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Post by WettCoast on Aug 25, 2008 20:08:40 GMT -8
Here are a few random rail photos from my recent vacation to BC's lower right hand corner... Two photos of a west (south) bound international train on CP's Nelson Sub at Moyie Lake. The train was destined for Kingsgate, on the border, and an interchange with Union Pacific. Note the Union Pacific locomotive just behind the lead CP unit. CP's Shuswap Sub, just east of Kamloops... An empty coal train going back to the East Kootenay for another load. All photos by JST ©
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 16, 2014 16:06:59 GMT -8
A couple of views of CP mixed freights in south-east BC. This lovely spot is the south end of Columbia Lake, just off Hwy-93, just north of Canal Flats. - seen in afternoon of September 16, 2014. ----------------- The lovely scene, which I found on Google Maps, and saw in real-life today. Southbound train Northbound train
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 17, 2014 14:14:31 GMT -8
A new thread for the bottom-right corner of BC. -------- To start this off, here is a south-east bound empty coal train, seen from the Kootenay River bridge at Fort Steele, BC - morning of September 17, 2014. A peek inside an empty coal car End of the train -------------------- Empty track: Full track of empty coal cars, in a time-exposure
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 17, 2014 17:52:02 GMT -8
Grand Forks Railroad Company has 3.7km of trackage, all in an industrial area in south Grand Forks, BC. The link is to a US line (KFR: Kettle Falls International Railway) at Danville. Here is the company's locomotive, seen on its way into the Interfor site. Seen by me on September 17, 2014. (My expert source tells me that this locomotive is ex CPR and was built in 1950) The consist is pretty simple
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 17, 2014 18:12:51 GMT -8
KFR - Kettle Falls International Railway units at the wye, in Grand Forks, BC. - evening of September 17, 2014, on Carson Rd. Fun Fact: the road near the wye is called "Big Y" road, and so is the local fire department. After the switch... ============ KFR info HERE
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Post by WettCoast on Sept 17, 2014 21:50:12 GMT -8
Mr. Horn,
You might recall a discussion we had some time ago regarding one of those BC 'Stop of Interest' historical signs down in the Similkameen country by Keremeos entitled 'An American Railroad'. It was about J J Hill's Great Northern BC subsidiary, the VV&E (Vancouver, Victoria & Eastern). The short bit of operating railway at Grand Forks is a remnant of the VV&E, operated until not that long ago by the GN's successors, Burlington Northern, and later the BNSF.
Grand Forks was also served by a second railway, run by J J Hill's arch-rival, William Cornelius Van Horne, the KVR (Kettle Valley Railway, a CP subsidiary. The former KVR line through Grand Forks was abandoned about 25 years ago, leaving the little bit of what once was part of the VV&E as the soul surviving operational railway in that part of British Columbia.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Oct 6, 2014 13:29:22 GMT -8
Here's my video of 2 CPR mixed freights on the Windermere Subdivision. - seen at Columbia Lake, BC on September 16, 2014.
This is a nice spot to watch a train. Right next to Hwy 93/95, just north of Canal Flats.
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Post by paulvanb on Oct 6, 2014 22:50:03 GMT -8
Nice footage. Looks like you're getting good use of your gear!
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Post by Low Light Mike on Oct 8, 2014 5:57:38 GMT -8
Here's a brief video of the Grand Forks Railroad train crossing a road. Very brief, and it's mainly the empty rail cars.
From September 2014.
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Post by WettCoast on Oct 8, 2014 21:19:56 GMT -8
A foggy train for a month of foggy ferries... Canadian Pacific local west bound from Nelson to Castlegar on CP's Boundary Sub - 8 October 2014 © WCK-JST by Wett Coast, on Flickr
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Post by Low Light Mike on Oct 8, 2014 21:48:00 GMT -8
A foggy train for a month of foggy ferries... Canadian Pacific local west bound from Nelson to Castlegar on CP's Boundary Sub - 8 April 2014 © WCK-JST by Wett Coast, on Flickraha, you'd have been close to the Glade ferry. Or at least somewhat close. ps: typo in your photo date.
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Post by WettCoast on Oct 9, 2014 21:27:12 GMT -8
Alas, there was a heavy Glade mist. So I still have yet to lay eyes on that one.
It was a foggy morning... The April - October mix up has been corrected.
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Post by WettCoast on Oct 17, 2014 19:41:08 GMT -8
Short west bound Canadian Pacific local freight led by #'s 7308 & 6245 crossing the Columbia River @ Castlegar, BC, on CP's Boundary Sub - 8 October 2014. Note the stone pillars supporting this bridge... © WCK-JST by Wett Coast, on Flickr
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Post by Low Light Mike on Oct 18, 2014 18:57:31 GMT -8
Short west bound Canadian Pacific local freight led by #'s 7308 & 6245 crossing the Columbia River @ Castlegar, BC, on CP's Boundary Sub - 8 October 2014. Note the stone pillars supporting this bridge... © WCK-JST by Wett Coast, on FlickrLovely. I was recently reading about this bridge (this is THE original bridge), in my copy of "Steam Along the Boundary" by Turner/Wilkie. The old Robson ferry crossing was very close to this bridge's location.
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Post by Balfour on Oct 18, 2014 19:47:33 GMT -8
Hey! I thought this was a board about Klingon vessels lol
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Post by Low Light Mike on Oct 20, 2014 18:21:38 GMT -8
My video from mid-September 2014 of the mighty Kettle Falls International Railroad, at Grand Forks, BC. I'm at the big-wye interchange on Carson Rd, as 2 locomotives pick up some cars from the Pacific Abrasives yard.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Oct 21, 2014 12:59:31 GMT -8
Here's my video of the empty coal train that I saw near Cranbrook, from above the track on the Ft. Steele highway bridge. - morning of September 17, 2014.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Oct 30, 2014 16:14:55 GMT -8
A few more views of the lovely scene at Columbia Lake BC, on CPR's Windermere subdivision. This is the south end of Columbia Lake (you know, the source of the mighty Columbia River), Hwy-93 roadside, just north of Canal Flats BC. - noon on September 16, 2014. The lovely view with the rail line cutting off the side part of the lake Even better with a train. Nice reflections.
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Post by WettCoast on Nov 1, 2014 16:13:19 GMT -8
Old CPR locomotive, tender & rolling stock @ Sandon, BC, in the Silvery Slocan country between the West Kootenay & the Arrow Lakes - 7 October 2014. The following inf comes from this web page: members.shaw.ca/preservedsteambc/southern_bc.htm- Type: 0-8-0 - Builder: Montreal Locomotive Works - Number: n/a - Year Built: 1908 - Weight: 261,000 lbs (including tender) - Current Owner: Wrightway Charter Co. Ltd. - Use: Freight/Static Display - Current Status: Static Display, undergoing cosmetic restoration. A sign attached to the cab says: C.P.R. Locomotive #6947 (originally #1737) of the 2-8-0 Consolidation class was built at the Montreal Locomotive Works in 1908 for the Canadian Pacific Railway. It spent its first years as a mainline locomotive before being re-numbered #3537 and assigned to branch lines. From 1926 to 1928 it worked here in the C.P.R's Kootenay Subdivision. In 1928, the locomotive was converted into a switching engine of the V-4-A class and re-numbered #6947. The pilot axle was removed at this time making it into the 0-8-0 configuration. #6947 served the C.P.R. in the Winnipeg and Moose Jaw yards until 1959 when it was sold to the Manitoba and Saskatchewan Coal Co. where it finished its working life after six decades of service. In 1998 this engine was purchased by Wrightway Charter Co. Ltd. of Sandon and moved to this location for restoration as a permanent exhibit of an early 1900's freight train. #6947 remained a coal burner until the end of its career. The weight of the engine including tender is 261,000 pounds. © WCK-JST by Wett Coast, on Flickr
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Post by WettCoast on Nov 2, 2014 11:38:13 GMT -8
The Canadian Pacific in south east BC, specifically at Yahk, along the Crowsnest Highway (#3) between Creston & Cranbrook. This is on CP's Crowsnest Pass route which comes from Lethbridge, Alberta, through the southern Canadian Rockies via Crowsnest Pass, and then west to the towns of Cranbrook, Nelson, & Castlegar. In the past this was CP's 'southern main line', a continuous route which included the Kettle Valley Railway, going all the way west to connect with the CPR mainline near Hope, BC. Once upon a time there were daily passenger trains in both directions. The tracks between Castlegar & Hope are now long gone . Yahk continues to be an important junction point with the line that goes south to the Kingsgate - Eastport (Idaho) border crossing and connection with the Union Pacific Railroad. I understand that this is one of the more important north-south rail connections between Canadian & US railways. I gather there are several trains daily in both directions... CP # 6040 at head end of work train with CWR (continuous welder rail) seen at Yahk, BC on CP's Nelson Subdivision, near the junction with the Union Pacific line to Spokane, WA & Portland, OR - 8 October 2014 © WCK-JST by Wett Coast, on Flickr
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Post by Low Light Mike on Nov 16, 2014 18:57:57 GMT -8
Two units of the Kettle Falls International Railway, operated by OmniTrax. - seen at Grand Forks in mid September 2014. ----------------- And the tail end of an empty coal train, headed back to the coaling area of south-east BC. Seen from the highway bridge at Fort Steele, BC.
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Post by Mike on Jul 30, 2017 12:41:22 GMT -8
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Post by Chris City on Jul 3, 2018 17:02:07 GMT -8
A pair of GP20C-ECO's lead the Golden Wayfreight through Canal Flats on CP's Windermere Sub.
June 29, 2018
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Post by Mike on Sept 22, 2020 19:03:56 GMT -8
A sampling of 4 Southeastern BC short lines I took a trip to document last week. Grand Forks Railroad, which is owned by the Interfor mill in Grand Forks, BC: GMTX 86 - Interfor Mill by Michael, on Flickr Kettle Falls International: Runs between Kettle Falls, WA and Grand Forks, BC on the old Great Nothern Republic Branch. Parent company OmniTrax applied to discontinue operations over the next three years, earlier this year, and I wanted to document operations in case it does end up being abandoned. HLCX 4205 - Gilpin BC by Michael, on Flickr Nelson & Fort Shepard: Owned by ATCO Wood Products, the N&S runs on a portion of the old Great Northern/N&FS line that went up to Nelson BC. It is now abandoned north of Fruitvale. N&FS 4519 - ATCO Mill by Michael, on Flickr And the new kid on the block, the St. Paul & Pacific Northwest: This railway was created when Progressive Rail purchased the Chewelah, WA - Columbia Gardens, BC line from OmniTrax. They took over operations in May 2019. FURX 4225 - Waneta BC by Michael, on Flickr
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 22, 2020 19:59:54 GMT -8
A sampling of 4 Southeastern BC short lines I took a trip to document last week. Thanks very much for this, especially the Waneta bridges photo, with the old railway bridge (now highway bridge) and the "new" railway bridge. Wow. So that I know I'm understanding this correctly, here's my summation of the 4 short-lines that you've noted. The first 2 work together to export forest products from the Grand Forks mill to USA markets. - Grand Forks Railroad switches at the mill, and then interchanges with Kettle Falls International at the Big Wye on the south side of Grand Forks. The final 2 railways work together to export forest products from Fruitvale mill to USA markets. - Nelson & Fort Sheppard runs from the mill to the Columbia Gardens interchange, which is just north of the border. - the new railroad company, St. Paul & Pacific Northwest, then runs the lumber cars across the border and eventually to US markets.
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