CP rail, Beavermouth , Rogers and Fraine

In this video we follow trains past Beavermouth and Fraine and through what was known as the Rogers Pusher station. Rogers pusher station was where trains added power to them so they could make the steep 10 mile 2.5% grade up Rogers pass but with todays heavy trains this became too difficult and CP rail built a second less steep grade so that trains going west could climb with a bit more ease. This 1% grade was much more manageable
For more information check out this video about "Rogers pass, Tunnels making the grade" • Rogers Pass, Tunnels m...
Please if you like these series I would love to do more but the cost of gas to travel is getting to be quite high so any support you can give would be greatly appreciated!
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Once again THNKY YOU for your continued support

[@LightBear7]

Thank you Tony for the drone coverage, we just wouldn't see these areas otherwise. Great video :-)

[@LightBear7]

A question re flying towards National Parks. Will the drone sense a National Park boundary or does the operator have to use good judgement when flying near these parks?

[@TonyVRailfanning]

Thanks MB

[@TonyVRailfanning]

@@LightBear7 Yes, the drone will come to a stop prior to hitting the park "wall" so to speak

[@64jamesh]

As usual Tony, another great video. Can't wait for next week's. 👍👍

[@TonyVRailfanning]

Your welcome, these are as much a ;learning experience for me as you as I am getting this info from contacts as I go

[@marcoantonioruiz1963]

Awsome views . Wonderful video . Thanks for share 🙏

[@TonyVRailfanning]

Thank you Marco, miss seeing you on the chat

[@andrewmcarthur3843]

Awesome shots. I saw a video by CP back in the 90s showing how they built the new grade through here

[@TonyVRailfanning]

Thank you. Yes, I have seen that video

[@kenstevenson4133]

Epic scenery once again. What a great opportunity to ask the crew questions about the operation. Thanks for sharing.

[@TonyVRailfanning]

Your welcome, it was nice to chat with the conductor and film at a new spot I’ve not seen

[@StormySkyRailProductions]

Excellent, very nicely done video Tony!

[@TonyVRailfanning]

Thank you!

[@StormySkyRailProductions]

@@TonyVRailfanning Your very welcome.

[@waldemore7311]

Thanks for the fantastic video, Tony. It`s one of my favorites. A great performance from you and a great scenery.

[@TonyVRailfanning]

Thank you, it’s only just the beginning of the great scenery

[@oysesp]

Vey nice video from the mountains! We drove down to Beavermouth when I visited with our 2 sons in 2010, but no train came by!

[@TonyVRailfanning]

Thanks, I love that location, very peaceful and in the summer the lake is as blue as can be

[@oysesp]

@@TonyVRailfanning it was in beginning of june, lake was almost empty.

[@TonyVRailfanning]

@@oysesp Yes, that part of the lake does not begin to fill until late June

[@keonikaig9247]

Love the tri-screen too... Another Masterpiece Tony... You create these Wonderful works of, ART... the Sounds , the Scenery and GREAT editing... Thank you...👍

[@TonyVRailfanning]

Thank you, next week has more detail of the actual pusher station

[@perrylamb6286]

Tony, that was awesome. Very different from many of your "flatlands" videos! Stunning scenery and loved the stack trains. Really well done. Can't wait 'til next week.

[@TonyVRailfanning]

Thanks Perry, Lots more info on the pusher station in next weeks video

[@perrylamb6286]

@@TonyVRailfanning very cool. Looking forward to more on the pusher station.

[@keithneal3253]

Awesome Tony catching those guys leaving off like that at 20:35. The power and noise. Magic stuff. Thanks for sharing.

[@TonyVRailfanning]

Thank you, its not often a train stops in this location going west so It was fun to see them power up and head out

[@JackM-nd4iy]

Excellent, Tony. Watching this really makes me want to get out to the mountains again, hopefully this summer. Cheers, Jack

[@TonyVRailfanning]

Thank you!

[@dgp2012]

Great video Tony. The drone footage is spectacular and gives another vantage point of these beautiful long trains.

[@TonyVRailfanning]

Thank you! The drone really has allowed a view that before would only be achieved by helicopter, hard to believe this is now available to us

[@utubefordgm]

Great video. Years ago, I caught 2816 at Beavermouth and a potash train at Fraine but your aerial video shows a much wider view of those excellent locations.

[@TonyVRailfanning]

Thank you Don. 2816 would have been amazing to see there

[@inboundbryguy]

Awesome stuff, Tony. Love hearing that WB throttle up. Amazing views up there

[@TonyVRailfanning]

Thanks 👍

[@dougberry1011]

Great video. Love the drone footage. I had forgot about this one.

[@TonyVRailfanning]

Thanks Doug, I love kinbasket lake. The view there is spectacular

[@gerrysaelens1654]

Excellent coverage with the drone once more makes me want to see the area for myself if I ever get a chance just another great video and I of course look forward to the next one!

[@TonyVRailfanning]

Thank you! The scenery just gets better

[@hunsbuckel55]

Excellent Tony, your BC vids are even more fantastic than those from AB, due to the breathtaking scenery of course, which you caught greatly! 👏 👌👌💯 🤗

[@TonyVRailfanning]

Thank you very much!

[@krazzycanuck4884]

Bring back memories Tony, I have sat at Rogers plenty of times waiting for the pushers to be cut in to our trains, both from working as a brake person on the lead locomotive and also as a conductor in the caboose. and I was on one of the first trains going up the new Macdonald track. It is a beautiful area with plenty of bears. some trip on the new stretch between Rogers and Bear Creek we could see up to 30 bears most black and some Grizzlies. Great camera work at both Beavermouth and Fraine along with outstanding drone work. very smooth. well done Also one note is that the pushers were not always cut in to a train but also what was known as a nose job where on lighter trains the pushers would be on the head end also.

[@TonyVRailfanning]

Thank you again for all your input and info on this, Very much appreciated

[@petenielsen3453]

I though that was how they worked, but not sure. thank you

[@petenielsen3453]

I have to agree with another of your commenters, your aerial videos do justice to the areas the trains travel through. Now another question, do they shut down the DPUs when they are not needed, or are left idling?

[@TonyVRailfanning]

Thank you, so that’s a tricky question as it depends on how many DPUs and where the trains are travelling. In Canada no more than 2 units (if there are more) on the Head end of a train will ever be on line so if a train has 5 units on the HE only 2 will be running the others will be completely shut down. Mid or tail units will idol when in motion and come on line if required but if a train stops they will shut down completely after 5 min and restart when the train has to leave

[@LowLightMike]

Question: At Fraine with the Westbound train waiting for the meet, I'm wondering why it needed to wait. From my view of your video, it appears to be double-track between the wait/meet location and the place where the "new" MacDonald track diverges. But I'm assuming that the tracks weren't far enough apart to allow for safe passage of both trains?

[@TonyVRailfanning]

You’re correct there’s plenty of room for both trains to pass however there was a broken rail inside the McDonald Tunnel that they had to wait to get repaired

[@LowLightMike]

@@TonyVRailfanning Thanks Tony. I appreciate the conversations in your comments section, for reasons like this. Have a super day.

[@TonyVRailfanning]

@@LowLightMike your very welcome, any time

[@ethanwayneaudette22]

How did you access the lower tracks for Trainspotting Please let let let me know how you can access the bottom railroad track

[@TonyVRailfanning]

its hard to explain but there is a road right off the highway #1 to both locations, one is clearly marked Kinbasket lake resort the other is by the Helicopter tours place.

[@rudolfreiter3089]

Still a lot of snow in the interior.

[@TonyVRailfanning]

Yes, this was taken April 16th but they have been getting snow even last week up at the passes

[@yorkchris10]

WB waiting for unoccupied WB track??

[@TonyVRailfanning]

There was a broken rail in the Mac tunnel. they had to wait.

[@oysesp]

Why did the westbound wait for the eastbound? Also a good video about building the new track here kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5XdeKmal9CfjdE

[@TonyVRailfanning]

There was a broken rail inside the Macdonald tunnel and they already had a train up closer to the tunnel entrance waiting.