CNR Steam in the Okanagan

Last days of Canadian National Railway steam operations in BC's Okanagan region.

Dave Wilkie 8mm film

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[PooleyIR]

The stations appear to be Falkland, Vernon,and Kelowna. Mr. Wilkie has also stopped east of Falkland at the highway crossing near O'Keefe's, just before the tracks head down grade to Armstrong. It looks like he skipped Armstrong itself. There's a shot of the train along Kalamalka Lake and near Oyama on Wood Lake. At the very end there's a shot of a big T4a 2-10-2 handling a northbound freight out of the Kelowna yard, followed by a final shot of a T4a in the North Kamloops yard,on the mainline.

[mdwilkie1]

@PooleyIR Thanks for the info!

[mymcvittie]

Some pretty cool footage here. I've watched it a few times, and only just realized that this has been spliced together from at least 2 different trips of #4311. Some shots have two box cars, then 5 passenger coaches, others have one baggage car and three coaches. Explains some of the geographical jumping around, but that's okay! Funny to see that big 2-10-2 scream along there, where the current KPR says the old 2141 (2-8-0) is damaging the tracks. Oh well...

[mdwilkie1]

@mymcvittie Thanks. I have many memories of Dad sitting at the kitchen table with his magnifying glass, razor and glue, cutting and splicing his 8mm films. Some of the films I've posted - in particular the CN stuff on the island and his "Best of the Royal Hudson" - were the composites of many days of filming. A very laborious process that we take for granted today.

[zcrox69]

can someone identify some of these station names. would be curious to know

[soobocka]

great video ! superb pacing action !

[heabow]

Outstanding period footage of big steam power - wonderful detail shots showing loads of detail for historians and modelers... thank you for sharing these wonderful films.

[heabow]

More outstanding steam film footage with amazing detail