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CHEAKAMUS SALVAGE
Original pen & ink drawing
September 2006
Image size 10" high by 13" wide (250 mm by 275 mm)
(Cropped low resolution image illustrated)
INTRODUCTION
This drawing shows one of the critical points in a long and difficult
salvage job that I worked on during my 9 years of employment on the
B.C. Rail Rock Gangs. Three locomotives derailed at Mile 63 north of
Cheakamus Canyon. The Rock Gang was called in to blast the cliff face
back so that the wrecking cranes could swing out to pick up the engines,
after they had been pulled close enough to the track for them to do so. We
also drilled in long rock anchors for installation of pulleys to drag the
engines up the slope. The project took a couple of months during the coldest
winter on record - at times it reached 50 degrees below zero, not including
the wind chill. Heavy duty rubber hoses could be snapped like pencils, gasoline
turned to a thick jelly, and our equipment had to run 24 hours a day in order
to keep running. Despite the difficulties, all three units were successfully
salvaged and returned to service.
The image illustrated is a cropped version of the actual drawing.
It is drawn with Pilot DR pigment ink pens and india ink brush pen on
translucent vellum. The drawing is in a 12" x 16" OPUS black metal
exhibition. It is available for $500.00 (five hundred) Canadian.
To order, please refer to Contact page.
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