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NBSR 3735
December 1956- March 2003.
From delivery to Action Metal in Kelowna, March 4, 2003, to the frame on March 30, 2003. The end of New Brunswick Southern, GP-9.
Following pictures show the different stages of disassembly over the next weeks.
 Track in the foreground terminates in the yard at Kelowna. |  Action Metal employee removing parts. |
 Parts of main generator and engine. |  The front pilot. |
 Down to the frame. |  Another view of the frame. |
CKRY 1025
December 1957 - Feburary 2005.
Delivered to Knox Mtn. Metal in Kelowna's north end, December 18, 2004.The unit sat untouched for over a month,
until the week of Feburary 1, 2005.
 Arrived December, 2004. |
 Feburary 1 2005 work starts. |
 Engine is going to be saved. |  Pictures: Feburary 5, 2005. |
 Cooling assemblies, fans and air compressor saved. |  Exhaust caps and end of the CKRY 1025. |
CKRY 1049
December 1956- May 2005.
From delivery to Knox Mtn. Metal in Kelowna, March 17, 2005, to the cut up frame on May 25, 2005. GP-10 CKRY Ex OKAN 1049, the only unit in Okanagan Valley Railway paint that returned to the valley after going to CKRY, has not run for a couple years.
The following pictures show the scrapping progress over the next weeks. March 31 2005, May 25 2005.
Caboose, CP 434683, which had been owned by KPR, had never been used and was delivered to Action Metal in March, 2005. In early May, Caramoomel bought it as their gift shop. Set on a length of track.
The Wine Train Derails.
Late Saturday evening September 7, 2002, as the Wine Train was returning to the Kelowna Wine Train station, the power car derailed on the lead switch to the yard, at mile 118. On the northward part of the trip to Vernon, the KPR crew ran through this switch, which was aligned for Sun-Rype Products Ltd. Amazingly, on its return, the entire train passed over the switch until the power car, which is at the north end of the train. For some reason the last truck chose to go down the other track, not only re-aligning the track, but also derailing the power car and one truck of the passenger car. I live on the hill side above mile 118, about a thousand feet from the derailment. Every dish and picture in our house rattled. My wife thought we were having an earthquake. (The power car weighs about 45 tons.)
7 a.m. Sunday morning: a KPR manager looks at the scene. Track to the left was straight. Yellow building in the distance is Sun-Rype. First right switch leads to the Gorman Bros. Lumber reload yard. Barely visible under the woodchip loader, is an ex-Wine Train car the KPR bought. They are storing it in the Gorman yard.
A closer view of the cars. The head-end crew did not realize there was a problem until FRED dumped the air, putting the train into emergency.
 Setting the power car down. |
 Back on the track. |
Rest of the day was spent repairing the track for Monday morning.
New Track from Mile 118 to the Yard.
Beginning in early September, 2005, Pacific Northern Rail started removing the old main line track to the Kelowna yard and the Sun-Rype spur. A new roadway was being built where the tracks were. After the final Corn Syrup car was spotted at Sun-Rype on September 9 2005, the track was removed. A new line was built to the north to access Sun-Rype. Pictures from the link below show the progress, all new rail is 115lb., replacing 100lb. and some 85lb.
