Several years back(?) I read an article in regards to this area of the BCR. IIRC Track was laid to Williams Lake(?) And with in=activity on that portion of the then BCR; the local population was using a sort of railroad 'jitney' to move the isolated students to their educations, and others in the area as needed for errands?
Unfortunately, I cannot seem to recall the magazine, or more of the details?
Was not this BCR, at sometime being looked at, as an answer to extending the Alaska RR further South towards a connection with the Lower 48 ?
Reports are circulating that CN is mothballing the portion of the former BCR mainline from Squamish, British Columbia to Williams Lake. Reportedly the last train movement has already taken place. This portion is the most scenic on the whole railway, but it is also the portion with the toughest gradients.
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