Those Beautiful C Liners
Published in 1996
A
44
page
photo
album
of
the
CPRs
Fairbanks-Morse
Consolidation
line
covered
wagons
known
as
āCā
Liners
that operated in southeastern British Columbia.
CPR
housed
their
fleet
of
Fairbanks-Morse
locomotives
built
by
licensee
CLC
at
their
Kettle
Valley
Railway
terminal
in
Nelson
BC.
This
was
also
the
home
of
the
late railway photographer Jim Hope.
Jim
and
his
wife
traveled
the
Kettle
Valley
country
for
years,
often
with
wife
Alice
driving
and
Jim
in
the
back
taking pictures.
In
addition
to
the
thirty
five
photos,
LPD
included
two
paint
diagram
drawings
&
an
all
time
CPR C Liner roster.