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The major and minor yards--still needing switch machines installed.

The Ashcroft Container Terminal--partly tracked

A short train on the staging area interchange track.

So the once future maintenance yard has changed to a railway museum. I figure with a museum, I can have all my favourite steam and early diesel locos... and feel justified running them! Still have some track to lay though.

Taken from the Ashcroft Container Terminal, shows the future site of the maintenance yard.

Taken from the future maintenance yard, shows the Thompson river valley corridor (in front) and east staging area (in back) sites.

Taken from the yard, shows the Ashcroft Container Terminal (in front) and north staging area (in back).

Taken from the doorway, shows the yard (in front) and staging area (in back) sites.

Loosely based on the Thompson valley between Kamloops and Lytton, BC. Local features: Ashcroft Container Terminal--a 132k TEU inland port; Elephant Mtn. Prov. Park; Basque--site of CNPR's last spike; the Thompson river around Ashcroft, BC.