Web Site History This web site first began publishing railway stories and articles to the World Wide Web way back in April of 1995.
It was known as the Canadian Pacific Victoria Division at that time. That initial web site evolved into the Cordova Bay Station web site which went online for the first time in August of 2000.
A unique story appeared on Cordova Bay Station each month for eleven years with only one exception.
Over time the name was shortened to Cordova Station and a new physical location was built but the content remained pretty much the same until a conceptual change occurred with the birth of the Canadian Pacific Railway Set-off Siding web site.
The Canadian Pacific Railway Set-off Siding is a subset of Cordova Station containing only CPR material gathered or created during assembly and publication of Cordova Station. In late June 2010 Cordova Station had become so popular that readers accessing the web site exceeded the bandwidth permitted by my internet hosting company. This resulted in a payment request from the host that would double the hosting fee. Since the two web sites did not generate any income to offset their operation an increase in expenses was not acceptable. The solution to continued operation resulted in the creation of a new web site named "OKthePK" at a hosting company providing unlimited bandwidth and storage for a reasonable fee.
OKthePK is updated five days a week with any Canadian Pacific Railway news or articles being archived on the Canadian Pacific Railway Set-off Siding web site as was done in the past with Cordova Station.
OKthePK Mobile Canadian Railway News for smartphones commenced publishing on 12 Mar 2011 along with a re-design of the web site.
Offering five days per week service leads to a constant demand for railway news, information, and photographs. If you believe you have newsworthy or exceptional Canadian photos please send them along for inclusion with a news story or for the "Photo of the Week Award". Contact Information This web site's Car Knocker may be reached via eMail at: Terms of Use Each time you use this web site you acknowledge and agree to be bound by the terms of this web site. OKthePK, the Canadian Pacific Railway Set-off Siding, OKthePK Mobile, and their service or content providers, do not accept any liability for your use of the web site. You use it at your own risk. The web site is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis, without any representation, warranties, or conditions of any kind. While every attempt is made to publish accurate data this web site is not responsible for any errors or omissions in its content. Technical Information
OKthePK Mobile pages were specifically designed for display on the Android smartphone produced by Garmin known as a Garminfone. Written in HTML they display with a maximum width of 300 pixels. Other smartphones may be problematical. If you have a problem please contact me at the eMail address shown above.
OKthePK Mobile pages conform to W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) version 4.01 of HTML (Hyper Text Mark-up Language) and each page is validated to confirm that. Java Script is not employed on Mobile pages. These web site pages contain internal and external links to web sites located on the Internet. Occasionally the external links may not function (link rot) as page servers go offline either temporarily, or permanently, or the author may just remove the page, or web site, from the Internet. All links are checked for functionality five days a week. William C. Slim - Car Knocker - "I love the smell of creosote in the morning".
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