Kettle Valley Railroad - View From The Cab On The Final Runs

Описание: UPDATE:

I have been contacted by Helmut who filmed this originally.
I didn't know his full name or contact info when I uploaded this video.
He has tons of great rail videos on his site.

As a result I have trimmed this video to the first 60 seconds rather than delete this video, in case someone comes here on a search.

Please visit his website at https://railvids.ca/
OR visit his Youtube channel at @railvids.

My apologies to Helmut.

I bought this VHS tape back in the early '90s at a model railroad meet. It was by a guy named Helmut who worked for the KVR. He filmed this from the cab on some of the last trains to run before the entire line was abandoned in 1989. Now it is mostly a cycling trail.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kettle_...

0:00:40 Leaving Princeton (Princeton Mill) Eastbound Mile 70 May 18/88
0:01:40 About Mileage 68
0:04:25 First Jura Loop (4 Loops between Mile 65 & 62)
0:06:40 Second Jura Loop
0:08:40 Third Jura Loop
0:10:40 Fourth Jura Loop
0:13:30 Almost at Jura - Highway Crossing (Road to Osprey & Chain Lakes)
0:15:00 Erris Tunnel Mile 54.7 (Note Wood cribbing)
0:18:20 Osprey Lake Trestle Mile 39.3 (10 mph slow order )
0:21:00 Kirton Canyon about Mile 44
0:25:10 Approaching West Summerland Mile 14
0:31:20 Trout Creek Bridge Mile 7.3
0:33:00 Rolling down into Penticton - 3 underpasses (2.2% grade)
0:40:00 Highway and river channel overpass at Penticton
0:41:00 Through South Penticton Yard on Okanagan Falls Spur
(ex Osoyoos Sub) May 19/88
0:46:00 Trestle on South end of Skaha Lake
0:47:30 Where the original Osoyoos Sub turned to the right
0:49:00 Up to Weyerhauser Mill
0:50:00 Coupling Engines Train after switching mill
0:51:00 Heading back north to Penticton
0:58:00 Leaving Penticton - uphill
1:00:00 Reverse shot of train and crossing Trout Creek bridge
1:02:00 Pounding uphill at Winslow Mile 6.8 - Horseshoe curve and look back at train - view of cab
1:04:00 Down Jura loops and reverse she of train (listen to Dynamics)
1:06:00 Into Princeton
1:08:30 Coalmont pass-by
1:10:30 Tulameen pass-by
1:11:30 Passby across Otter Lake
1:13:20 Underpass at Coquihalla Highway heading from Merritt to
Penticton Feb 16/89 - snowing constantly (sound is no good)
This was also one of the very last runs on the KV.
1:14:50 Trestle Mile 102.7 (10 mph slow order)
1:16:00 Along Otter Lake and through Tulameen
1:18:00 Along Tulameen River Mile 77 to 75 (about)
1:21:00 Into Princeton Mile 72 to 70.5 (note rock formation at Mile 72,
Tulameen River Bridge and Tunnel, highway is on top)
1:26:00 Trout Creek Bridge
1:27:30 Engines at Okanagan Falls mill
1:28:10 Plowing through snow in Kirton Canyon about Mile 24
1:29:00 Deer at Mile 72
1:30:00 Brookmere and plowing fresh snow about 24" (note watertower)
1:31:30 Train lost air due to high snow disconnecting air hoses
Had to check train and make an air test