Here are some reference books that I have found that are either about
or contain reference to the Kettle Valley Railway... If I have missed any or if you know of a new book on the market please let me know so that I can include it here.
- Burrows, Roger G.
Railway Mileposts: British Columbia. Vol. II:
The Southern Routes from the Crowsnest to the Coquihalla.
1984. Railway Milepost Books, North Vancouver, BC
- Doeksen, Gerry
Kettle Valley Railway. Railways of Western
Canada. Vol. I. Second Edition.
1995. Montrose, BC
- Garden, J.F.
Nicolas Morant's Canadian Pacific
1192. Footprint Publishing, Revelstoke, BC
- Gibbon, John Murray
Steel of Empire - The Romantic History of the Canadian Pacific
1935. McCelland & Stewart, Toronto, ON
- Hill, Beth
Exploring the Kettle Valley Railway.
1989. Polestar Press, Winlaw, BC
- Hope, Jim
Canadian Pacific in the Okanagan and Kootenay
Valleys of British Columbia. Last Days of Steam.
1989. BRMNA, Calgary, AL
BRMNA Webpage with ordering info
- Hope, Jim
Canadian Pacific in the Okanagan and Kootenay
Valleys of British Columbia. The Early Years of Diesels.
1992. BRMNA, Calgary, AL
BRMNA Webpage with ordering info
- Hope, Jim
Those Beautiful 'C' Liners
1986. LPD Publishing, Vancouver, BC
- Hungry Wolf, Adolf
Canadian Railway Scenes, No. 1.
1983. Good Medicine Books, Skookumchuck, BC
- Kennedy, W. G.
Canadian Pacific in Southern British Columbia,
The Boundary Subdivision.
1986. BRMNA, Calgary, AL.
BRMNA Webpage with ordering info
- Lamb, W. Kaye.
History of the Canadian Pacific Railway
1997. MacMillian Publishing Co., New York, NY
- Langford, Don and Sandra
Cycling the Kettle Valley Railway.
Second Edition1997. Rocky Mountain Books, Calgary, AL
Webpage with updates to the book.
- Lewis, C. Donald
Rail Canada-Diesel Paint Schemes of the CPR
Second Edition 1998. LPD Publishing, Vancouver, BC
- Lewis, C. Donald
Steam In Canada-Canadian Pacific Steam Locomotives
1984. LPD Publishing, Vancouver, BC
- Matheson, George
The Vader's Caboose.
1994. Kettle Valley Publishers, Lumby, BC
- Riegger, Hal
Speeder on the Carmi Sub.
Canadian Rail, No. 288, January 1976
Canadian Railroad Historical Association
Montreal, PQ
- Riegger, Hal
The Kettle Valley and Its Railways.
1981. Pacific Fast Mail, Edmonds, WA
out of print
Additions and corrections to the book by Dave Wilkie
- Sanford, Barrie
McCulloch's Wonder, The Story of the Kettle
Valley Railway.
1977. Whitecap Books, West Vancover, BC
- Sanford, Barrie
The Pictorial History of Railroading in British
Columbia.
1981. Whitecap Books, West Vancover, BC
- Sanford, Barrie
Steel Rails and Iron Men, A Pictorial History
of the Kettle Valley Railway.
1990. Whitecap Books, West Vancover, BC
- Silversides, Brock V.
Waiting for the Light, Early Mountain Photography in British Columbia
1995. Fifth House Publishers, Calgary, AB
Excellent photography, many of early railroads. Especially check out page 59 for a great shot of the wooden truss bridges crossing the Nicola River.
- Smuin, Joe
Canadian Pacific's Kettle Valley Railway.
1997. BRMNA, Calgary, AL
BRMNA Webpage with ordering info
- Turner, Robert D.
Railroaders, Recollections from the Steam Era in British Columbia.
1986. Province of British Columbia, Victoria, BC
- Turner, Robert D.
West of the Great Divide. An Illustrated History of the
Canadian Pacific Railway in British Columbia 1880-1986.
1987. Sono Nis
Press, Victoria, BC
- Turner, Robert D.
The Sicamous and the Naramata. Steamboat Days in
the Okanagan.
1995. Sono Nis Press, Victoria, BC
Check out the webpage on the book and print out an orderform
- Turner, Robert D.
Steam on the Kettle Valley, A Railway Heritage Remembered.
1995. Sono Nis Press, Victoria, BC
Check out the webpage on the book and print out an orderform
- White, John
Driving the Kettle Valley
1996. Self Published,
344 Oxford Dr.
Port Moody, BC V3H 1T2
e-mail:
jwhite@planeteer.com
See Page 3: Misc. Sources for a review of John's excellent book and ordering info.
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