The BNSF is currently shipping Montana coal to Roberts Bank, BC, destined for Chile. The company is also running a regular intermodal train from Chicago to Fraser Surrey Docks at Brownsville, BC. They also recently ran about 20 potash trains—delivered by the CPR from mines in Saskatchewan—south from Sapperton to Portland, Oregon (new shipments have started up again).

The speculation about CN taking over the BCR ended up to be true. I have a great deal of ambivalence towards the whole thing, both from an employee standpoint and as a British Columbian. CN truly is the best candidate since it has direct connections (interchanges) with the BCR at Prince George and North Vancouver, and integration of both lines makes logistical sense. Only the BCR yard in Prince George is part of the deal—CN is not interested in those at Squamish or North Vancouver—so Thornton Yard will be a much busier place in the future.

The most recent pages in order of appearance: July 17: Added a 1917 time table to the Vancouver to Hope page. June 19: A number of changes to the 1916 map of Vancouver to Hope, including simple mileposts. April 18: Port Guichon—Ladner. April 7: Colebrook GNR Section House. March 15: Broken Wheel. February 24: Port Mann Football Team. December 9: The GNR section house at Manning as it appears today. November 30: The GNR station at Sidney. September 3: Updated my cycling page with another tour and a list of highway summits in British Columbia. June 4: Added a 1918 CNoR passenger time table. May 17: Revised the NWSR Mileposts (Notes) page with more accurate mileages. April 26: Port Kells Junction. April 18: Added an 1893 text-based time table of the GNR main line from Spokane to Seattle. April 17: Revised the NWSR Mileposts (Notes) page. March 4: Fraser Titan. February 5: Added other text-based time tables and more notes to the Pacific Coast Lines page. January 14: A 1902 GNR time table. December 15: A condensed profile of the GNR from Ferndale to Vancouver. November 27: BNSF Northbound. November 26: More work on the 1897 map of the NWSR. Added snippets from the Blaine Journal to the notes page. November 1: Revamped the topographical view of the NWSR once again (see some notes regarding mileages). October 16: A topographical view of the NWSR. September 30: My cycling page now has road maps of the Pacific Northwest from the 1920's. September 10: BNSF Facilities at Port Mann (tongue firmly in cheek); Bon Accord Weir; New Westminster-Everett Southbound 2. August 2: I have been working on a number of projects, some of which are not yet completed but are now online: Vancouver to Hope, a map of GN's Fraser Valley trackage (and other railways) in late 1916; Coquihalla Canyon includes a wonderful 1924 hand-colored photograph of the KVR's Quintette Tunnels. A plan of Port Mann in 1926 showing the shops and yards (thanks to Les Kozma). June 10: The Port Mann Station page now has pictures of the actual station (thanks to Don McKay). May 20: Northwest Washington Map (1910), with a few revisions to the 1898 map. May 17: Northwest Washington Map (1898). May 12: Puget Sound Map (1899). May 11: Great Northern Railway Map (1909). May 7: Two new maps: Greater Vancouver (1920) and CNR (1930's). April 25: Wrecking Crew. April 16: 1909 GN Wreck. April 15: Port Mann Station. February 28: Port Mann Postcard 2. February 22: Green Timbers. February 16: Revised the Old Curly Locomotive page with new text and notes. February 10: A gallery of the Old Curly Locomotive. February 3: Two views of old and new Bon Accord. February 2: Two views of the Canora, CN's old car ferry. January 28: A detailed view of Port Mann in 1968. January 21: 1922 map of the greater Fraser Valley. January 20: A better view of the GN station at Aldergrove; a 1909 view of Abbotsford; a 1913 view of Oroville. January 14: Twelve photographs comprise Scenes from Port Mann. January 12: Updated the Old Rails at Port Mann page, since the rails were recently pulled. January 8: Revamped this page ("What's New") with additional images. Redid the 1891 time table to make it more legible and preserve the original look. January 5: Added a 1915 GN system map. January 4: A BNSF track inspector in Washington State kindly mailed me a copy of an 1891 time table for the NWSR and the F&S.

November 24: A photo gallery of Harvie Road, once part of the NWSR. November 23: Port Mann Postcard. November 4: A shameless plug for Roger G. Burrows' book on the Great Northern and other railways in southern British Columbia. October 28: GN system map from 1912. October 25: Union Station Vancouver. October 22: Three views of GN's New Westminster station. October 21: Added a 1904 map to Early Maps of the Fraser Valley, and the entry page has been revised with two additional maps. The 1914 map on the second main page has been corrected to exclude the railway point of Bayside, which was not located at Guichon Junction as shown previously. Added a 1915 photograph of GN's Princeton station.

October 9: I have been on holidays for much of the summer, once again cycling around British Columbia in search of new roads. As an adjunct to my About page, I have created My Bicycle Tours in British Columbia, in no way related to railways but highly influential in the creation of this website. Earlier this year I took photographs of two former BN locomotives that are now based at Port Mann: a small gallery is available at EMD E-Units at Port Mann. July 19: North Colebrook. July 14: BNSF Motive Power at Port Mann. July 11: New Westminster-Everett Southbound. June 26: Added new photographs of the old Port Mann dock.

The most recent pages in order of appearance: