Subject: Kettle Valley Railway

Balfour Extension

Newspaper excerpt from Phoenix Pioneer - reporting the completion of CPR line from Nelson to Balfour.

Internal ID:	0051.0424
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	November 15th 1900

CPR Dayliner

The last "Dayliner" on the Kettle-Valley Railroad. Taken in Lethbridge, AB. Joe Smuin has commented: The information attached to this photo is incorrect. While it is true that the Budd Cars did operate on KV Division territory, I have no record of this specific car on KV territory in regular service. Also, the photo was taken over a year after the service had ended in southern B.C. 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:	0204.0001
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1965

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
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
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
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1949

CPR Locomotive #4053

CPR locomotive #4053. Joe Smuin has offered the following: The Kettle Valley Express was abolished by the time this photo was taken. The consist shown in this image shows the equipment assigned to what had been the Kettle Valley Express run. This equipment ran from the end of October until about March 1958 when the Budd Cars finally showed up in regular service. Although consists such as this one were run once or twice after the arrivals of the Budds, this photo most likely predates March 1958.