The post office at Brooklyn, which closed in 1900, was to have relocated to the tunnel vicinity, but no evidence suggests this happened.
In May 1898, CP awarded the West Robson–Midway extension of the Columbia and Western Railway (C&W) to Daniel Mann, Foley Bros., and Peter Larson.
[5] In June, when a brush fire reached the gunpowder magazine, workers fled to the safety of the tunnel.
The explosion damaged several buildings, twisted the railway track, and felt like an earthquake at Brooklyn, 6 kilometres (4 mi) away.
[7] With Brooklyn largely deserted, the tunnel location provided the only viable commercial opportunities in the area.
[1] The locals designated the passenger service on the southern main line as the Bulldog Express.
In 1900, a brakeman fell under the wheels of a freight car at Farron, resulting in the later hospital amputation of his leg.
[26] In 1935, 64 relief camp strikers, who were freight hopping westward, were arrested on a train at Coykendahl and jailed in Nelson.
[39] In 1918, shortly after a freight train exited the tunnel, water seepage in the roof caused about 21 metres (70 ft) to cave in at the east end.
During a five-day closure, two passenger trains diverted onto the Great Northern Railway (GN) track, and travelled via Marcus, Washington.
[43] The tunnel interior is pitch black, especially noticeable when travelling westward, because of a curve at the western end.