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  2. List of defunct Canadian railways - Wikipedia

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    Acquired by Canadian Pacific subsequently leased to British Columbia Electric Railway. Vancouver, Victoria and Eastern Railway: Vancouver, Westminster and Yukon Railway: ran from New Westminster to Vancouver along the Brunette and Still Creeks on modern CN alignment. Owned by lumberman John Hendry, it wanted to bridge the Second Narrows and go ...

  3. MLW RS-18 - Wikipedia

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    West Chester Railroad #1803 is an ALCO RS-18 built in 1960 by the MLW for the Canadian Pacific Railway and was numbered 8762. In 1998, it was retired from service by the Canadian Pacific Railroad and was bought by the West Chester Railroad that same year, where it currently remains in service.

  4. Southern Railway of British Columbia - Wikipedia

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    Southern Railway of British Columbia; Overview; Headquarters: New Westminster, BC, Canada: Reporting mark: SRY: Locale: Vancouver Island and Lower Mainland, British Columbia: Dates of operation: 1989– Predecessor: British Columbia Electric Railway: Technical; Track gauge: 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) standard gauge: Length: 132 mi (212 km ...

  5. Kettle Valley Railway - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  6. West Coast Railway Association - Wikipedia

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    The West Coast Railway Association (WCRA) is a non-profit society founded in 1961. Dedicated to preserving British Columbia 's railway heritage, they operate the Railway Museum of British Columbia (formerly West Coast Railway Heritage Park) and the CN Roundhouse & Conference Centre [ 1 ] located in Squamish , BC.

  7. SkyTrain (Vancouver) rolling stock - Wikipedia

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    This was a reasonable match to the four-car Mark I trains (~320 passengers), allowing six-minute off-peak service on both branches of the line and three-minute service on the inner portion between Waterfront and Columbia stations, while sustaining a practical operation during peak hours (55 trains in service, with a 108-second frequency between ...

  8. List of preserved locomotives in Canada - Wikipedia

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    Engine 374 Pavilion, Vancouver, British Columbia: Pulled first CPR transcontinental passenger train into Vancouver, in 1887 Countess of Dufferin: Steam 4-4-0: 1872 built Winnipeg Railway Museum, Winnipeg, Manitoba: First locomotive serving prairie provinces, after barged down Red River from U.S. in 1877. ? Winnipeg Railway Museum, Winnipeg ...

  9. BC Rail - Wikipedia

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    The British Columbia Railway Company (reporting mark BCOL, BCIT), commonly known as BC Rail, is a railway in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Chartered as a private company in 1912 as the Pacific Great Eastern Railway ( PGE ), it was acquired by the provincial government in 1918.