# The first train into Whiskey Gap

From [*Heritage of the High Country: A History of Del Bonita and Surrounding Districts*](/books#heritage-of-the-high-country) (Del Bonita Historical Society, 1981), printed p. 45; PDF scan 59. ISBN 0-88925-190-8.

Caption: “The first train to come into Whiskey Gap.” The caption and image were visually checked against the original PDF page.

**Date: 1929.** The caption identifies the first train into Whiskey Gap. The accompanying account on printed page 45 describes the opening of the railway in September 1929; no date is printed in the photograph caption itself.

[University of Calgary catalogue](https://digitalcollections.ucalgary.ca/asset-management/2R3408T8W0EU). The printed caption does not name a photographer.

Image: [preserved PNG](/images/whiskey-gap-first-train-1929-book.png). Dimensions: 337 × 201. Bytes: 78286. SHA-256: `39b7046846746c40bb12add929b128336a0e3770209a20407cf487cc261320f2`. Received into this archive: 2026-10-31T18:06:21.484Z.

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[Machine-readable provenance](/provenance/whiskey-gap-first-train-1929-book.json).