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Kelowna Pacific

All photographs: Mark Forseille unless otherwise credited.

January 30, 2000 Kelowna Pacific operation of CN along with trackage rights as follows:

Route:
Kamloops - Campbell Creek, BC (10 miles) (via trackage rights on CN/CP)
Campbell Creek - Armstrong, BC (56.4 miles)
Armstrong - Vernon, BC (14.7 miles) (via trackage rights on OKAN)
Vernon - Lumby Jct - Kelowna, BC (33.4 miles)
Lumby Jct - Lumby, BC (14.4 miles)
(OKAN has trackage rights over KPR from Vernon to Kelowna and from Lumby Jct to Lumby)
Headquarters: Vernon, BC.

Originally, owned by New York & Lake Erie (35%) and KnightHawk Rail Ltd. a wholly owned subsidiary of KnightHawk Inc. an air freight carrier. March 2004 KnightHawk acquired NY&LE's interest.

KPR 3500 (ex CANX/CN) one of five MLW M420 units acquired on startup. Vernon, BC August 7, 2000

GMDX 2641 leased unit in EMD blue and white paint scheme. GP38M-2 EMD 36683 9/70
(ex LLPX 2010 GP38, ex CSXT 2107, ex B&O 4807 ) Vernon August 4, 2007

GMTX 2643 General Motors leased to Kelowna Pacific. (Ex LLPX 2037 GP38AC ex CSXT 2132 nee L&N 4002)
GP38M-2 EMD 36315 6/70 Vernon August 10, 2006


LLPX 2605 (Locomotive Leasing Partners, a short-lived venture of GATX Rail and EMD) lead unit (see below).
ex CSXT 1959 GP38 ex CR/nee PC7713 GP38-2 EMD 35342 7/69 Vernon August 4, 2007

LLPX 2605, 2606, 2632, 2641 and a fifth unit possibly 2643.
Five units were normally required to handle tonnage over the steep 2.5 % grade.


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