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| 01/20/2025 00:40:52 | S-Trains | [RoninID] | OK, good chat and catch you next week! |
| 01/20/2025 00:39:06 | S-Trains | [traindavid] | probably late for you too Ron & I have to be up at 7--augh! |
| 01/20/2025 00:38:29 | S-Trains | [traindavid] | Wops, gone already |
| 01/20/2025 00:35:32 | S-Trains | [fahrwud] | Well gents I must bid youse Adieu. Have a good week, all. Thanks again, Chuck. 👋🏼 |
| 01/20/2025 00:30:44 | S-Trains | [fahrwud] | and there would have been a railroad all the way through instead if a patchwork of mining lines |
| 01/20/2025 00:29:55 | S-Trains | [fahrwud] | The original line might have linked up with Minnesota lines |
| 01/20/2025 00:28:11 | S-Trains | [traindavid] | interesting history |
| 01/20/2025 00:12:51 | S-Trains | [fahrwud] | OK, cool. This is the potted history of my local outfit. https://padwrr.com/info/chronology/ |
| 01/20/2025 00:09:23 | S-Trains | [RoninID] | The S F and N motive power went to the GN eventually and served on the Republic branch |
| 01/20/2025 00:08:11 | S-Trains | [fahrwud] | Spokane Falls & Northern - cool name |
| 01/20/2025 00:06:48 | S-Trains | [fahrwud] | http://www.trainweb.org/oldtimetrains/CPR/ships/LandR/railways.htm |
| 01/20/2025 00:04:59 | S-Trains | [RoninID] | remnants of it were near the house we lived in on the river bank |
| 01/20/2025 00:04:33 | S-Trains | [RoninID] | some of the grade is still there, I'll attach a photo of the wood truss bridge that crossed the Kettle River in Danville |
| 01/20/2025 00:02:38 | S-Trains | [RoninID] | operations started in 1902 and ceased in 1919 no listing after 1925 |
| 01/20/2025 00:02:29 | S-Trains | [traindavid] | small bridge! any idea how long it lasted? |
| 01/20/2025 00:02:29 | S-Trains | [fahrwud] | Messaged you the Summerland museum FB page |
| 01/20/2025 00:02:03 | S-Trains | [RoninID] | Mostly it was known as the Hot Air Line due to a lot of that expended in its promotion |
| 01/20/2025 00:01:28 | S-Trains | [RoninID] | I think there were 6 names altogether |
| 01/20/2025 00:01:08 | S-Trains | [RoninID] | Thanks for the link, didn't have those photos. |
| 01/19/2025 23:57:44 | S-Trains | [RoninID] | railway |
| 01/19/2025 23:57:41 | S-Trains | [RoninID] | Republic and Grank Forks Railwlay |
| 01/19/2025 23:57:28 | S-Trains | [fahrwud] | https://www.castanet.net/news/Penticton/437863/Summerland-museum-shares-a-look-back-at-the-Kettle-Valley-Railway-building-of-the-Trout-Creek-Trestle-Bridge |
| 01/19/2025 23:57:09 | S-Trains | [RoninID] | Republic and Kettle Valley Railway |
| 01/19/2025 23:56:21 | S-Trains | [RoninID] | Republic and Grand Forks Railway |
| 01/19/2025 23:55:01 | S-Trains | [RoninID] | CPR took over the name and some of the RR when the little line folded |
| 01/19/2025 23:54:27 | S-Trains | [fahrwud] | Ah, ok that rings a bell |
| 01/19/2025 23:54:27 | S-Trains | [RoninID] | ended up as the Spokane and British Columbia |
| 01/19/2025 23:54:13 | S-Trains | [fahrwud] | Didn’t know there was one. CPR? |
| 01/19/2025 23:54:04 | S-Trains | [RoninID] | it was the original Kettle Valley Railway |
| 01/19/2025 23:53:49 | S-Trains | [RoninID] | It went by a bunch of names based on charters it absorbed to complete its construction |
| 01/19/2025 23:53:40 | S-Trains | [fahrwud] | January open house? Do you get many visitors? |
| 01/19/2025 23:53:19 | S-Trains | [RoninID] | Hey Dave, my sim partner is looking for photos of rolling stock of the Canadian line that ran up the gulch |
| 01/19/2025 23:53:10 | S-Trains | [fahrwud] | https://padwrr.com/info/stations/flint/ |
| 01/19/2025 23:53:04 | S-Trains | [fahrwud] | I’ll no doubt need the boxcar-body station with the cow waiting |
| 01/19/2025 23:51:57 | S-Trains | [RoninID] | we just had our 1st open house of the year Saturday |
| 01/19/2025 23:48:57 | S-Trains | [fahrwud] | Passed through Canadian Northern ownership and CNR. Was done by 1938 but still has this weird little cachet as our local railroad |
| 01/19/2025 23:45:57 | S-Trains | [fahrwud] | Original equipment was a few boxcars and pass cars…. And 85 flatcars |
| 01/19/2025 23:44:12 | S-Trains | [fahrwud] | The crash of 1893 |
| 01/19/2025 23:44:00 | S-Trains | [fahrwud] | The iron ore mine it was built for closed within the first year |
| 01/19/2025 23:42:10 | S-Trains | [fahrwud] | Yes, it was a real backwater shortline |
| 01/19/2025 23:40:55 | S-Trains | [RoninID] | interesting guard rails on the switch points in the B&W photo |
| 01/19/2025 23:40:32 | S-Trains | [RoninID] | purty engine |
| 01/19/2025 23:40:20 | S-Trains | [traindavid] | Looks pretty nice |
| 01/19/2025 23:38:57 | S-Trains | [fahrwud] | Circulation has returned? |
| 01/19/2025 23:38:30 | S-Trains | [RoninID] | brrr, bacl now |
| 01/19/2025 23:35:32 | S-Trains | [fahrwud] | Lionel O gauge |
| 01/19/2025 23:35:23 | S-Trains | [fahrwud] | Sent youse guys an out of the box pic. |
| 01/19/2025 23:35:04 | S-Trains | [traindavid] | What scale is the mogul? |
| 01/19/2025 23:31:53 | S-Trains | [RoninID] | gonna warm up with an iced coffee, BRB |
| 01/19/2025 23:30:59 | S-Trains | [fahrwud] | Test |