The Mount Macdonald Tunnel, located in the vicinity of Rogers Pass is the pass (elevation 1330 m) through the Selkirk Mountains of British Columbia used by the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Trans-Canada Highway. The pass is a shortcut across the bend of the Columbia River from Revelstoke at the west, to Donald, near Golden, British Columbia at... Rogers Pass in the The Selkirk Mountains are a mountain range originating in Idaho and Washington, and extending into SE British Columbia. They begin at Mica Peak near Coeur dAlene, Idaho and extend approximately 320 km N from the border. The range is roughly bounded by the Columbia river. The Selkirks are distinct... Selkirk Mountains of Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Splendour without diminishment) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Lieutenant Governor Iona Campagnolo Premier Gordon Campbell ( BC Liberal) Area 944,735 km² (5th)  - Land 925,186 km²  - Water 19,549 km² (2.1%) Population ( 2004)  - Population... British Columbia, Canada is an independent sovereign state in northern North America, the northern-most country in the world, and the second largest in total area. Bordering the United States, its territorial claims extend north into the Arctic Ocean as far as the North Pole. Canada is a federation of ten provinces... Canada, is a This is the top-level page of WikiProject trains Rail tracks Rail transport refers to the land transport of passengers and goods along railways or railroads. These consist of two parallel rails, usually of steel, generally mounted upon cross-sectional beams (termed sleepers or ties) of timber, concrete or other... railway An underground pedestrian tunnel between buildings at MIT. Note the utility pipes running along the ceiling. A tunnel is an underground passage. When designed for use by traffic, it may be called an underpass. It may be for pedestrians and/or cyclists, for general road traffic, for motor vehicles only... tunnel constructed through Mount Macdonald (summit 2883 m, location N 51°18.5 W 117°28.3) is a mountain peak located in the Selkirk mountains of British Columbia, Canada, immediately to the east of Rogers Pass in Glacier National Park. It is notable as the the location of the Canadian... Mount Macdonald by the The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR; AAR reporting marks CP, CPAA, CPI), known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a Canadian Class I railway operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited. Its rail network stretches from Vancouver to Montreal, and also serves major cities in the United States, such as... Canadian Pacific Railway. The Mount Macdonald tunnel supplements the nearby Connaught Tunnel, in the Selkirk Mountains on the Canadian Pacific Railway main line between Calgary, Alberta, and Revelstoke, British Columbia, at 5.022 miles (8.082 km) long was the longest railway tunnel in North America. Dug under Mount Macdonald (9492 feet or 2893 m) to ease growing traffic experienced... Connaught Tunnel that the CPR opened in 1911 is a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). Events January-June January 1 - Northern Territory is separated from South Australia January 3 - In London, in what becomes known as the Siege of Sidney Street, the Metropolitan Police and the Scots Guards engage in a shootout... 1911. Construction commenced in 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events January January 1 - Brunei becomes a fully independent state January 1 - AT&T is broken up into 22 independent units January 5 - Richard Stallman starts developing GNU. January 7 - Brunei becomes the sixth member of the... 1984, and the first revenue This article is about trains in rail transport. For other types of train see train (disambiguation) An electric multiple unit pulling into Tile Hill station; Coventry, England In rail transport, a train consists of a single or several connected rail vehicles that are capable of being moved together along a... train passed through in 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Events Environmental change Zebra mussels found in the Great lakes December 2 - Cyclone in Bangladesh leaves 5 million homeless - thousands dead December 7 - In Armenia an earthquake 6.9 on the Richter scale killed nearly 25.000... 1988. At 14.7 A kilometre (American spelling: kilometer) (symbol: km) is a unit of length equal to 1000 metres (from the Greek words khilia = thousand and metro = count/measure). It is approximately equal to 0.621 miles, 1094 yards or 3281 feet. Slang terms for kilometre include klick (sometimes spelt click or klik... km, the Mount Macdonald tunnel is the longest railway tunnel in the The Americas (sometimes referred to as America) is the area including the land mass located between the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean, generally divided into North America and South America. The term also usually includes the Caribbean, the islands in and around the Greenland, though not Iceland, for cultural... Americas.

The tunnel and the associated grade revision on the eastern approach to the pass lead to a significantly gentler slope for westbound trains. The new track separates from the old grade at Rogers (approximately 25 km east of the pass) and climbs at a lower grade. Numerous new bridges and the 1.9 km Shaughnessy Tunnel were required to reach the pass. The Mount Macdonald Tunnel is 90 This article is about the unit of length. For other uses of metre or meter, see meter (disambiguation). The metre is the basic unit of length in the International System of Units. It is defined as the length of the path traveled by light in an absolute vacuum during a... m lower than the Connaught Tunnel. On the west side of the pass, the Mount Macdonald Tunnel track rejoins the older line 5.5 km west of the Connaught Tunnel.

The reduction in the westbound grades allowed the Canadian Pacific Railway to remove the helper locomotives that had been required on the Connaught Tunnel route. This was especially important for the unit coal trains from the Freight train, Crowsnest Pass. Crowsnest Pass is a mountain pass in the Canadian Rockies on the borders of Alberta and British Columbia. The pass, 1356 m high (4450 ft) is named after the Crow First Nation, which lived in the area. In 1898 a branch of the Canadian Pacific Railway... Crowsnest Pass area destined for The term Asian can refer to something or someone from Asia. Its precise use varies depending on who is using it. In the United Kingdom and Anglophone Africa, the term Asian usually refers to people whose ethnic heritage is from the Indian subcontinent. Since approximately 1990 in the United States... Asian markets through the port of This article refers to the city in British Columbia, Canada. Vancouver can also refer to Vancouver, Washington, USA, a suburb of Portland, Oregon. For other uses, see Vancouver (disambiguation). Motto: By sea, land and air we prosper City  - Population (2001): 545,671  - Cdn. Mun. Rank: Ranked 8th  ... Vancouver, British Columbia. Trains predominately travel east through the Connaught Tunnel and west through the Mount Macdonald.