Man this made me so sad... Now most of the BC rail tracks are owned by CN and are unmaintained and abandoned. My first memory is seeing the BC rail budd car go past my house in 1987. I heard the train whistle two or three times daily for my whole life. Now I wake up in the middle of the night expecting to hear it or thinking I hear the train but it never comes, and I'm afraid it never will again.
BCRail.. They were a golden age of railroading in western Canada that I can only grieve knowing I was never there to see it.. and now that history is beginning to fade away.. an icon of BC now fell, all because the lovely things called corruption and politics. From the Pacific Great Eastern... to the British Columbia Railway. Their iconic K5H horns will live on to those who've heard them in action.
BC Rail still runs under CN rule. Even though their rolling stock may be getting scrapped. Many more will be preserved. BC Rail rolling stock still alive with CN.
man I miss seeing BC rail and older CN/BC rail units go past my house with those beautiful red government of Canada grain cars being pulled behind them now most of them are switchers or sitting to be scraped or just sitting there out of service ;( 🚂
Some of bc rails fleet still survives in modern times, Older company’s like Southern pacific are often called heritage units now, Due to there railroads getting replaced, Some fleet getting repainted and upgraded to modern units, Some getting scrapped, Or what we call an heritage unit, An locomotive keeping its old colour patch, Such as BC rail or Southern Pacific.
@@finnlikestrains5770 As far as I know, Tumbler Ridge, while it did turn a profit at first, slowly became unable to produce a profit which eventually played a part in BC Rail's unfortunate downfall. Plus, I'm not certain that any of the trackage above Williams Lake is inactive, because A: CN connected that segment of the railway to Vancouver via their mainline, and B: I don't have enough information to make an accurate conclusion. But, thankfully despite the massive clusterfuck that was the lease to CN, the only train that still runs the entire route is the Rocky Mountaineer tourist train which at least gives the train tracks some use during the summer.
Bad ass edit. The Tears for Fears track tied it all together. We all have sentimental ties to these railroads and the edit drives that home. I have another larger channel and selecting music that you really want is a bitch.(Monitization, copyright, etc) I got really good vibes! Keep it up 💯! This was not easy to edit, but you pulled it all together with the news stories and mix of vintage and modern footage. I'm gonna go buy a BC Rail Loco for my BC Rail themed layout now😂. 👍 Starting the track with footage of the 86 Expo was killer. I felt that shit!
Man this made me so sad... Now most of the BC rail tracks are owned by CN and are unmaintained and abandoned. My first memory is seeing the BC rail budd car go past my house in 1987. I heard the train whistle two or three times daily for my whole life. Now I wake up in the middle of the night expecting to hear it or thinking I hear the train but it never comes, and I'm afraid it never will again.
I heard that it's leased for 60 years. But we might be dead by that time
@@ace74909 Lease expires after half and can chosen to be renewed or not, but CN being CN it will renew. BC Rail should not have been sold
@@traindev1 rail companies are stupid these days
I hope BC rail will become its own railroad again. Screw CN
this is quite sad.
BCRail..
They were a golden age of railroading in western Canada that I can only grieve knowing I was never there to see it.. and now that history is beginning to fade away.. an icon of BC now fell, all because the lovely things called corruption and politics.
From the Pacific Great Eastern... to the British Columbia Railway.
Their iconic K5H horns will live on to those who've heard them in action.
BC Rail, The most iconic Railroad, And it's my favorite Railroad
Dude needs more credit for lining the horn up to the beat at 3:14 that was godly
Sad to see such a legendary railroad gone….
I love how at 3:07 the crossing lights align to the beat
BC Rail still runs under CN rule. Even though their rolling stock may be getting scrapped. Many more will be preserved. BC Rail rolling stock still alive with CN.
Who else discovered Everybody Wants to Rule the World because of this awesome vid?
thanks for uploading this gem, BCOL lives forever in my heart
man I miss seeing BC rail and older CN/BC rail units go past my house with those beautiful red government of Canada grain cars being pulled behind them
now most of them are switchers or sitting to be scraped or just sitting there out of service ;( 🚂
I miss bc rail so much 😢
Yes.
This made me cry a little...
I litterie cried 😢 like BCrail is my favorite. And I'm Canadian
heartbreaking.
thank you for this
Some of bc rails fleet still survives in modern times, Older company’s like Southern pacific are often called heritage units now, Due to there railroads getting replaced, Some fleet getting repainted and upgraded to modern units, Some getting scrapped, Or what we call an heritage unit, An locomotive keeping its old colour patch, Such as BC rail or Southern Pacific.
I suppose that many of the units remaining are in good enough condition to continue service, but it is unlikely they'll last much longer.
I never heard of this derailment. What happened exactly? Also BCRail can live on #f*ckgordoncampbell
The video has several, the Cheakamus Canyon Derailment, The Lillooet sub derailment, and an unknown CN intermodal derailment
Man I wish BC Rail was still here but now Squamish and Lillooet sub are in hell now
same with anything north of Prince George, and the Tumbler sub
@@finnlikestrains5770 As far as I know, Tumbler Ridge, while it did turn a profit at first, slowly became unable to produce a profit which eventually played a part in BC Rail's unfortunate downfall. Plus, I'm not certain that any of the trackage above Williams Lake is inactive, because A: CN connected that segment of the railway to Vancouver via their mainline, and B: I don't have enough information to make an accurate conclusion. But, thankfully despite the massive clusterfuck that was the lease to CN, the only train that still runs the entire route is the Rocky Mountaineer tourist train which at least gives the train tracks some use during the summer.
Bad ass edit. The Tears for Fears track tied it all together. We all have sentimental ties to these railroads and the edit drives that home. I have another larger channel and selecting music that you really want is a bitch.(Monitization, copyright, etc) I got really good vibes! Keep it up 💯! This was not easy to edit, but you pulled it all together with the news stories and mix of vintage and modern footage. I'm gonna go buy a BC Rail Loco for my BC Rail themed layout now😂. 👍 Starting the track with footage of the 86 Expo was killer. I felt that shit!
We will miss the sound of those K5H and K5Ls.
Sounds like Bernard Fox narrating.
Which demolition track are they keeping the old units on?
They were somewhere in Ontario but they've been moved to Illinois for scrapping [most of them at least]
Welland Metals if i remember correctly
@@finnlikestrains5770 4609 is still running
This is what happens when you deal with Constant Neglect and we let traitors run our country.
i have seen their locomotives in texas a little because they have less trains coming through texas
Got to laugh at the commenter including asbestos reserves in the list of minable resources. I think that would be better off left in the ground.
Most of the locomotives are owned by Canadian national