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 Okanagan Valley RailwayGP10 rolls past grade crossing nearPrince Albert, Saskatchewan. (Locomotive was transferred to OmniTRAX subsidiaryCTRW after shutdown of OKAN). | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Vernon, British Columbia |
| Reporting mark | OKAN |
| Locale | Okanagan Valley |
| Dates of operation | 1998–2009 |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)standard gauge |
Okanagan Valley Railway (reporting markOKAN) was a railroad operating formerCanadian Pacific Railway track in the Okanagan region ofBritish Columbia,Canada. Service commenced on November 22, 1998. OKAN's line ran from a CP connection at Sicamous to Vernon (46.3 miles). It also had trackage rights on Kelowna Pacific Railway's line (operating former CN track) from Vernon to Kelowna (33.4 miles) and from Lumby Junction to Lumby (14.4 miles). The railroad was owned byOmniTRAX.
Among the businesses served were forestry, farming, chemicals and cement. Okanagan Valley Railway's biggest customer wasOwens-Illinois, Western Canada's only producer of glass beverage containers.
When the O-I glass plant closed in Spring 2009, OKAN lost most of its business and ultimately shut down on September 21, 2009.[1]
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