Rest day.
1) Visited local railroad museum. Canada's equivalent to the Golden Spike was driven on Nov 7, 1885 just 28 miles west of Revelstoke. The famous spike was appropriately named "The Last Spike". Revelstoke became the major RR maintenance yard in the mountains with a 17 bay roundhouse and huge yard.
2) Steam locomotives, one on display in museum.
3) First alignment over Rogers pass was an incredibly steep 4.5%. The spiral tunnels lowered this to 2.2% in 1909. A 5-mile long in 1916 and the longest tunnel in North America (10.5) in 1988 futher reduced the grade and reduced the number of snow sheds from over 30 down to 3 existing.
4) Rival hockey game between Revelstoke & Fernie 18-20 year olds.
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