Rocky Mountain Express Page #3
and 14 miles of tunnels
the original line--
the folly that was Rogers Pass.
(train whistle blowing)
(engine chugging rapidly)
(steam hisses)
(whistle blows)
The deep cliffs and valleys
of the eastern face
of the Selkirk Mountains
were no easier
for the builders.
As trains begin the long, steep,
downhill journey,
they will cross a series
of great bridges--
at the time of construction,
the highest in the world.
At the eastern foot
of the Selkirks,
often paused for service
at the railway town of Golden.
The Rocky Mountains lay ahead.
The inhabitants
of railroad towns
once lived to serve
the appetites
of the steam locomotive.
Water, grease, oil,
coaling, running repairs,
day and night,
winter and summer...
preparing them to operate
The locomotive engineer
was the folk hero
in the Age of Steam.
(whistle blows twice)
(engine chugs slowly)
On the modern railway,
there are two possible routes
for eastbound trains.
If the shorter main line
is blocked or damaged,
trains can be diverted
out of the mountains.
By 1900, the railway sought
to relieve the pressure
on the main line,
and the terrible grades ahead,
constructing an alternate track
south, along the Columbia River,
through a pass called
the Crow's Nest.
But to an already long journey,
it would add hundreds of miles.
(gentle acoustic guitar
intro playing)
FEMALE VOCALIST:
If you miss the train I'm on
You will know
that I am gone
You can hear
the whistle blow
A hundred miles
Hundred miles,
a hundred miles
-(whistle blows)
- A hundred miles
A hundred miles
You can hear
The whistle blow
A hundred miles
Lord, I'm one
Lord, I'm two
Lord, I'm three
Lord, I'm four
Lord, I'm 500 miles
From my home...
500 miles, 500 miles
500 miles,
500 miles
Lord, I'm 500 miles
From my home...
Not a shirt
On my back
Not a penny
To my name
Lord, I can't
Go a-home
This a-way...
This a-way, this a-way
This a-way,
this a-way
Lord, I can't
Go a-home
This a-way...
If you miss the train
I'm on
You will know
that I am gone
(fading out):
You can hearthe whistle blow...
NARRATOR:
But soon after thiseasy southern route was opened,
the ultimate nightmare occurred
(deep rumbling)
At 4:
30 a.m., a freight trainhad just passed through
the mining town
of Frank, Alberta,
when much of Turtle Mountain
collapsed.
The train's brakeman,
Sid Choquette,
made his way in total blackness
across rocks the size
of apartment buildings
in a frantic attempt
to stop an express train
coming from the east.
At the last possible moment,
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