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A MIRACLE NOBODY KILLED by Peter Hall (cont nued from page 1) - the forerunner of the Seaview Walk In his book British Columbia Railway - from PGE to took place was basically a narrow ledge, with the track only four feet from a precipice. Further more, the aforementioned sharp curve lay immediately to the west of the wreck. West Vancouverites had really not been happy to have the railway reactivated. They had assumed when the would see and hear of the noisy monsters. The wreck, the near disaster to the Pretty family, the damage to another house, and the danger to traffic on Marine drive resulted in a public outcry. What had been a nuisance had become a The railway acted promptly. They relocated the line to eliminate the 12 degree curve and the narrow ledge on BC Rail author J.F. Garden writes that the derailment "...tore up 1000 feet of track...on a 12 degree curve above Fisherman's cove (sic). Even though this was good track with 2001b. rail, excess lateral forces on the high rail of the tight curve caused the wreck." The forces Mr. Garden locomotive passed over it. The Pacific Great Eastern Railway had been built through West Vancouver in 1914 and 1915. It was built to the then prevailing railway standards to accommodate the standards allowed sharper curves than do modern mainline tack layouts. During the period 1914 to 1928, when the PGE operated trains in West Van the line ended at refers to caused the rail to turn over on its side as the third tracks were torn up in 1928 that that was the last they shorter trains and lighter engines which were in use. Those threat to life and limb. which the track sat above Fisherman's Cove and along to Horseshoe Bay, and the trains consisted almost exclusively Horseshoe BAy. A 4,568 foot tunnel was drilled through of self-propelled gas-engined passenger cars running the toe of Black Mountain bypassing the section where the singly, and the track alignment was quite suitable for this derailment occurred. The new line through the tunnel was light equipment. When the PGE was extended along Howe opened in August 1973 only 19 months after the Pretty's Sound enroute to a connection with its mainline at had their rude awakening. Squamish in 1956, the old 1914/15 grade was utilized. Indeed to have strayed off it would have precipitated an uproar from those home owners whose gardens or driveways would have necessarily been expropriated for a better alignment. The stretch along which the derailment Tracks and ties were removed from the old grade and it became the popular Seaview Walk (see photos above) running from Nelson Creek to Marine Drive by Eagleridge Drive. From near disaster arose this popular amenity. [3]