aw... C'mon. Everything "tastes like chicken"!
/d
Very nice, David. Thanks also for the local RR history - its always a------
pleasure to hear about local-lore from across the world. :)
My best contribution to such this morning, though I don't have any
images to show, would be the rattle-snake canneries/packing houses that
used to be scattered around this part of Florida and over to the Gulf
Coast; and enjoyed a profitable business during the the past century
from the late 1920s up until perhaps just past the end of WWII. Bill
Abbott may recall stories about the packing house and tourist site combo
that was built and operated for decades off Gandy Point on the shores of
Tampa Bay where the Gandy Bridge connected Tampa and St Petersburg. I
kid you not, this state had enough of the creatures to support such a
line of commerce, though I have never met anyone who had or has ever
eaten any canned rattlesnake...and If I do I sure hope that I don't hear
that "it tastes like chicken". :)
Best regards,
Peter S.
On Aug 22, 2019, at 10:39 AM, David Young <dsy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Good Morning, Flexers!
The Kettle Valley Railway operated from 1915 and was abandoned, in
portions, beginning in 1961, with the surviving portion west of
Penticton seeing their last trains in 1989. The KVR operated across
southern British Columbia, west of Midway running to Rock Creek, then
north to Myra Canyon, down to Penticton, over to Princeton, Coalmont,
Brookmere, Coquihalla and finally Hope where it connected to the main
CPR line.
Today, much of the railroad's original route has been converted to a
multi-use recreational trail, known as the Kettle Valley Rail Trail,
which carries the Trans-Canada Trail through this part of British
Columbia. In other areas, the rails were ripped up and the land lies
dormant.
The Kettle Valley Steam Railway has been operating a heritage railway
(with, I believe, an original KVR steam engine) along a preserved 10-
kilometer section from Prairie Valley Station to Canyon View Siding,
near Summerland, British Columbia. This is the only remaining active
section of the Kettle Valley Railway.
During our sojourn through the backwoods, last Sunday, we discovered
that one of the old water tanks for the steam engines still stands in
Brookmere, BC. Though I suspect if you filled it with water, today, it
would collapse under the weight!
There are no tracks, just the water tower and, behind it, a large
steel tank - presumably to hold additional water.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/155735425@N05/48599786641/in/dateposted-
public/
Enjoy!
David.
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