Kettle Valley Railway
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The Kettle Valley Railway (KVR) was a railway running through southern British Columbia up until 1961.
The railway is widely regarded as an engineering feat, given that it ran across two mountain ranges, and took nearly 20 years to complete.
One of the major landmarks on the former line are the Othello-Quintette Tunnels, which are lined up in an straight line, cutting through the Coquihalla River's gorge near Hope, British Columbia. They are open in summer for sightseeing. As well, much of the route has become a bicycle path.
Until recently the Kettle Valley Steam Railway has still been operating along a preserved ten-kilometre section from Prairie Valley Station to Canyon View Siding. Services have been suspended due to a forest fire in September 2003, which resulted in 9 of the 18 trestles on the Myra Canyon section of the route being burnt down.Template:Rail-stub