Colours, contrast, and carriages
Photos captured at WHISTLER TRAIN WRECK.
"The Whistler Train Wreck happened in 1956 and some of the details have emerged in recent years. The train, coming from Lillooet, was overloaded with lumber and was unable to get up the ascent to Parkhurst, behind Green Lake. To make it through, the train was split into two separate trains, two engines each. This caused the train to fall way behind schedule and the train conductor to ignore a section of construction on the train tracks. He sped through the 24-kilometre-per-hour section at a dangerously high speed of 56 kilometres per hour. The overloaded train sped through the construction area and the fourth engine turned a rail, jamming several heavily loaded boxcars loaded with lumber. Twelve boxcars lay derailed and jammed in a rock cut, an area where rock is blasted out to allow tracks to pass through on the flattest possible route. Pacific Great Eastern Railway attempted to move the trapped boxcars with no success. They turned to a local logging company for help. The Valleau family brought in a couple of tractors and equipment and managed to free the cars. They dragged them out of the rock-cut and seven of the twelve boxcars were too mangled to salvage. They were then dragged and craned into the forest where they still sit. This explains why so many trees older than the train wreck surround the wrecks to this day."
"One beautifully painted train wreck is hanging at the edge of a cliff above the river. This car has one of the most hypnotizing painted murals you may ever see. The mural shown above is inside this car. It fills one entire wall inside the marvellously wrecked train car. Extraordinary! Other cars nearby are variously painted with less impressive attempts at art. The last couple of years has seen the painting over of some stunning murals with simple block letter words. A terrible shame, but possibly inevitable in such a wild place. The good news is from season to season the cars are added to by more and more great artwork."
from: "https://hikeinwhistler.com/index.php/whistler-hiking-trails/whistler-train-wreck"
Read More"The Whistler Train Wreck happened in 1956 and some of the details have emerged in recent years. The train, coming from Lillooet, was overloaded with lumber and was unable to get up the ascent to Parkhurst, behind Green Lake. To make it through, the train was split into two separate trains, two engines each. This caused the train to fall way behind schedule and the train conductor to ignore a section of construction on the train tracks. He sped through the 24-kilometre-per-hour section at a dangerously high speed of 56 kilometres per hour. The overloaded train sped through the construction area and the fourth engine turned a rail, jamming several heavily loaded boxcars loaded with lumber. Twelve boxcars lay derailed and jammed in a rock cut, an area where rock is blasted out to allow tracks to pass through on the flattest possible route. Pacific Great Eastern Railway attempted to move the trapped boxcars with no success. They turned to a local logging company for help. The Valleau family brought in a couple of tractors and equipment and managed to free the cars. They dragged them out of the rock-cut and seven of the twelve boxcars were too mangled to salvage. They were then dragged and craned into the forest where they still sit. This explains why so many trees older than the train wreck surround the wrecks to this day."
"One beautifully painted train wreck is hanging at the edge of a cliff above the river. This car has one of the most hypnotizing painted murals you may ever see. The mural shown above is inside this car. It fills one entire wall inside the marvellously wrecked train car. Extraordinary! Other cars nearby are variously painted with less impressive attempts at art. The last couple of years has seen the painting over of some stunning murals with simple block letter words. A terrible shame, but possibly inevitable in such a wild place. The good news is from season to season the cars are added to by more and more great artwork."
from: "https://hikeinwhistler.com/index.php/whistler-hiking-trails/whistler-train-wreck"
