Okanagan
Subdivision
0.0 KAMLOOPS
JUNCTION, elevation: 1152’
0.23 Halston
Avenue Overhead.
1.16 Shuswap
Road Crossing
1.90 Chilcotin
Road Crossing
1.92 City
spur, City Spur Industrial, 5177’
2.0 Spur,
Trans Mountain Oil Pipeline Company, 765’, connected south end
2.1 Spur-
Old connection with City Spur Industrial, 4995’, connected north end.
Balco
reload opened in 1982, purchased by Tolko Industries in 1987.
2.38 Private
crossing
2.61 South
Thompson River Bridge,
1st
crossing, 405’ pile trestle approaches north and south end, 3-128’ timber Howe
TT spans (383’ long combined), 1-181’ timber Howe TT swing span, bridge total
564’ plus pile trestle approaches.
2nd
crossing, In 1959 bridge consisted of (north approach) 9 bent pile trestle (95’
long, 29’ high), 2-60’ DPG spans, 4-100’ DPG spans, 1-208’ TT draw span (34’
high), 18 bent pile trestle (201’ long, 22’ high) (south approach)
3rd
configuration, 5 span deck plate girder, 1-208’ through truss swing span, 4
deck plate girder spans, 936',.
2.67 Private
crossing
2.70 Private
crossing
2.75 Kamloops
yard, Interchange tracks with CPR. Kamloops Heritage Railway added
over 2000 feet of track and a two track back shop at this location for their
operations in 2000.
2.79 Spur,
removed, CN freight shed, Westfair foods.
2.8 KAMLOOPS,
elevation: 1122’, removed as station October 1977, depot 1st 1921-1927,
replaced with current 118’x34’ brick station in 1927. Also had a 35’ turntable
for jitney’s. Rocky Mountaineer used these tracks here as their yard q from
1990-1996 when a new facility was constructed adjacent to the main CNR yard
in Kamloops.
3.0 Filled
4-bent 36’ long, 11’ high trestle
3.06 Red
Bridge Overhead, 1198’ long pile and frame bridge.
3.1 Spur-
Kamloops Lumber Company Limited 15 cars north end, Became Weyerhaeuser Lumber
3.16 Spur,
removed, W.H. Malkin and Mainline Shippers, became ballast car cleaning spur,
1157’
3.16 7th
Avenue crossing.
3.19 Peterson
Creek Pile Trestle, 72' long, was 4 bent 45’ long, 8’ high pile trestle, has
had spans on each end filled and creek routed through concrete trough.
3.24 Private
crossing.
3.29 8th
Avenue crossing
3.32 Lorne
Street Crossing
3.34 Private
crossing
3.4 Spur-Transfer
Track, 1298’, Both Ends
3.4 former
spur location- B.C. Sheep Breeders Association, 503’, North End- removed
3.5 CANADIAN
PACIFIC JUNCTION
3.61 Junction
turnout with CPR Shuswap Subdivision.
Joint
trackage over Canadian Pacific Railway Shuswap Subdivision
14.36 Junction
Turnout
14.5 CAMPBELL
CREEK ,
formerly named CAMPBELL CREEK JUNCTION, elevation
1442’, depot 1925-1964 1926 portable station ex-Bostock Junction, 40000
gal. water tank, siding 1430’ reduced from 1897’ in 1998
14.93 Lafarge
Road Crossing
15.08 Access
ramp Crossing, removed 1998.
15.1 Trans-Canada
Highway Bridge, Was 3 half deck plate girder spans measuring 237' long, Now
242' Long 4-spans Ballasted Concrete Deck spans built in 1998 during
TransCanada highway improvements.
15.12 Dallas
Drive crossing, new 1998.
15.20 Old
Dallas Road Crossing, removed 1998.
15.25 Industrial
Park spur, added 1970s, 4000’
18.9 ROBBINS, formerly
named ROBBIN, removed as station 05/91 elevation 1435’, siding
1440’ removed 1989
20.38 Ducks
Meadow Tunnel, 493' long
20.66 Robbins
Creek culvert.
21.15 Robbins
Creek Road Crossing
26.37 Barnhartvale
Road Crossing
26.5 DUCK
MEADOW, elevation 2126’, formerly DUCKS MEADOW, depot
former location
of a 1927 portable station. Passing
track: 1350’ long was 1805’ long, north
turnout had been removed by Canadian National April 1989 and replaced by
KPR in 2011.
27.8 Private
crossing.
28.5 Filled
6 bent trestle
28.7 Filled
pile trestle
29.20 Georges
Creek, Pile Trestle, 54' long, 6-bents, was 61’ long, 8’ high
30.4 Monte
Creek Pile Trestle, 59' long, 6-bents, 9’ high
30.83 Monte
Lake Road crossing
30.9 MONTE CREEK, elevation 2266’, highest
point on CNR Okanagan Subdivision at
mile 31.1. Depot former location of a 1927 portable station. Siding 3060’ extended
in 1984 from 1857’, former location of a wye, 40000 gal. water tank, section
dwelling, 866’ back track
31.28 Private
crossing
31.3 Spur-Ponderosa
Pine Lumber Company, sold to Crown Zellerbach in 1970. The mill closed in 1973 when
it was consolidated to Armstrong, Kelowna and Lumby. 1310’ connected North End
33.4 Spur,
removed, Buff Lumber Company, 360’, connected North End
33.5 Pringle
Creek Pile Trestle, 136' long, 16-bents was 175’ long 12’ high
33.5 Box
Lumber spur, removed.
34.02 Highway
97 Crossing
36.27 Private
crossing
37.49 Westwold
Station Road
37.8 WESTWOLD, elevation 2055’, formerly named WEST WOLD, depot
formerly a
1927
portable station, siding 1280’, section dwelling
40.70 Pile
trestle, 12’ long.
43.40 Salmon
River Pile Trestle, 58' long, 6-bents, ballasted deck pile trestle 58’ long,
12’ high.
45.10 Highway
97 Crossing
45.11 Salmon
River Pile Trestle, 94' long, 9-bents, 14’ high
47.10 Bolean
Creek Pile Trestle, 58' long, 5-bents, 12’ high
47.15 Falkland
Road crossing
47.3 FALKLAND, depot CNR type three, 46’6”x22’, removed in
1965, 40000
gal.water tank removed 1960, siding 1670’ and 1790’ back track.
48.35 Private
crossing.
48.5 Spur-removed,
Vernon Box Company 194x-1969
Armstrong
Sawmilles 1969-1970
Crown
Zellerbach 1970-1973 when consolidated to Armstrong, Kelowna and Lumby. 986’
connected both ends.
49.09 Private
crossing.
49.6 Hotbox
Detector installed 2013.
49.62 Shaw
Road Crossing
50.21 Private
crossing.
50.86 Private
crossing.
52.4 SWEETSBRIDGE, elevation 1732’, removed 05/91
as station listing depot
former
location of a 1926 portable station. April 1989 north end turnout
removed, 1320’ storage track
52.70 Salmon
River Pile Trestle, 164' long, 14-bents 38’ high
52.97 Cedar
Hill Road Crossing
53.15 Private
crossing
53.65 Private
crossing
56.90 Private
crossing.
57.55 Salmon
River Bench Road crossing
60.99 Private
crossing.
61.5 O’KEEFE, elevation 1532’, depot former location of a 1926 portable, siding
1390’,
north turnout removed April 1989, removed as station listing 05/91, section
dwelling
61.64 Tonasket
Road, Private crossing
62.01 Highway
97 Crossing
63.31 Grandview
Flats Road Crossing
64.52 Private
crossing
64.6 Roadway
Overpass, 162' long Frame and Pile Trestle
65.57 Spur-Mount
Rose Mining Company Limited, 180’ connected south end
66.72 Wallbridge
Road Crossing
67.75 Macdonald
Road Crossing
68.0 Bretts
Road Bridge, 70' long Pile Trestle, 5-bents 14’ high
68.01 Fraser
Road crossing
68.98 Noble
Road Crossing
69.48 Wood
Avenue (Salmon River Road) Crossing
69.58 Schubert
Road Crossing
69.75 Highland
Park Road Crossing
70.14 Okanagan
Avenue Crossing
70.8 ARMSTRONG, formerly named ARMSTRONG JUNCTION, elevation 1138’
70.86 Junction
turnout with CPR Okanagan Subdivision.
70.86 to
85.4 was running s over CPR Okanagan Subdivision, purchased by CN 2011.
71.03 CPR
ARMSTRONG,
elevation 1138’, depot CPR type three 1891-Mid 1980s. This
structure received an addition in 1910, followed by a rebuilding in 1948. Also
received Insubrick in 1950, water tank. City built a replica station in 2008 for
Kamloops Heritage Railway excursions
71.13 Okanagan Street Crossing
71.15 Spur
Nee- J. Richardson Flour Mill, became Buckerfields in 1946 which closed in
1997. Currently Armstrong Wood Pellet Inc. Connected north end, east side of
mainline.
71.28 Former
Bridge Road crossing.
71.54 Foot Path crossing.
71.78 Rosedale Avenue crossing
73.18 P.V. Cross Road crossing.
73.43 Former
location of REALM , elevation 1301’, former 1743’ siding
73.58 Maid
Creek culvert.
74.18 Pleasant
Valley Road Crossing
74.66 Brook
culvert.
74.98 Crozier Road Crossing
74.99 Spur, Kopper’s International Canada Limited. Extended in
1997 by Canadian National to facilitate Unifeed and Rapid Span. Connected north
end, east side of mainline.
75.53 Spur,
Armstrong sawmills -1969
Crown
Zellerbach 1969-1973
1973
Crown Zellerbach built a new mill here to consolidate many smaller mills, at
the same
time the plywood plant was constructed.
Crown
Zellerbach 1973-1982
Crown
Forest Industries
1982-1988
Fletcher
Challenge Canada 1988-1993
Riverside
Forest Products 1993-2004
Tolko
Industries 2004-Present
75.68 Otter
Lake Cross Road Crossing
75.88 Spur,
removed. Imperial Oil.
75.92 Private
crossing.
75.96 Private
crossing.
77.13 Larkin
Cross Road Crossing
77.7 LARKIN,
elevation 1313’, depot
CPR type three 1891-1963, Insubrick 1951.
64 car siding.
78.3 Highest point on the former Shuswap &
Okanagan (CPR) , Elevation 1336’
79.06 Spur,
removed, L&A Ranching. Connected north end, east side of mainline.
79.13 L&A Cross Road Crossing
79.21 Greenhow
Creek culvert.
79.79 L&A
Cross Road crossing, added 2004.
79.85 Highway 97B Crossing
80.16 Highland Road crossing, added 2004.
80.23 Malysh Brook culvert.
80.42 Private crossing.
81.11 Lochdale Road Crossing
81.43 Meadow Road Crossing
82.88 Stickle Road Crossing
83.13 BX Creek Pile Trestle 15' long
83.2 ORCHARD
83.43 Highway
97 (Swan Lake) Overhead
83.62 58th Avenue Crossing, added
2004.
84.19 48th Avenue Crossing
84.71 43rd Avenue Crossing
85.88 41st Avenue Crossing
85.03 39th Avenue Crossing
85.13 37th Avenue Crossing
85.23 35th
Avenue Crossing
85.35 32nd
Avenue Crossing
85.38 CPR
VERNON, elevation 1282’, depot CPR
Type three 1891-1912
Replaced
in 1912 with a 135’x40’ special station. CN and CP had offices in this depot
until the early 1980s. Modernized in 1981 after roof damaged in fire.
83.49 30th
Avenue Crossing
85.4 VERNON,
40,000 gal. water tank
85.43 Former
location of Home Oil bulk plant
85.59 25th
Avenue Crossing
85.61 Former
27th Avenue Crossing.
85.62 Former
27th ‘A’ Avenue crossing.
85.64 28th
Avenue Crossing
85.75 Two
yard tracks and CN offices
85.8 Spur,
removed-B.C. Fruit Shippers Limited, 330’ connected South end
85.8 Highway
6 overpass, 57’ concrete overhead built 1986.
85.90 Old
Coldstream Road Overhead, 150’ pile bridge, removed 1986.
85.9 Wye,
removed-Vernon Box Company became Big ‘N’ forest products, 780’ connected north
end.
Vernon
Box & Timber Company 193x-
Armstrong
Sawmills 19__-1969
Crown
Zellerbach 1969-1973, Consolidated to Lumby, Armstrong and Kelowna
86.3 Spur,
removed, Renwick Lumber company.
85.9 Coldstream
Road Overpass, 150' long Pile Trestle, Removed
86.3 Vernon
Fruit Union, 360’ connected north end.
86.4 Vernon
Creek Pile Trestle, 47' long, 5-bents 7’ high
86.9 Spur-removed,
Okanagan Lumber and Supply Company, 3 cars connected south end
87.17 Spur,
removed-A.T. Howe Estate 1958-B.C. Power Commission , 6 cars, connected north
end
85.25 Two
storage tracks, named CN long and CN short tracks
87.55 Kalamalka
Road to College Way Bridge, 65’ through deck girder span, constructed 2011.
87.57 Junction
turnout, Junction with CNR Lumby Subdivision.
87.6 LUMBY JUNCTION ,
elevation 1281’
Mile 88.0 to Kelowna Abandoned
2013
88.2 Pile
Trestle, 38' long, replaced mid-1980s with culvert.
88.32 Kickwillie
Loop Crossing
92.3 KALAMALKA,
elevation 1280’, removed as station listing 05/91, siding q 1790’,
north turnout removed April 1989
92.56 Private
crossing
92.93 Kikuili
Bay Boat Launch Road Crossing
92.95 Private,
footpath, crossing.
95.69 Private
crossing.
95.95 Private
crossing.
96.74 Private
crossing.
97.06 Kalview
Road Crossing
97.6 Road
Overhead, 135' long Pile Trestle
97.69 Private
crossing.
97.89 Private
crossing.
98.38 Private
crossing.
98.42 Private
crossing.
98.76 Oyama
Road Crossing
98.9 Oyama
Canal Bridge, 92’ long 28.4’ deck plate girder with 4-bent ballasted
deck pile trestle 37’ long 14’ high north approach and 3-bent ballasted
deck pile trestle 25’ long, 10’ high south approach. Built
over the
1909 Oyama Canal which allowed small craft to navigate between Wood
and Kalamalka Lakes.
99.1 Spur,
removed, Vernon Fruit Union, 680’ connected North end.
99.2 OYAMA,
elevation 1278’, depot former location of a 1926 portable station,
removed as station listing April 1989, section dwelling
99.49 Vernon
Fruit Union Spur 1080’
99.67 Lake
Road Crossing
99.71 Ballast
Pit, 1920’+1320’ connected both ends
100.59 Public
Crossing
101.16 Woodale
Road crossing.
102.82 Private
crossing
103.31 Private
crossing.
103.42 Private
crossing.
103.50 Private
crossing.
103.57 Private
crossing.
103.7 WOODSDALE,
spur, removed, Vernon Fruit Union 1936-1970s, 590’ connected
both ends
103.83 Lodge
Road Crossing
104.48 Road
Crossing
104.46 McCarthy
Road Crossing
105.54 Spur-Fiberplast
Industries, now Gwill Industries, 6 cars, connected North end
105.89 Beaver
Lake Road Crossing
105.9 WINFIELD,
elevation 1383’, depot former location of a 1926 portable station,
1411’ siding
106.9 Run-Around
Track, 1150’ connected both ends
107.2 Pile
Trestle, 52' long, mainline, siding and Hiram Halker spur. 4-bents 52’
long 8’ high
107.22 Spur-
Hiram Walker and Sons Limited, 7200’ connected south end, 2%
grade
up to Hiram and Walker distillery. The distillery began construction in
September 1969. On May 25, 1971 a high capacity water pumping system
began pumping water from Okanagn Lake, with water being discharged
near Ellison lake. The distillery ceased operation in 1992 and all
operations were ceased in June 1995. In February 2004 Okanagan Biofuels
announced they would convert the plant to produce ethanol,
no operations
came of this plan however. In early 2011 the former distillery was
torn down. Kelowna Pacific Railway built and lumber and cement reload
here in June 2002.
109.5 POSTILL,
elevation 1399’, formerly named HOOD, depot former location of
a 1926 portable station, removed as station listing Mat 1991, 680’ spur for
Ellison Sawmills, section dwelling
109.5 Filled
2-bent 17’ long, 5’ high pile trestle
109.52 Old
Vernon Road Crossing
109.89 Airport
Private Crossing
110.83 Airport
Way Crossing
110.83 Private
footpath crossing.
110.94 Airport
Way Crossing
111.50 Kelowna
Creek Pile Trestle, 71' long, 7-bents 71’ long, 6’ high
111.7 Former
location of Highway 97 crossing
112.26 Highway
97 Overpass, 162’ concrete overhead.
112.4 Spur,
removed, Westmill Carpets, 123’ connected north end east of main
track.
112.8 Filled
4-bent 36’ long, 9’ high pile trestle
113.0 Spur,
McLean and Fitzpatrick and Industrial Track, 1470’+607’ connected
both ends
113.2 Spur,
removed, C.A. Shunter, 330’ connected north end
113.23 Sexsmith
Road Crossing
113.25 Spur-Lakeside
Holdings Limited, 140’ connected north end
113.35 Spur-Kelowna
Growers and Industrial Track, 1260’ connected on south ends
113.37 Spur,
removed, Kelumber, later Lakeside Holdings
113.44 Former
spur, Petro-Canada and Canfor Building Materials, 1030’+367’
113.7 RUTLAND, elevation 1318’, former location of a 1926 portable station. Siding:
2260’ South turnout removed in 2006. KPR built a spur for Action Metals
and the south turnout was removed to facilitate connection of the new
spur. The spur features a 72’6” through deck girder span over Mill creek.
Former
location of a stock yard.
114.40 Mill
Creek Pile Trestle, 48' long, 5-bents 48’ long, 8’ high
114.43 Fenwick
Road Crossing
114.78 Private
crossing.
114.53 Spur-Interior
Propane Sales (Rockgas) later used by Action Metals and Industrial
Track, 1740’+305’ connected both ends
115.20 Mill
Creek Pile Trestle, 36' long, 4-bent 36’ long, 7’ high
116.22 Dilworth
Drive Crossing
116.40 Mill
Creek Pile Trestle, 94' long, 9-bents, 12’ high
116.45 Spur-
Crown Zellerbach Paper Canada Limited, 27 cars connected north end
116.54 Former
spur-White Truck Manufacturing (became Western Star Trucks)
116.58 Storage
track, 550’
116.77 Spur,
St. George moving and Storage. Three track for the former CPR piggy
back ramp.
116.78 Mill
Creek Pile Trestle, 48' long, 5-bents ,9’ high
116.79 Spur,
removed, Inland Natural Gas.
117.04 Spall
Road Crossing
117.20 Bernard
Road Overhead, 88' long Frame and Pile Trestle
117.80 Former
crossing location.
117.90 Spur,
removed, Cascade Co-op Union, 8 cars connected north end
118.00 Former
High Road (Glenmore)Crossing
118.02 Loop
Track connection 5928’
118.11 Clement
Road Crossing, new 2005.
118.17 Gordon
Drive crossing.
118.44 Ethel
Avenue Crossing
118.58 Richter
Street Crossing
118.84 St.
Paul Street Crossing
118.9 KELOWNA,
elevation 1115’, depot built in 1926, 130’x28’7” now a restaurant,
60000 gal. water tank
118.91 Ellis
Street Crossing
119.30 End
of Main track, loop track continued.
LOOP TRACK MILEAGES From Mile
118.02
0.0 Begin/End
Loop track
0.04 Gorman
Brothers Spur-removed 1995
0.07 Gorman
Brothers chip spur-removed 1995
0.19 Siding
turnout
0.29 American
Can spur, formerly Aluminum Can of Canada
0.36 Sun
Rype spur, later north leg of wye
0.40 Yard
track
0.67 Yard
track
0.73 Richter
Street Crossing
0.86 Crown
spur
0.87 OK
Builders spur
0.96 Ellis
Street Crossing
0.98 Diamond
Crossing
1.02 Lead
to spur with diamond crossing
1.12 End
of loop track, connected to mile 119.30 (main line)
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