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Kettle Valley Steam Railway
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![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/3716_at_Canyon_View.jpg/280px-3716_at_Canyon_View.jpg) Kettle Valley 3716 at Canyon View Siding
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Locale
| British Columbia
, Canada
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Built by
| Canadian Pacific
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Original gauge
| 4 ft
8
+
1
⁄
2
in
(
1,435 mm
)
standard gauge
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Owned by
| Kettle Valley Railway Heritage Society
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Reporting mark
| KVSR
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Stations
| Faulder, Prairie Valley, West Summerland, Trout Creek (Canyon View), Winslow (located just on the opposite side of Trout Creek from Canyon View, trackage just ends at the station)
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Length
| 10 km (6.2 mi)
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Preserved gauge
| 4 ft
8
+
1
⁄
2
in
(
1,435 mm
)
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Opened
| 1915
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Closed to passengers
| 1961(?)
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Closed
| 1989 - 1997
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Headquarters
| Summerland
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www
.kettlevalleyrail
.org
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The
Kettle Valley Steam Railway
is a
heritage railway
near
Summerland, British Columbia
.
The KVSR operates
excursion trains
over the only remaining section of the
Kettle Valley Railway
. This section runs from Faulder to
Trout Creek
, running through West Summerland and the
Prairie Valley railway station
. The line runs through vistas, orchards, vineyards, and over the 73-metre-tall (238 ft)
Trout Creek Trestle
. Trains are operated from spring through fall each year and include special events such as the "Great Train Robbery" and "Christmas Express".
Trains are pulled by ex-
Canadian Pacific
2-8-0
steam locomotive
No.
3716 (
N-2-b class
), built in 1912. The railway also has an
ALCO S-6
diesel electric locomotive
(originally
Southern Pacific
No.
1050, more recently owned by
Portland Terminals
, then
Neptune Bulk Terminals
[1]
in
North Vancouver
).
[2]
[3]
Between 1995 and 2009 a two-truck
Shay locomotive
,
Mayo Lumber
No.
3 was on loan from the
BC Forest Discovery Centre
in
Duncan
; it was returned to Duncan on September 17, 2009. Passenger rolling stock includes two ex-CP coaches and three ex-CP stock cars converted into open-air cars. All trains depart the Prairie Valley railway station in Summerland.
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