Film: ROCKY MOUNTAIN EXPRESS (IMAX) October 6, 2011

Directed by award-winning Canadian filmmaker Stephen Low, ROCKY MOUNTAIN EXPRESS will propel you on a present-day steam train journey through the breathtaking vistas of the Canadian Rockies and relates the extraordinary story of the building of the nation’s first transcontinental railway. Ride the rails along deep river canyons and over high mountain passes—discover some of the most beautiful and rugged landscapes on earth and join in the heroic human drama and epic engineering that shaped a continent. Spanning thousands of miles and some of the world’s greatest natural barriers, this grand transcontinental project and its wandering ribbon of steel drew together far flung communities isolated in the wilderness, shaped a new nation and changed the face of the North American continent forever.

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