Grand Forks Railway
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The Grand Forks Railway (
Former operators
In Grand Forks, a former north–south section of the Kettle Valley Lines (KVL) (the operating company for the Kettle River Valley Railway (KRVR) and the Spokane and British Columbia Railway)[1] both crossed and connected with the Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) line near the north end of today's 5 St.[2] The KRVR became the CP's Kettle Valley Railway. Although the former KRVR track north of this crossing no longer exists, it continues southwest almost to the south end of today's Cooper Rd.
The Pacific Abrasives & Supply yard is on the southeast corner of where the former KRVR crossed the former north–south
Since the Pacific Abrasives yard linked northeastward to the former CP track and southward to the
GFR operation
In 1993, primarily under the oversight of Pope & Talbot, GFR was formed to operate a short section of former CP line and the connecting sidings.[3] In 2004, Kettle Falls International Railway (KFR) replaced BNSF at the interchange.[5][6] In 2008, Interfor Corporation bought the Pope & Talbot operations in Canada.[7]
GFR, totalling 6.0 kilometres (3.7 mi) of track, may be the shortest shortline in Canada and possibly North America.[8] The lone EMD SW8 locomotive GFR 6703, which was acquired from CP in 1993, was replaced in 2019 by a GATX Rail Locomotive Group SW1000 (GMTX 86).[9][10]
In 2020, KFR parent,
See also
"Grand Forks". www.trainweb.org.
Footnotes
- ^ Turner & Wilkie 2007, p. 22.
- ^ a b Turner & Wilkie 2007, p. 16.
- ^ a b c Turner & Wilkie 2007, p. 203.
- ^ "Kettle Falls International files abandonment notice". www.trainorders.com.
- ^ "Kettle Falls International Railway - KFR Information". www.trainweb.org.
- ^ Turner & Wilkie 2007, p. 18.
- ^ "Vancouver Sun". January 8, 2008 – via PressReader.
- ^ "Grand Forks Railway". www.tripod.com.
- ^ "Grand Forks Railway". www.rrpicturearchives.net.
- ^ "Grand Forks Railway - GFR". www.trainweb.org.
- ^ "Grand Forks Gazette, June 10, 2020". www.grandforksgazette.ca.
- ^ "CTA, Notices of rail line discontinuance, June 25, 2023". otc-cta.gc.ca.
References
- Turner, Robert D.; Wilkie, J.S. David (2007). Steam Along the Boundary. Sono Nis Press. ISBN 978 1-55039-158-9.