Subject: Locomotives
Engine 473 at Cranbrook Station
The CPR station at Cranbrook, with Engine 473 unloading passengers, 1906.
| Internal ID: | 0015.0011 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1906 |
Engine 473 in the Cranbrook Yard
Engine 473 in the Cranbrook yard with Railway Avenue in the background.
| Internal ID: | 0015.0026 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1906 |
Locomotive 473 At Cranbrook
Locomotive 473 in the yard at Cranbrook with Railway Avenue (Van Horne Street) in the background, 1906.
| Internal ID: | 0018.0017 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1906 |
Cranbrook CPR Station with Engine 475
Cranbrook CPR railway station with train in.
| Internal ID: | 0018.0021 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1910 |
King Lumber Mills
King Lumber Mills' sawmill and yard in Cranbrook, 1905.
| Internal ID: | 0018.0037 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1905 |
Great Northern Depot, Fernie, BC
Unused sepia real photo postcard of the Great Northern Train Depot in Fernie, BC, with steam locomotive and 2 passenger cars. Train engineer posed on train cow catcher and group of men on platform with water tower in background. Sign on depot reads "Great Northern Express Co.". Artura stampbox style in use 1906-1912.
| Internal ID: | 0039.0283 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 1909 |
Great Northern Depot, Fernie, BC
Unused sepia real photo postcard of the Great Northern Train Depot in Fernie, BC, with steam locomotive and 2 passenger cars. Train engineer posed on train cow catcher and group of men on platform with water tower in background. Sign on depot reads "Great Northern Express Co.". Artura stampbox style in use 1906-1912.
| Internal ID: | 0039.0284 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 1909 |
Great Northern Railway No. 2584
Great Northern Railway, Engine 2584, Havre, Montana July 2nd 1995.
| Internal ID: | 0047.0100 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | July 2nd 1995 |
Great Northern Railway Engine 2584
Great Northern Railway, Engine 2584, Havre, Montana July 2nd 1995.
| Internal ID: | 0047.0101 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | July 2nd 1995 |
Historic Sternwheeler, Locomotive and Wagon in the Yukon
Sternwheeler Tutshi, locomotive The Duchess, and wagon marked Whitepass and Yukon Route; Yukon, summer of 1960.
| Internal ID: | 0047.0354 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1960 |
Crow's Nest Coal
Reporting Crow's Nest Coal of better quality than Grand Coulee Coal, enabling engine men to use less coal.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0309 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | June 7th 1900 |
Shay Locomotives
Article reporting the Shay locomotive that passed through Cranbrook, is proving a great success on the Trail hill near Rossland.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0383 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | September 20th 1900 |
Train at Valemount, 1936
Train at station in Valemount, 1936. Photo shows cattle ramp on left side.
| Internal ID: | 0070.0020 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1936 |
Pyramid, BC
Steam locomotive at Pyramid, BC.
| Internal ID: | 0070.0569 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Royal Hudson
Royal Hudson entering Tete Jaune.
| Internal ID: | 0070.0570 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Royal Hudson
Royal Hudson entering Tete Jaune.
| Internal ID: | 0070.0571 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Royal Hudson
Royal Hudson entering Tete Jaune.
| Internal ID: | 0070.0572 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Royal Hudson
Royal Hudson entering Tete Jaune.
| Internal ID: | 0070.0573 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Freight Train Front End
Front of freight train at Tete Jaune, diesel locomotive #9570.
| Internal ID: | 0070.0577 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Tete Jaune Cemetery
Tete Jaune Cemetery clean-up - a cross is visible in the overgrowth with locomotive passing by in background.
| Internal ID: | 0070.0726 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | September 13th 1981 |
Railway Construction
Railway scene below hill side, perhaps work to be done on sluffing banks above siding.
| Internal ID: | 0070.0884 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Construction Locomotives
Two small train engines, usually used during construction.
| Internal ID: | 0070.0885 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
CN Train at Morey, BC
CN train under steam at Morey, BC, 1960. Engine number 5050.
| Internal ID: | 0076.0004 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1960 |
Railroad Rock Slide
Locomotive blocked by slide, possibly near Albreda.
| Internal ID: | 0076.0048 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Steam Locomotive #6060
Steam locomotive #6060 at Valemount. A CNR locomotive originally, the locomotive continued an active life pulling tourist excursions in Alberta.
| Internal ID: | 0094.0092 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1990 |
Canadian National Railway, Mt.Robson
CNR track and train near Mt.Robson 1920/21.
| Internal ID: | 0096.0005 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1921 |
Locomotive #611
Man and child on steam engine 611.
| Internal ID: | 0102.0108 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1945 |
CN Train Wreck
CN train wreck, railcar derailment. One of the locomotives is visible in this view.
| Internal ID: | 0109.0001 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Locomotive # 54
Locomotive #54 with Siems Carey Co.Ltd. printed on the side of the engine. Possibly a logging locomotive.
| Internal ID: | 0112.0011 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1915 |
Railway Construction Camp
Railway construction camp.
| Internal ID: | 0115.0002 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Steam Shovel and Construction Locomotives
Railway construction - Steam shovel and small construction locomotives.
| Internal ID: | 0115.0008 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Railway Winter Scene
Train approaching, stirring up snow with Mt. Robson in background.
| Internal ID: | 0115.0045 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Railroad Construction
Men and rail equipment, laying the track on railway, with a work engine off to the side. Thought to be the Great Northern.
| Internal ID: | 0119.0094 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1915 |
Grand Trunk Pacific Engine
Grand Truck Pacific steam engine. Possibly at Tete Jaune.
| Internal ID: | 0119.0095 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1915 |
Landes, France
Pontenz-les-Forges ( Landes ) La Gare - English: Pontenz-the-Forging mills Moors The Station
| Internal ID: | 0131.0048 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 1894 |
Paddlewheeler S.S. Slocan
Paddlewheeler S.S. Slocan docked on Slocan Lake; steam locomotive approaching and rail cars on siding on dock.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0129 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1900 |
Phoenix, B.C
Snowshoe Mine at Phoenix, B.C., located six kilometres east of Greenwoodin the Grand Forks area.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0169 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1905 |
Locomotive No. 2613
Cleaning firebox of steam locomotive No. 2613 at Cranbrook, B.C.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0172 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1905 |
Pusher Engine
Pusher Engine being put back on rails - was hit by a rock slide, Farron, B.C.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0179 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1900 |
Field Hill Between Tunnels
Steam locomotive on the Field Hill between tunnels, eastbound. Located near Field, B.C.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0182 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1920 |
Steam locomotive No.5935
Selkirk locomotiveNo.5935, a T1c, was assigned to the laggan subdivision in 1949 and transferred to the prairies by the mid-1950s. The last steam locomotive built for the C.P.R., 5935 was in passenger service and only on the mainline.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0188 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1950 |
Castlegar, B.C
Castlegar, B.C. - steam locomotive and water tank by tracks. Ruth Parfeniuk added: This photo is not taken in Castlegar. My guess is on the rail line west of Castlegar, possibly Coykendahl. The Lower Arrow Lake is visible to the right of the photo.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0371 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1925 |
Castlegar, B.C.
C.P.R. railway station at Castlegar, B.C.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0378 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 1925 |
Castlegar, B.C.
C.P.R. railway station at Castlegar, B.C.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0379 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 1925 |
Kaslo and Slocan Railway
The steam train, westbound, headed by Locomotive No. 2 of the Kaslo and Slocan Railway, is at Mile 15.85 from Kaslo, B.C., about 1/2 mile west of Sproule in the Kaslo River canyon.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0506 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1915 |
CPR Passenger train
CPR's inaugural trip from Kaslo to Nakusp, B.C. Location is near Mile 10 along the Kaslo River and train headed by locomotives No. 3118 and No. 3112, is westbound. Engineers are C. Norris and A. Innes. Firemen are Gerner and Duffy. Conductor - Joe Turner and Brakemen are G.W. Reeves and J. Brennen.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0507 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | July 1st 1914 |
Locomotive and Passenger Cars
This photo is of an eastbound train, probably the Dominion, between the Lower and Upper Spiral tunnel east of Field, B.C. The train is traveling compass west and railway east. A bridge over the Kicking Horse River is visible under the 5th car back from the locomotives, and at top right of the picture is the valley between Partridge and Wapta Lake, with the original temporary 'Big Hill' grade barely visible, (thanks to Matthew Hicks).
| Internal ID: | 0131.0737 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Landes, France
Pontenz-les-Forges ( Landes ) La Gare - English: Pontenz-the-Forging mills Moors The Station
| Internal ID: | 0131.0890 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 1894 |
Canadian Rockies
Postcard album - The Spiral Tunnels, Yoho National Park, BC.
| Internal ID: | 0133.0122 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 1945 |
Canadian Rockies
Postcard album - The Kicking Horse Canyon, Yoho National Park, BC. The Kicking Horse River flows into the Columbia River.
| Internal ID: | 0133.0124 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 1945 |
Canadian Rockies
Postcard album - Mount Stephen is the massive mountain which looms almost 2000 metres above the town of Field. Train entering Lower Spiral Tunnel, Yoho National Park.
| Internal ID: | 0133.0126 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 1945 |
Locomotive 475 in Cranbrook, BC c.1905
Locomotive #475 at the Cranbrook, B.C. Railway Station c.1905
| Internal ID: | 0140.0021 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1905 |
Locomotive #473 in Cranbrook,BC c.1902
Locomotive #473 at Cranbrook, B.C. c.1902
| Internal ID: | 0140.0022 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1902 |
Train Accident
Derailment of C.P.R. diesel locomotive off the track.
| Internal ID: | 0156.0006 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1960 |
Train Wreck at Fassiferne, B.C., 1950
The results of a CPR head-on collision at Fassiferne (near Cranbrook), B.C. on January 6th, 1950. Car #4442 can be seen pushed to the top of the wreckage.
| Internal ID: | 0156.0008 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1900 |
CPR Locomotive #68
C.P.R. Engine no. 68 showing two railway employees, Cranbrook, BC.
| Internal ID: | 0156.0010 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1920 |
Train Wreck at Fassiferne
A crowd of onlookers gathering at Fassiferne (near Cranbrook, B.C.) on January 6th, 1950. The scene was a head-on collision of CPR locomotives, with car #4442 pushed over the top of one of the locomotives.
| Internal ID: | 0156.0012 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | January 6th 1950 |
Crows Nest Pass Lumber Company Engine #2
Engine #2 of the Crows Nest pass Lumber Company at Wardner, B.C. The CNPL Co. did both railway and river logging.
| Internal ID: | 0160.0001 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1882 |
Locomotive No. 6060
Locomotive No. 6060 on display in Jasper, Alberta.
| Internal ID: | 0180.0003 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
CPR Engine #583 at Kootenay Landing
CPR Engine #583; train 67; Cranbrook, B.C. to Kootenay Landing, B.C. Photo shows the train at Kootenay Landing ready to load onto barge.
| Internal ID: | 0182.0002 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Locomotive #5108 at Frank , Alberta
Kettle Valley Line at Frank Slide, Alberta - 1949. Locomotive #5108, #3757
| Internal ID: | 0188.0001 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1949 |
Diesel Locomotive #8666 at Cranbrook, B.C. station
CPR train and diesel locomotive No. 8666 at Cranbrook, B.C. station.
| Internal ID: | 0188.0002 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
CPR Locomotive #8672 Derailment at Cranbrook, B.C.
CPR locomotive #8672 derailment in Cranbrook, B.C. This derailment was in 1972 and happened near the King Street crossing.
| Internal ID: | 0189.0001 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1972 |
Railway Insignia Display
A display featuring images of locomotives and railroad insignias / logos. The display shows twelve locomotives and twenty-eight logos.
| Internal ID: | 0192.0001 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
CPR Steam Locomotives "Double-Heading"
CPR steam locomotives "double-heading", possibly through the Crowsnest Pass. As you can see in the photo, the locomotives are set up one after the other.
| Internal ID: | 0193.0001 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Prince Phillip aboard a locomotive
Queen Elizabeth II at Fort Steele - Prince Phillip riding the engine.
| Internal ID: | 0197.0135 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1971 |
Sullivan Mine Concentrator
Sullivan mine concentrator - ore train from mine via 3700 level, 102 Locomtive, Kimberley, BC
| Internal ID: | 0203.0005 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1954 |
Sullivan Mine Concentrator
Sullivan Mine concentrator - ore train from mine via 3700 level and locomotive 103, Kimberley, BC.
| Internal ID: | 0203.0006 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1954 |
Kettle Valley Railway Locomotive
CPR 5758 - This locomotive was too large for sidings and was only used on straight line runs. Largest locomotive ever used on the Kettle Valley Railway. Joe Smuin comments on the information attached to this photo: As a Kettle Valley Railway historian and author of two books on the KVR, I have to tell you that the information about Engine No. 5758 is not quite on the mark. First of all, perhaps we should clarify that the KVR covered the territory from Midway to Spence's Bridge or Odlum, B.C., with a few short miles at Grand Forks, B.C. The Boundary Subdivision (Nelson-Midway) was NEVER part of the KVR or subsequent KV Division. Neither was the territory to the east of Nelson. As for No. 5758, that locomotive indeed did see assignment to pusher service at Penticton. However, it was never a KVR locomotive because the 5700 series locomotives did not get to Penticton until 1939, long after the KVR was absorbed into the CPR's BC District in 1931. It would be accurate to reword this caption to state that some 5700 series locomotives saw assignments to both Kettle Valley Division and Lootenay Division service. In no way can it be accurately stated that 5758 or any other 5700 series locomotive was 'a Kettle Valley Railway' engine.
| Internal ID: | 0204.0002 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1950 |
CPR Locomotive #1279
Locomotive #1279 - One of the Kettle-Valley Railway locomotives photographed at Lethbridge, AB. Kettle Valley Railway historian Joe Smuin writes: This information is completely incorrect. Neither this locomotive nor any of its type was ever assigned to either the KVR or the subsequent Kettle Valley Division. Locomotives of this specific class did work from Nelson east, but nowhere near KV territory. Please remember that the Kettle Valley Railway ran from Midway, B.C. west to either Spence's Bridge or Odlum, B.C. The KVR was absorbed into the BC District of the CPR in 1931. Except for a few miles at Grand Forks, B.C., no territory east of Midway was ever part of the KVR or subsequent KV Division.
| Internal ID: | 0204.0005 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1954 |
Negotiating the Frank Slide
Kettle-Valley Railway passenger car coming through the Frank Slide in 1949. Joe Smuin has added: This is a passenger train, possibly a 'mixed train' which may have in fact transited Kettle Valley territory much further west - assuming the train is eastbound and a passenger train. If it is a mixed train (looks like a caboose on the tail-end) then it will not have been as far as KV territory. Please remember that the Kettle Valley Railway ran from Midway, B.C. west to either Spence's Bridge or Odlum, B.C. The KVR was absorbed into the BC District of the C.P.R. in 1931. Except for a few miles at Grand Forks, B.C., no territory east of Midway, B.C. was ever part of the KVR or subsequent KV Division.
| Internal ID: | 0204.0006 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1949 |
Fassiferne Train Wreck
CPR train wreck at Fassiferne, B.C., January 6, 1951.
| Internal ID: | 0204.0008 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | January 6th 1951 |
