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Eastern Portal, Connaught Tunnel (LOC)

  • swanq said:
    Presumably en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connaught_Tunnel_(British_Columbia) "The Connaught Tunnel is a railway tunnel under the Selkirk Mountains in southeastern British Columbia, Canada, near the city of Revelstoke. The 5.022-mile (8.082 km) tunnel carries the Canadian Pacific Railway main line under Mount Macdonald and replaced the railway's previous routing over Rogers Pass, which had been struck by several deadly avalanches since its completion in 1885. Announced in February 1913, the contract was awarded on July 1, 1913, ... The tunnel was completed before the original deadline, with operation beginning December 16, 1916. "
  • swanq said:
    www.avenidagalleries.com/art/max-jacquiard/60873/ is a painting showing the mountain behind.
  • B-59 said:
    The Sunday Oregonian, December 24, 1916, SECTION FIVE, Image 47 printed this photo with the caption: "The Connaught tunnel, the longest continuous double-track mountain railway tunnel on this hemisphere, has just been completed. Three years and a half were allotted to the construction, and it was finished three weeks ahead of time, its method or construction was unusual. A small tunnel was first driven, through which were carried the working pipes. This allowed continuous work at all points. The tunnel, which runs under Mount Macdonald in the Selkirks, is five miles long, and it reduces the mileage of the Canadian Pacific by four miles. The cost was $6,500,000."

bonnalie collection image-DC-8

  • TVL1970 said:
    The first Douglas DC-8, registration number N8008D (c/n 45252/1), "Ship One" serves as a backdrop for the 1958 dedication of a time capsule at San Francisco International Airport (SFO / KSFO) on "To Be Opened Jan. 11, 2000." As it turned out, the time capsule was opened at the United Airlines maintenance center at SFO on February 2, 2000. Apparently, video of the time capsule opening is currently a part of the SFO Museum collection.
    See:
    www.flysfo.com/museum/aviation-museum-library/collection/...
    www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Time-capsule-frenzy-308101...

    See also:
    The Technium: A Humanity-Scaled Wiki Time Capsule
    By coincidence I was also able to visit a time capsule being opened. When they were remodeling the San Francisco airport in the early 1990s, they discovered a barrel in the ground. Turned out it was a time capsule buried by airport employees in and designated to be opened in 2000. They set it aside and forgot about it again. Then in another remodel, they rediscovered it, kept it in view, and opened it on time. After much fanfare at the airport the tube was unsealed and inside were a few pilot uniforms, old flight schedules and pamphlets, and part of a propeller.

  • Luc Brocard said:
    N8008D (SN 45252) Douglas DC-8-10 converted as DC-8-50 in December 1960. Built in 1958 at Long Beach 4 P&W engines Leased from Douglas in June 1961 to National Airlines June 1962 operated by Trans International Airlines Leased to Lufthansa in May 1965, then to Canadian Pacific Airlines in October 1966 (as CF-CPN and named Empress of Santiago). Leased to Delta Air Lines (N8008D) in October 1967 and bought by F.B. Ayer & Associates in March 1979. Leased to Aeromexico in April 1979 (registred as XA-DOE and named Quintana Roo). Stored at Pinal Airpark Airport the 7th January 1982. Bought in May 1989 by Agro Air Destroyed in 2001.