Centennial Edition.
When the Canadian Pacific Railway was built through the Rockies in 1884, it laid track straight down the west slope of the Kicking Horse Pass. Dropping 1140 feet in just 7.55 miles, this section of railway was a construction worker's horror and a railroader's nightmare that soon became known as the Big Hill. Originally intended to be temporary, the Big Hill saw regular traffic for more than 25 years until the completion of the Spiral Tunnels in 1909.
Revised and enlarged for the centennial of the completion of the tunnels, and incorporating more than 100 photographs, "The Spiral Tunnels and The Big Hill" describes the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway through the Rockies, and recounts tales of daring, disaster and defiance on what was the second steepest mainline track ever operated in North America.