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The Whistler Train Wreck (2)

The Whistler Train Wreck (2)

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Adele D. Oliver

Adele D. Oliver


Community Manager, Lotusland, Canada

The Whistler Train Wreck (2)

In 1956 a freight train going too fast came off the tracks just south of Whistler - they managed to salvaged 9 wagons, but 7 had be left here in the woods and have become a tourist attraction with their colourful graffiti paintings inside and outside the wreck, I had a ball taking pictures and will show you just a few ... these were wagons 6 and 7 ... it was a 4 km return walk into the woods and across a river to get to the site.

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  • Christian Villain

    Christian Villain 15/09/2024 17:31

    Après cette triste catastrophe c'est une très bonne idée d'en garder le souvenir en transformant ainsi les vestiges des wagons en oeuvres d'art qui s'intègrent bien dans la nature . 
    Compliments et amitiés
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  • anne-marie.guinet22

    anne-marie.guinet22 14/09/2024 13:15

    Heureusement que ce train en ruines est coloré!Anne-Marie
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  • Michèle FLEURY

    Michèle FLEURY 12/09/2024 9:55

    Grâce à ton excellent cadrage, les formes cabossées, colorées, pleines de graffs insolites de ce train accidenté, laissé là, près des beaux sapins verts, sont un élément inattendu transformé en oeuvre actuelle pour la curiosité des visiteurs, un spectacle étonnant! Ta définition toujours TOP permet de s'attarder sur tous les détails de la photo, compliments pour ton premier plan de branches au sol, Adele! Bises et belle journée à toi! Michèle
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  • Matthias Getto

    Matthias Getto 11/09/2024 14:44

    These remains have been lying in the woods for almost 70 years and are an attraction for local residents and tourists. Couldn't a train stop have been set up for visitors along the hopefully still existing railroad line? According to Google Maps, there are still tracks going by :-))
    Best regards
    Matthias
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    • Adele D. Oliver

      Adele D. Oliver 11/09/2024 17:55

      thank you, Matthias .... there is no regular train traffic to Whistler, only a tourist train called the "Rocky Mountaineer" which does an over 200 km trip through Alberta and BC and through the Rocky Mountains with a stop in Whistler. However, the tracks are also being used by freighttrains. Traffic to Whistler goes by car or bus. The hike through the woods to the train is up and down and curvy but quite pleasant.
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  • lolita cecilia

    lolita cecilia 10/09/2024 23:59

    Una definición excelente para esta hermosa fotografía llena de luz y de colores!!!
    Muy buena foto documento!
    Un abrazo Adele.
    Lola
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  • Monika Arnold

    Monika Arnold 10/09/2024 22:48

    Ein interessantes Motiv hast du entdeckt, liebe Adele,
    Ganz liebe Grüße Monika
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  • Andreas Boeckh

    Andreas Boeckh 10/09/2024 22:00

    Even I would have walked the necessary miles to find these motifs.
    Andreas
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  • mheyden

    mheyden 10/09/2024 21:10

    Sehr gut dokumentiert!
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  • Conny11

    Conny11 10/09/2024 20:10

    Ein spannendes Fotomotiv...bestens präsentiert.
    LG Conny, euch einen schönen Tag
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  • jbd68

    jbd68 10/09/2024 20:06

    So colorful :) Great! Best regards, Björn
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  • emen49

    emen49 10/09/2024 20:01

    Das muss spannend sein dort zu fotografieren... Ich kann deine Begeisterung verstehen... tolle Aufnahme...
    Viele Grüße Marianne
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  • Blula

    Blula 10/09/2024 19:48

    Wahnsinn. Unglaublich. Gut gezeigt von Dir.
    LG Ursula
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  • Axel Sand

    Axel Sand 10/09/2024 18:58

    Wonderfull captured, Adele.
    Warm regards
    Axel
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  • Peter Schillmeier

    Peter Schillmeier 10/09/2024 18:09

    Schöne Aufnahme
    LG Peter
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  • Francesco Fusco

    Francesco Fusco 10/09/2024 15:41

    Quanti colori c'erano in questa zona ormai abbandonata!
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Sections Nature: Forest Travel: British Columbia Subjects: Documentary & Journalism
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Camera Canon PowerShot SX50 HS
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Aperture 4
Exposure time 1/80
Focus length 6.3 mm
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