Grand Forks Railway
The Grand Forks Railway (reporting mark GFR) is a Canadian short line railway company operating 3.7 miles [1] of former Canadian Pacific Railway trackage in British Columbia, Canada. The railway is owned by International Forest Products Ltd. (d.b.a "Interfor"), Regional District of Kootenay Boundary, and Grand Forks Railway Inc. From its founding in 1992 until very recently, the GFR relied on its lone EMD SW8 locomotive GFR 6703 which had been acquired from Canadian Pacific at the time of founding. Since circa 2018, the SW8 has been parked and tarped over and a GATX Rail Locomotive Group SW1000 (GMTX 86) lease unit has been brought in as replacement. [2]
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Grand Forks, British Columbia |
| Reporting mark | GFR |
| Locale | British Columbia |
| Dates of operation | 1992– |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
Cars are interchanged with the Kettle Falls International Railway LLC at the Pacific Abrasives yard for forwarding to BNSF Railway at Chewelah, Washington. From the Pacific Abrasives yard/KFR Interchange, the GFR delivers railcars to various industrial sites in Grand Forks, British Columbia.[3]