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Along the Line: the Kettle Valley Railway as a Community Link
Location: Midway, BC

 
Boundary Sawmills was built on the site of the former mill
19 of 51 		Teacher and students of Midway School
20 of 51 		CPR's new streamlined locomotive for its Calgary/Edmonton run tours the Boundary
21 of 51 		CPR's new streamlined train attracted crowds when it stopped in Midway
22 of 51 		A 5100 series engine
23 of 51 		Members of the WWII Women's Army Corp, WAC's, boarding the Kettle Valley Railway
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"Dan met me there and it was late in Fall. We were married about 10 days before..."
25 of 51 		As steam locomotives were replaced by diesel, fuel tanks were installed along the line
26 of 51 		Lumber is still transported by rail from the new Pope and Talbot sawmill
27 of 51 		CP Rail - a new corporate identity for the Canadian Pacific Railway
28 of 51 		Midway Station stands abandoned in this painting by F. Western Smith
29 of 51 		The present and the past - the BC Provincial Museum Train visits Midway
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CP Rail Engines No. 8831, 8504 and 8489 on the Castlegar to Midway run
31 of 51 		Rails and ties lifted from the KVR line are being loaded to haul away
32 of 51 		Looking east from "Mile O" of the KVR: a final portrait of the station still in use
33 of 51 		Railway crew in the final days
34 of 51 		Last station crew at Midway, from left to right: Ned Consulo, Pete Hoosen and William Vanderburgh
35 of 51 		The last train to the Pope and Talbot sawmill
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