The Spiral Tunnels of Big Hill, BC, Canada

What a great and essential way of doing things.................and an engineering marvel..!! Interesting stuff Herb, here and in the PiPs.

Thanks Keith. It was amazing to behold this. The train, almost a mile long could be seen well below us and then high up the hill. Could you imagine someone making these in Wales or our Lake District. As you say an engineering marvel.

Cheers, Herb

Talk about chasing your own tail ~ spirals have always fascinated me

Thanks Nick. Without the running train here it would have nothing much but the train demonstrates the principles and the reason behind all this. Glad you liked it.

Cheers, Herb

Hi Herb,

Well, that is a very impressive tunnel! I like the way you waited for a train to be visible, and showed both ends of it. Certainly puts the tunnel into perspective. You must have had a great journey to be there!
Best Wishes
Peter

Great that you managed to get here Peter. As said on your own photo that inspired the posting of this, this one was quite impressive. Unfortunately I am sure that this was not the best view of the system but maybe the only one. When we got there the train had not arrived but our guide had us wait until this did. It was chugging along here for what seemed like hours. It was a perfect trip, but much too short as we had scheduled an Alaska cruise too. Glad you liked this. Hope you got to inspect the PiPs too.

Best Wishes, Herb

That's quite a picture Herb! Winding in and out of the forests!
Also very nice PiP's.....Rosa.

Cheers Rosa. Was some countryside, was some train! Most interesting bit of railway line that I have ever seen, I think.

Regards, Herb

We had a coffee break there and saw the train go into the tunnel and get out again, but not all the cars were in the tunnel yet. That was funny.
Have a nice weekend
Greetings
erika

Thanks so much for this visit and comment Erika. You will know then what an exciting spot this was. Glad that this photo brought back happy memories for you.

Best Wishes, Herb

Bear's area.

You are right Léopold. We even saw a few on our travels around here.

Regards, Herb

WOW, impressive pictures, Herb !

It was certainly impressive Marie-Clair. Thanks for the visit

Cheers, Herb

Must be quite a view a view from the cab of the leading loco - watching the tail end of your train going in the opposite direction!

I suspect so my friend. Coincidentally I recently saw a 'Quest' TV doc about trains in Alaska and saw a similar length train in a loop where the driver could see the tail end too. Thanks for the visit

Cheers, Herb

Amazing shot and good notes and also enjoyed all the comments!
An advantage of missing a few weeks photos due to pressure of work and then coming to them late! (Well that's my excuse anyway!).

Aye Andy and to prove the point here I am answering your comment three months late! I now get Ipernity news daily but the odd new comment to older photos still get missed. Very happy that you like the photos and stories alongside.

Cheers, Herb

I am a little bit proud about the spiral tunnels because the engineers inspired themself by the Gotthard mountain track in Switzerland...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotthard_railway

Greetings from the southern side of the Swiss Alps, Andrea