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Train on the Kettle Valley Railway crossing trestle at Sirnach Creek, 1916 The Little Tunnel above Naramata, July 2009. The Kettle Valley Railway (reporting mark KV) [1] was a subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) that operated across southern British Columbia, west of Midway running to Rock Creek, then north to Myra Canyon, down to Penticton over to Princeton, Coalmont, Brookmere ...
The Kettle Valley Rail Trail is a multi-use recreational rail trail located in the Okanagan-Boundary region of southern British Columbia. The trail uses a rail corridor that was originally built for the now-abandoned Kettle Valley Railway. The trail was developed during the 1990s after the Canadian Pacific Railway abandoned train service.
This is a route-map template for the Bermuda Railway, a railway in Bermuda.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
The Coquihalla railway link, operated by the Kettle Valley Railway (KV), a Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) subsidiary, connected the Coquihalla Summit and Hope in southwestern British Columbia. This standard gauge trackage, which followed the Coquihalla River through the North Cascades , formed the greater part of the KV Coquihalla Subdivision.
The Bermuda Railway was a 21.7-mile (34.9 km) common carrier line that operated in Bermuda for a brief period (October 31, 1931 – May 1, 1948). In its 17 years of existence, the railway provided frequent passenger and freight service over its length spanning most of the archipelago from St. George's in the east to Somerset, Sandys Parish, in the west.
Not surprisingly, apart from a small heritage railway, none of the KVR track remains. A Vancouver–Spokane service over the built VV&E route was 795 kilometres (494 mi), compared with 528 kilometres (328 mi) over the GN route via Everett , which offered flatter terrain and straighter track. [ 32 ]
Map of Bermuda Pink buses of Bermuda. Bermuda consists of several islands with an area of 53.2 km 2 (20.5 sq mi) with 447 km (278 mi) of paved roads — 225 km (140 mi) of which are public roads and 222 km (138 mi) are private paved roads. [1] A former railway track has been converted into a walking trail. [2]
Passenger service on the KVR ended in 1964. The Penticton–Beaverdell track was abandoned in 1973, and Beaverdell–Midway in 1979. [9] The CP eastward almost to Castlegar was abandoned in 1991. [11] The section from Castlegar to Grand Forks is now a cycling trail. [12] The former grade is now biking and skiing trails. [1] Verigin Memorial ...