Grand Forks Railway

Grand Forks Railway
Reporting mark	GFR
Locale	British Columbia
Dates of operation	1992–
Track gauge	4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Headquarters	Grand Forks, British Columbia

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. GFR operates with a single Ex. Canadian Pacific EMD SW8 locomotive.^[2]

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]

References

Class II and class III railways of Canada

Current (operating) regional railways	AMT BCVX CMQ CSXT GOT HBRY KLR KRC NS ONT QNSX RMV TSH WPY

Former or fallen flag regional railways	AC BCOL CDAC C&K C&PR CAR CAR (original) CASO CCR CER CGR CNoR CV CW&LER DAR E&NAR GTPR GTR H&SW HBR ICR/IRC K&P MEC MC MR MMA NR NTR NYC NS&T NAR N&PJ NRC NSR OA&PS O&QRR PC PEIR PSCR SLQ T&NR TT VR

Current (operating) short line railways	ANR APR APRE ARND ARM BRR BCRY BFDC BLRC CBNS CEMR CFC CFL SFG CFO CFQG CFRS CR CRM CTRW CWRL ENR ETR FSSR/EKRC GEXR GHRP GFR GJD PAR GWWD GWR HCRR HCRY HCWR HPHV IRRS KFR KHR KPR KVSR LWR L&PS MNRY NBSR OKAN OBRY OSR OVR OVO PDCR PCHR POM PSTR QGRY RLHH RLK RMRS S&HR SCR SLQ SOR SRCL SRY SSR SSS STCR STER SVI TRRY VAEX VDHR WABL WLRS WSJR/WCR WCRA WHRC WLRC YDHR

Former or fallen flag short line railways	ANY B&HER BCER BQ BW&NW BR CBC CFMG C&K C&SL CVR CVR CW&LER DH DVR DWP EIR G&LS GFCR GRNR GVR H&BIR H&DR H&NWR HER HG&BER HGR HIR HRE HSR H&SW IRM K&P K&S KLR KVR L&LER L&MSR LEN LB&PR MVRR M&MR/M&M MKNR MSRT NBEC N&NR N&NWR N&S NN&RW NGR NSR NSR NYR O&Q OCRR OLO O&RRR/ORRR PAD&WR/PADW QC QSR S&L SAR SOO STLH SW&AR TI T&MER T&SER TG&B TCR THB TNR TRC TS&MJR TSt.R TSR T&YRR WI WAR WCR WE&LSR WESR WG&B WTV&IR

See also: List of Canadian railways

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