Trains @ Station Studios

The two key locations on the KVR were, of course, Pakesley and Lost Channel. The major attributes of each village is given below:

Lost Channel

• the company sawmill;
• the company town site;
• a station serving both the townsite and the local lake steamer;
• a wye for turning locomotives;
• a small yard to support the local trackage.

Pakesley

• the interchange with the Canadian Pacific Railway;
• the main lumber storage yards;
• a station on the Canadina Pacific for passengers transferring to and from the KVR;
• a wye for turning locomotives;
• the likely location of the KVR engine facilities.

I have also found references to two other important KVR locations between Lost Channel and Pakesley. They are:

Camp Six (about half way between Pakesley and Lost Channel)

• one of the company’s logging camps, with a road connecting it to other camps lying to the north;
• a log loading area;
• possibly a passing siding.

Cole’s Siding (just west of Lost Channel)

• a connection to a short branch where log loading occurred;
• possibly a passing siding;
• possibly a spur to a sand/gravel quarry.