Former CP Rail Driver Searches For 1978 Passengers Who Arrived In Time Of Need | The Canadian News

The search begins for a group of helpful Canadian train passengers who volunteered to remove a large stone from the tracks in 1978.

It was at the end of October of that year.

A Canadian Pacific Railway passenger train had just left the city of Golden, BC

Upon entering Kicking Horse Canyon, a railroad patrolman alerted the driver that a large rock was obstructing the track.

John Cowan was the train on that coach and explained who came to save the day.

“Eleven male passengers and this strong farmer from Saskatchewan all volunteered to help move the rock. They got off the train, they slipped through the snow, and these paying passengers helped us get this huge stone off the track. “

After about 20 minutes of pushing with a crowbar, the rock was cleared from the track and the train continued on its way through the Rocky Mountains.

Trend stories

• 

  US politician posts family photo full of guns days after school shooting

• 

  Travel Restrictions and Omicron: What’s Changing in Canada, USA?

Cowan turned out to be an avid photographer and documented this difficult encounter with a collection of photos.

She compiled contact information for the rock moving team and was able to mail the photos to them after everyone had reached their destinations.

Cowan has recently had a book posted containing photos of his 35-year career traveling Canada’s rail systems with CP.

Unfortunately for him, he lost all contact information for this group of helpful passengers.

Now you are on a mission to locate them and let them know that their unusual story has been included in your book.

Cowan hopes that by having more eyes on this story, it will end up in front of someone who was there that day or who heard the story through a friend.

“I have every reason to believe that this group of people still exists and I know for a fact it would tickle them to know that they are included in this book.”