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The Kettle Valley and Its Railways by Hal Riegger
Additions and corrections required for second printing
Corrections by Dave Wilkie - Collection of Joe Smuin - February 2001


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Additions and Corrections
Dust jacket   - Second car in consist needs tuscan red repaint.

- Van Horn change to Van Horne.

Fly leaf. Fold out map
of KVR
- Merrit change to Merritt.

- Boundry Falls change to Boundary Falls

- Stations Porcupine and Coykeadahl have been interchanged.

- Suggest eliminating Porcupine in favor of Farron which was the actual summit and was an important pusher terminal.

- Branch line from South Slocan to Slocan City should be east of the Slocan River in its entirety.

- Branch line from Grand Forks to Lynch Creek should cross to east of river about half way up and might be shown in red as for most of its existence it was either K.R.V.R. or the fifth subdivision of the Kettle Valley Rly.

- The G.N. lines are not shown accurately or in correct location with respect to either the Kettle or Similkameen Rivers. viz: Keremeos to Hedley, Midway to Curlew, Curlew to Grand Forks and Princeton to Hedley.

- K.V.R. line has similar problems. North of Rock Creek it crosses and re-crosses the West fork of the Kettle in places other than shown but does not cross east of river between Carmi and Cookson as shown. Also on wrong side of Tulameen in Manning area.

- Rosebery is not at the head of Slocan Lake but about ten miles down the east side and line continues to New Denver.

- There is no Reservoir in Myra-McCulloch area. The Hydraulic Lakes, are S.E. of McCulloch but much smaller area than shown.

5 1-5-1 - Merrit change to Merritt.
10 2-3-5 - Merrit change to Merritt.
11 2-1-15 - Lilloet change to Lillooet.
13 2-1-12 - Trail out of context here. Perhaps Hope trail.
21 Lower photo - Locomotive is S.F. & N. NO. 5 (see number in headlight indicator glass) Serial #10833, became G.N. #142.
22 Upper photo - This is Beaver Creek Falls, just south of Fruitvale and across the valley from Montrose. Page 21, Upper shows Cooper's Grasshopper bridge by which the N. & F.S. crossed the Pend d'Oreille River at Waneta, which is still used today as a highway bridge. G.N. built a stronger one alongside and east of the Cooper bridge.
23 Caption - Location shown as Robson is more likely Arrowhead, judging by the slope of land behind train. Need yet to prove Engine #363 was based at Revelstoke 1897 and earlier. This will take further time.

32 Lower photo - Not 24 miles from anywhere. Nelson is 9.5 miles away.
38 1-1-1 - Slocan Division should read... subdivision.
38 1-1-2 - This is on the Kootenay Division.
39 2-2-15 - Arrowhead Lake change to Arrow Lake.
41   - Section in brackets makes no sense. North West Coal & Navigation Company's railway from Dunmore to Lethbridge was built in 1885 as a narrow gauge line and purchased these locomotives Nos. 4 & 5 shortly afterwards. On Dec. 31, 1889 the N.W.C. & N. Co. was purchased by the Alberta Railway & Irrigation Co. Subsequently on Dec 3, 1893 this Dunmore to Lethbridge line was purchased by C.P.R. which standard gauged the line. The narrow gauge locomotives being surplus were then either used on the A.R. & I.'s other narrow gauge lines or sold as surplus. The caption should probably read:

"N.W.C. & N. Co. Locomotives 4 & 5 were purchased by the Great Northern from A.R. & I. Co. for use on their Kaslo & Slocan narrow gauge line where they became Nos. 1 & 2."

42-43   - Good idea to crop the bottom of this photo in order to remove the Trueman caption which is incorrect. K & S had no trackage this close to Carpenter Creek. Present Kaslo to Three Forks highway lies on this grade. Gradient on this line was a maximum of 3% for a very short stretch out of Kaslo itself, and dead level from Bear Lake to Sandon.
44 Upper & Lower photo - These two photos have been interchanged. The upper is facing west two miles out of Kaslo during standard gauging operations. Note coupler shank extending to flat or ballast car ahead of locomotive. Lower photo is near Whitewater, in 1897.
52 Upper photo - Safety spur was between Sandon and Parapet, not Three Forks and Parapet which were stations within sight of one another.
52 Lower photo - Train is westbound towards New Denver, Date is 1912. Compare location of Three Forks platform in upper photo.
56 Upper photo - Zwicky was at Mile 5.4 (originally Keen). Closest station to this trestle would be Retallack at 17.9 (originally Whitewater). Photo was taken from rear car of moving train thus is not a "run-by",
56 Lower photo - Approximately Mile 8 along the Kaslo River.
59   - Both steamers on Slocan Lake were named "Slocan" not Nakusp. 2-8-0 is #3262 as shown in headlight indicator number glass. Tug "Roseberry" seen at far right of photo was launched in April 1928, same year Slocan was laid up so date is 1928. See note in Further Revisions.

- Tug appears to be "Sandon" and not "Rosebery". Sandon was scrapped in 1927. Eng. #3262 was on K.V.R. 1916-1926. So date of photo is late 1926 or 1927 & not 1928.

65 Center photo - Narrow gauge ore cars lettered C.R. & K.R.R. are a mystery. Perhaps stand for Columbia River and Kootenay RR. even though no such line ever existed. (Wrongly lettered at factory--).
72 Lower photo - Locomotive is #3537. Train is entering Rossland. Photo taken from old Washington Street overpass in 1926 or 1927.
73 Upper photo - #3612 is at Kimberley in this photo, switching the "Mixed". whose tail end passenger coach can be seen at far right.
73 Center photo - # 3677 plus probably #3612 is heading the Kimberley mixed southbound out of Kimberley with loaded cars of concentrate for the Trail smelter via Cranbrook, Nelson etc. Caption is doubly wrong in that Rossland Hill is not between Castlegar and Trail but between Rossland and Trail.
77 Upper photo - Train is one mile east of Robson West if westbound. These station mileboards are located one mile from station. Train could not be "Out of Robson West" as caption states.
78 Upper photo - This is the Tadanac switcher pulling empty concentrate cars off a storage track at Tadanac. FM Trainmasters were not "road" power out of Nelson.
79-81   - Captions for these photos need complete revisions. Photos on page 80 should come before the center and lower ones on page 79. Highway 3 can be seen above tunnel in center photo on page 79 while lower photo shows train not yet that far. Sequences seems to be correct on page 81. On page 79, line 3 of caption Boundary Division should read Boundary subdivision of Kootenay Division.
82 1-4-9 - Pentiction change to Penticton.
85 2-3-9 - Sans Poil Lbr. Co. change to Poil (as on Pg. 96).
85 2-3-19 - Kettle Valley Railroad change to Kettle Valley Railway.
89 Upper photo - Roundhouse yards change to roundhouse lead in Weston Yards.
91 Upper photo - Caption: In 1902 should be changed to A 1902...

- Locomotive was No. 925 and train is on W & G.N. not V V & E.

101 2-1-14 to 17 - This needs a complete rewrite. C.P.R. station was at east edge of Phoenix, G.N.'s was in Northwest corner and 242 feet lower. G.N. underpassed C.P.R. at Emma Mine. Mile 2.45 Phoenix s/d C.P.R. but then went west, south, and east to enter NW edge of lower town, Phoenix. Phoenix was like a goldpan tilted down towards the west, or northwest. C.P.R. had to lift all loads to the upper or eastern rim before descending to Eholt while G.N. had it downhill all the way.
103 Upper photo - Caption could be expanded to indicate Granby Hotel, left center, Granby No. 2 tunnel ore bins above hotel and the Old Ironsides Hotel (barn like structure), right center. Photo looks Southwest across Knob Hill Avenue.
103 Lower photo - Photo looks North East at knob called Spion Kop across which cuts Brooklyn mine spur of C..P.R. below this the large building is the hospital - Knob Hill avenue again crosses foreground.
104 Lower photo - Not V.V. & B.'s engine. V.V. & E. like C. & W. owned no motive power or rolling stock. Locomotive is B.P. & N. No. 2.
105 Upper photo - Photo looks Northwest in lower town, Phoenix. Track ended a short distance ahead of locomotive. Track to Grand Forks left town westerly at left center of photograph then turned north then east then south down July Creek and east to Grand Forks, a roundabout route but with easy gradients.
105 Lower photo - Train is 2 miles out of Grand Forks' Weston Yards and has two Class G3 4-8-O's rated at 340 tons each on the 3% grades of this Phoenix subdivision. the 20 hopper cars were known as battleships and had a capacity of 83 tons of ore. Actual mileage is 3.7 Phoenix subdivision.
106-107   - Locomotive #317 is C.P.R. (not C. & W.) shows this photo to be pre-1905 and fact that no Great Northern interchange track shows at right side of photo indicates photo is even earlier. Track in foreground goes to B.C. Mine. This spur was 2.6 miles in length and left C.P.R.'s Phoenix branch at Mile 2.18. Trestle location is 2.4 and is one of few on this branch.
110 Upper photo - C.P. 111 is on Center Star trestle at Rossland.
110 Lower photo - C.P. 1903 is at Phoenix, not Eholt. Charlie Haggett standing on pilot footboard was fireman in wreck on page 111.
111 Upper photo - C.P. 111 is at Tiger on Rossland subdivision.
111 Lower photo - This wreck happened at Mileage 2.7 Phoenix s/d. August 22, 1902. Locomotive was the 1901. Crew had lost their air at Mileage 5.2 due to a chunk of ore closing an angle cock. Caption as written suggests this is #1902 wrecked in 1911.
112 Upper photo - Train is at far end of Motherlode s/d, 6.9 miles from Greenwood. Motherlode mine was not in Greenwood.
112 Lower photo - G.N. owned Red Mountain Railroad, not C. & W. Firefighters may have been going to Phoenix but it would be on V.V. & E.
113   - Trestle is not "near" Phoenix. This is Bridge 66 oa G.N.'s Phoenix s/d.and is located at Mile 18.2 which is a couple of miles west of where the line underpassed the C.P.R. at Emma mine, and six miles short of Phoenix itself. Trestle is 672 feet in length on a 14 degree curve. Locomotive is Class G-3 4-8-0 with twenty empty 83 ton capacity ore cars. On rear would be pusher locomotive of same class.
120 Upper photo - This photo had to have been taken between 1902 and 1905, not 1910 as stated. Engine #913 was renumbered from #696 in 1902 and renumbered again to #1362 in 1905. She was a Baldwin Compound 2-8-0 at this stage in her long life.
121 Lower - Again, C. & W. owned no locomotives. This is C.P.R. #1319 at the Granby smelter weigh scale (Not in Grand Forks).
122-123   - Caption suggests that there is V.V. & E. trackage in photo. This is Bridge 2.4 Phoenix s/d C.P.R. Train is Phoenix bound and trackage at lower left runs under trestle towards B.C. Mine some 2 miles east of here. Photographer is looking northwards and V.V. & E. trackage if present would be either below or behind him.
124 Lower photo - Engine is C.P.R. #1385. Date: Oct. 31st, 1909. Location is Mile 1.1 Phoenix s/d. Engine is 200 ft. down embankment and was running northbound, light engine, when it derailed on 15 degree reverse curve. Engineer Leo McAstocker died next day of injuries. Fireman George Beattie also injured. These men were aged 21 & 18 respectively.

132 1-2-6 to 9 - This doesn't read right. Line crossed northwards at Midway, southwards near Molson, northwards at Chopaka.
132 1 & 2 - Word "Nickle" is usually spelt "Nickel" and more especially in the title of the mine. Frank Anderson in his Frontier Guide # 19 referred to also spells it Nickel.
133 1-3-9 - Sans Poil change to San Poil.
133 1-3-14 - Weyerhauser change to Weyerhaeuser.
134   - Map.Route of S.I R.R. incorrect. Should cross B.N. SW of Bonners Ferry and be on north side of G.N. easterly out of Bonners Ferry. On this and succeeding maps in this series the V V & E route into Phoenix is shown incorreatly perhaps for brevity.
141   - Caption spells Nickel wrongly in two places.
142 Upper photo - S.I. locomotive #1917 was purchased from U.P. in 1947 so could be taken in "late" 1940's.
144 Lower photo - C.P.R. #3741 & 3746 were built by Montreal Locomotive Works in 191. #3690 also MLW in 1911.
148 2-2-8 - No gap to close between Spences Bridge & Merritt. N.K. & S. Railway was completed in 1907 between these points.
154 Middle photo - Caption: The eastern limit of rattlesnakes in this area would be around Glenfir siding. McCulloch was too high up for them.
154 Lower photo - If the Pioneer is on this train it is hidden behind house. Rear locomotive is No. 3121. Lead one is either #3120 or 3.
163 Upper photo - Caption might also mention that this fill washed out in 1979 due to non-maintenance of diversion flume which can be seen in photo beyond left rear caboose steps.
170 Lower photo - In 1915 rail connections were at Okanagan Landing and not at Vernon as indicated.
172   - Caption reads as though round roofed day coach was Supt's car. 35 ft. Business car is on rear of train. Consist is normal summer consist otherwise. Lead locomotive is #5125 not #5127.
174 Caption - Delete "and until 1963." from C.P. #8721 caption. Change to "built in late 1957."

177   - Len Favron's name spelt wrongly. It is Favrin. (See p.250 also).
177   - Caption (mid section): Spring of 1980 should read 1979. Rails were then removed between Midway and Mile 67.9. They were not removed between Mile 67.9 & Penticton until late 1980.
182 Upper photo - Steam shovel is not digging cuts but loading spoil from a borrow pit for use as fill elsewhere along the line.
183-184 183-Upper & Lower photos
184-Lower photo
- Train has already crossed bridge and is engaged in laying track at the approach to the junction with V.V. & E. trackage.

- A bit of sleuthing shows that both photos on this page and the Lower lower photo on page 184 were all taken on the same day in relatively the same location. Note house with picket fence near right of way in page 183 lower, picket fence in bottom left of photo on page 183 upper, and same house behind No.3 in photo on page 184 lower. Beams strapped along the side of No.3 formed a tie slide so ties could be brought forward off trailing flatcars to tie laying crew up ahead.

186   - Engine is #3250, not #3257. Date is 1915, not 1925. Train is Spences Bridge - Penticton Mixed. (p.192 Lower shows same train).
187   - Trestle approaches were only partially filled. East end now has a 60 ft. D.P.G. span and two trestle bents while west end has three 60 ft. & two 45 ft. D.P.G. spans.
199 Center-Left photo - Looks N.E. along K.V.R. Petain - Hope section, not along C.P.R. mainline which lies behind hill to left of photo area.
202 Upper-Right photo - Not 3 miles east of Hope. This is Tunnel 3, Mile 20.3 Coquihalla subdivision. West portal of Tunnel 2 in distance.
206   - Caption: Photo Credit Line. "Courtesty of the late Jack Petley" MUST be changed to "Courtesy of Jack Petley". He's alive and well.
207 Lower photo - Mention should be made that this Rotary came from the Rio Grande Southern to K. & S. in 1896 and was standard gauged by C.P.R. Nelson Shops in 1914 for use in Coquihalla.
211   - Station is to right of & behind photographer. Building right center is section house.
214 Center photo - Train is not triple-headed. Two engines up front, one in rear.
215   - Wrong person, wrong car, wrong roundhouse. This is the original three stall roundhouse which was destroyed March 21, 1947 by the smokebox explosion of No. 907. Division Superintendent was T.H. Crump and his Business car was No. 22. Photo circa 1931-35.
216 Upper photo - C.P.R. No. 907, never was Esquimalt & Nanaimo though assigned to Vancouver Island prior to this accident.
218   - Skimpy caption. This is tunnel 8, Mile 36.7 Coquihalla s/d. while bridge is Mile 36.8 & 550 ft. long Ladner Creek bridge.
220 Upper photo - Tunnel #1, Mile 19.7 Coquihalla s/d.
225   - Train is exiting Tunnel 6, Mile 23.5 Coquihalla s/d. Lead unit is numbered #4054, not #4045 as per caption.
227 Caption line 4 - K.V.R. used 38.5-1 miles of V.V. & E. trackage, not 78.

- Actual distance was Mile 70.28 to 108.79 Princeton s/d.

231 Lower photo - This print is reversed.
232   - Train is leaving Hope eastbound towards Othello.
233 Lower photo - In credit line, Littleburg should be Littlebury.
234   - This is a 60 ft. D.P.G. span being placed into bridge.
235 2-2-8 - No Kettle Valley subdivision. This was the Copper Mountain s/d.
236 2-2-5 - Division should be subdivision.
239 Upper photo - From Procter to Kootenay Landing track was close to lake level. Think this is road construction someplace else, as it is too high on hillside to be railway in that area.
248 Left photo - "Leased" & "No.1" incorrect. Should be No.11.
248 Right photo - This is a reversed print. Note letterboard writing on coaches.
250 Left photo - Len Favron change to Len Favrin.
250 Right photo - Bridge is Mile 86.4 Carmi s/d.
252-253   - Train is dropping down grade to near river level at Birchbank and not pulling up a grade.
256   - Mention could be made that in spite of late date, power was 100% FM/CLC.
259 Lower photo - Mention could be made that it is same bridge as shown on p.219.
264   - C.P.R. No.136 is preserved serviceable but not in regular use. (Note: #136 is indeed in use every summer on the South Simcoe Railway in Tottenham, just north of Toronto, Ontario)
269 Lower photo - North indicator is pointing south in this layout. There was no C.P./ G.N. interchange in Phoenix. Both lines had loading spurs at the Granby Victoria shaft but were on opposite sides of the bunkers. Nearest interchange was from Denoro on G.N. to B.C. Jct. on C.P.R. (Near Emma mine).
274 Lower photo - North indicator is shown pointing east.
276 Lower photo - Tool house at Chute Lake is really modelled after Speeder shed at Osprey Lake.
278   - Gerry Doeksen, not Doekson, lives at Montrose, not Fruitland (Fruitvale-) Station spelt "Shileds" - must be "Shields".
281 Bottom photo - A train is defined by rulebook as "an engine, coupled or uncoupled, carrying makers". The Provincial Government's travelling display was neither pausing nor even under any orders. When it did move it was part of a consist only and had a diesel up front and a caboose in rear. Here the display is parked on a siding across from the West Summerland Museum and is being prepared for several days of viewing by the public. The photo was taken from the cupola window of Extra 3020 West. See pages 193 & 261 for others in series.
Index Revisions
284 Index: - Affleck, Edward, 6, 11. change to Affleck, Edward, 6, 12.
284 Index: Boats - Empress of Britian change to Empress of Britain

- SS Nakusp, 23, 59. delete 59.

- add SS Slocan, 59.

- Bridges: #4 Cody, 45 change to # 34 Cody, 45.

285 Index: Diesels - Alco, 147 change to Alco RS-1, #204. S.I.R.R. 147.

- Alco #3000, 263. change to GMD GP-38 #3000 C.P.R. 263.

- Alco #3005, 227. change to GMD GP-38 #3005 C.P.R. 227.

- Alco #3008, 227. change to GMD GP-38 #3008 C.P.R. 227.

- Alco #3009, 227. change to GMD GP-38 #3009 C.P.R. 227.

- Alco #3012, 263. change to GMD GP-38 #3012 C.P.R. 263.

- Alco #3018, 227. change to GMD GP-38 #3018 C.P.R. 227.

- Alco #3020, 193. change to GMD GP-38 #3020 C.P.R. 193.

- Alco #4045, 225. change to FM/CLC CPA-16-4 #4054 C.P. R. 225.

- Alco #4056,175, 226. change to FM/CLC CPA-16-4 #4056 C.P.R.175, 226.

- Alco #4057, 224. change to FM/CLC CPA-16-4 #4057 C.P.R. 224.

- Alco #4065, 174, 225. change to FM/CLC CPA-16-4 #4065 C.P.R. 174, 225.

- Alco #4105, 257. change to FM/CLC CPA-16-4 #4105 C.P.R. 257, 280.

- Alco #4438, 257. change to GMD F7B #4438 C. P. R. 257.

- Alco #4440, 226. change to GMD F7B #4440 C. P. R. 226.

- Alco #4450, 225. change to FM/CLC CPB-16-4 #4450 C.P.R. 225.

- Alco #4452, 224. change to FM/CLC CPB-16-4 #4452 C.P.R. 224.

- Alco #8509, 257. change to GMD GP-9 #8509 C.P.R. 257.

- Alco #8534, 80. change to GMD GP-9 #8534 C.P.R. 80.

- Alco #8549, 257. change to FM/CLC H-16-44 #8549 C.P.R. 257.

- Alco #8668, 193, 226. change to GMD GP-9 #8668 C.P.R. 193, 226.

- Alco #87lO, 6O, 6l. change to FM/CLC H-16-44 #8710 C.P.R. 6O, 6l.

- Alco #8714, 256. change to FM/CLC H-16-44 #8714 C. P. R. 256, 280.

- Alco #8721,175. change to FM/CLC H-16-44 #8721 C.P.R. 175.

- Alco #8807, 243. change to GMD GP-9 #8807 C.P.R. 243.

- Alco #8905, 78. change to FM/CLC H-24-66 #8905 C.P R. 78.

- BN #l4l6, 280. change to EMD GP-7u #1416 B.N.R. 280.

- BN #1738, 280. change to EMD GP-9 #1738 B.N.R. 280.

- CPR #3020, 281. delete - no diesel on this page.

- CPR #4053, 28O. change to FM/CLC CPA-16-4 #4053 C.P.R. 280. (add in correct sequence above.)

- CPR #4105, 280 Covered already in sequence.

- CPR #8445, 260 change to MLW RS-35 #8445 C.P.R. 262.

- CPR 8714, 280 Covered already in sequence.

285 Index: - Dester,Walter, 197. change to Dexter, Walter, 197.
285 Index: Divisions - Delete Slocan. (It is a subdivision).
285 Index: Engines - First six items should be listed under C.P.R. These engines were lettered C.P.R. at all times. C. & K. and C. & W. were not operating companies but C.P. Holdings.
286 Index: Engines - Add C.P.R. #3262, 59. & C.P.R. #1319, 121.

- #2860 is no longer C.P.R. but B.C. Government.

- K.V.Rly. #1 on page 158 is not same engine as on page 90.

- Add K.R.V.Rly # l, 90. & delete 90 from KVR #1 info. (Different eras, different railways, different wheel arrangements).

- S.F. & N. No.6. delete page 21 reference.

- S.F. & N. No.5. add this with page 21 reference.

- V.V. & E. No.2. change to S.F. & N. No.2. & place in sequence. (V.V. & E owned no locomotives).

286 Index: - Harrison/Lilloet Trail, 11. change to Harrison/Lillooet Trail, 11.

287 Index: - Kalso change to Kaslo.

287 Index: - Moberley, Walter, 11. change to Moberly, Walter, 11.

288 Index: - Nickle Plate Mountain change to Nickel Plate Mountain, (I again checked the Geographical Gazetteer of B.C. for correct spelling of Nickel).

288 Index: - Oanagan Route change to Okanagan Route

288 Index: - Roberts, Bank, 237. change to Roberts Bank, 237

288 Index: - Sans Poil Lbr. Co. change to San Poil Lbr. Co.

288 Index: Shays - Delete #1319 and reset in correct sequence under "engines".

289 Index: Subdivisions - Delete Kettle Valley p.235.

- Add Copper Mountain p.235.

- Add reference after Slocan, 275, 38.

- Add Boundary, 79, 97.

289 Index: Tunnels - Andra,153. change to Adra,153.

289 Index: - Weyerhauser, 133. change to Weyerhaeuser, 133.

 

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