Sue Lee

You have to walk through with flashlights or with headlamps or something because there's no way to walk the length of five football fields without light. And you can see the chisel marks of the tools that were used to chisel away at the rock or to drill the holes by hand to drop in the black powder or the nitroglycerin later on. to blow up the granite to allow a train to go through.

You have to walk through with flashlights or with headlamps or something because there's no way to walk the length of five football fields without light. And you can see the chisel marks of the tools that were used to chisel away at the rock or to drill the holes by hand to drop in the black powder or the nitroglycerin later on. to blow up the granite to allow a train to go through.

You have to walk through with flashlights or with headlamps or something because there's no way to walk the length of five football fields without light. And you can see the chisel marks of the tools that were used to chisel away at the rock or to drill the holes by hand to drop in the black powder or the nitroglycerin later on. to blow up the granite to allow a train to go through.

It gives me goosebumps just to think about it. And you just feel like you're in this special place, this almost sacred place that was hand-built. Also, because of the way that the tunnels were built, the trains had to be protected from the snow. So the Chinese also built wooden snow sheds over the tracks. And about 30 years ago, I think, the railroad replaced those wooden snow sheds with concrete.

It gives me goosebumps just to think about it. And you just feel like you're in this special place, this almost sacred place that was hand-built. Also, because of the way that the tunnels were built, the trains had to be protected from the snow. So the Chinese also built wooden snow sheds over the tracks. And about 30 years ago, I think, the railroad replaced those wooden snow sheds with concrete.

It gives me goosebumps just to think about it. And you just feel like you're in this special place, this almost sacred place that was hand-built. Also, because of the way that the tunnels were built, the trains had to be protected from the snow. So the Chinese also built wooden snow sheds over the tracks. And about 30 years ago, I think, the railroad replaced those wooden snow sheds with concrete.

But today, those tunnels are no longer used for the railroad. And that concrete has now become a canvas for graffiti, unfortunately.

But today, those tunnels are no longer used for the railroad. And that concrete has now become a canvas for graffiti, unfortunately.

But today, those tunnels are no longer used for the railroad. And that concrete has now become a canvas for graffiti, unfortunately.

It's really a desecration of the work of the people who built those tunnels, which is part of the reason that there's been an effort to bring attention to the tunnels and to landmark part of that area so that the area can still be respected and a respectful place to remember our history.

It's really a desecration of the work of the people who built those tunnels, which is part of the reason that there's been an effort to bring attention to the tunnels and to landmark part of that area so that the area can still be respected and a respectful place to remember our history.

It's really a desecration of the work of the people who built those tunnels, which is part of the reason that there's been an effort to bring attention to the tunnels and to landmark part of that area so that the area can still be respected and a respectful place to remember our history.

When a man signed up to work on the railroad, he signed a contract. And one of the conditions of the contract that he wanted was that his body would be sent home to China if he died here. So that responsibility of sending the bodies home became the responsibility of one of the family associations or the six companies.

When a man signed up to work on the railroad, he signed a contract. And one of the conditions of the contract that he wanted was that his body would be sent home to China if he died here. So that responsibility of sending the bodies home became the responsibility of one of the family associations or the six companies.

When a man signed up to work on the railroad, he signed a contract. And one of the conditions of the contract that he wanted was that his body would be sent home to China if he died here. So that responsibility of sending the bodies home became the responsibility of one of the family associations or the six companies.

So if a worker died on the construction effort, the body would be buried locally. But over a period of time, let's say within a few years, the body would be exhumed, the bones would be cleaned, and would be put into a specific kind of container and shipped back to China.

So if a worker died on the construction effort, the body would be buried locally. But over a period of time, let's say within a few years, the body would be exhumed, the bones would be cleaned, and would be put into a specific kind of container and shipped back to China.

So if a worker died on the construction effort, the body would be buried locally. But over a period of time, let's say within a few years, the body would be exhumed, the bones would be cleaned, and would be put into a specific kind of container and shipped back to China.

So it's through the shipping back of those bones that we have the estimates of 1,000 to 1,200 workers having been killed over the construction of the railroad. Because there really aren't any records.

So it's through the shipping back of those bones that we have the estimates of 1,000 to 1,200 workers having been killed over the construction of the railroad. Because there really aren't any records.