers, less annoying crossing bell!!!!
I agree the bell is annoying but sometimes its unavoidable. Glad you enjoyed the views
@@TonyVRailfanning we're looking at trains, so obviously there will be some. But please not for 75% of the videos. Crossings are easy to walk to, I understand. But I'm sure there are plenty of spots a bit away. And not needed with drone views. Thanks 🙏