Salmo station
Salmo railway station | |||||||||||
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| Location | Railway Avenue (Hwy. 6), Salmo, British Columbia Canada | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 49°11′41″N 117°16′48″W / 49.19472°N 117.28000°W | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Great Northern Railway Burlington Northern Railway | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1913 | ||||||||||
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The Salmo station (located in Salmo, British Columbia, Canada) was built by the Great Northern Railway (U.S.) that later become the Burlington Northern Railroad along the Nelson and Fort Sheppard Railway, a branch line extending north into Canada. The 1-story, wood-frame, railway station was completed in 1913 and consists of a waiting room, ticket office and the freight and baggage room. The station was built as part of a move by the Northern Railway to gain customers from the dominant railway in the region, the Canadian Pacific Railway.[1]
The building was designated a historic railway station in 1992.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Canadian Historic Places Register". A Federal, Provincial and Territorial Collaboration. Retrieved 2012-07-07.
- ^ "Burlington Northern Railway Station". Parks Canada. Retrieved 2012-07-07.