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GTP/CN-Graham Subdivision MP 38.4-44.6 V (Flett Stream Tunnel)

17 Jan

Video of the former Grand Trunk Pacific Railway-Lake Superior Division, Canadian Government Railways-Fort William Subdivision, Canadian National Railways-Fort William/Lake Superior/Graham/Raith/Graham Subdivision (MP 9.8-15.6) at Finmark, ON. Features the grade as it passes over several high embankments and through a rock cut west of the Flett Tunnel. The area includes a a very rare stream tunnel, which was constructed by the Carter-Halls-Aldinger Company of Winnipeg circa 1919 and involved infilling a trestle and rerouting a creek through a 10 foot by 10 foot tunnel bored through solid rock.

Part 5 of 9.

Active, 1908-1994.

 
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Posted by on January 17, 2026 in Hiking, History, Railway, Video

 

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