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Along the Line: the Kettle Valley Railway as a Community Link
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Building the KVR, by Andrew McCullough - Part I
1 of 14 		Building the railway grade west, by hand and horse power
2 of 14 		KVR construction crew; the railway employed more than 5,000 workers at its peak
3 of 14 		Track-laying work train and crew
4 of 14 		Laying ballast on the KVR
5 of 14 		Building the KVR, by Andrew McCullough - Part II
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Ladner Creek Trestle in the Coquihala Subdivision - 560' high on a 12° 36' curve
7 of 14 		Timber false-works in Ladner Creek Trestle construction
8 of 14 		Kettle Valley Railway work train
9 of 14 		A self-propelled steam hoist at Mile 87.4
10 of 14 		Bridge repair at Mile 89.4
11 of 14 		Cutting timbers for bridge and trestle repair with a Beaver power chainsaw
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Filling the trestle at Mile 92.1 - reducing the replacement cost of wood timbers
13 of 14 		Ditcher at Mile 96.3 loading cars for infilling trestles
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