Bend station

Bend
General information
LocationBend, British Columbia
Canada
Coordinates53°46′N 121°04′W / 53.767°N 121.067°W / 53.767; -121.067[1]
Platforms1
Construction
Structure typeSign post
History
Previous namesGrand Trunk Pacific Railway
Services
Preceding station Via Rail Following station
Penny
toward Prince Rupert
 Jasper–Prince Rupert Dome Creek
toward Jasper

Bend station is on the Canadian National Railway mainline in Bend, British Columbia. Via Rail's Jasper – Prince Rupert train calls at the station as a flag stop.[2][3]

The stop is across the Fraser River from the village of Dome Creek which is accessible by Gravel Road from Yellowhead Highway 16.

History

Bend, like Guilford to its northwest, and Kidd to its southeast, was an original train station (1914) on the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway[4][5] (the Canadian National Railway after nationalization). Bend lies at Mile 57.7, Fraser Subdivision[6] (about Mile 147 during the line's construction).

Commencing the 1928 special Dominion Day train to Prince George from Bend suggests the community's significance at the time.[7] At the rail bridge in 1931, a train struck and killed Elfrida Strand, who was searching for stray horses with her husband.[8] In 1948, another rail accident occurred when two forestry speeders carrying 17 men to a forest fire at Loos collided near Bend, resulting in hospitalizations.[9] In 1946, a spirited moose paced a westbound train. Tripping on the encrusted snow at Mile 58, it fell behind the tender, derailing four freight cars.[10]

Built in 1914, the standard-design Plan 100-152 (Bohi's Type E)[11][12] station building could not have survived the 1942 fire, or been the structure dismantled in 1962. The fate of an unidentified freight and passenger shelter is unclear.[13]

Service 1914–c.1915 c.1916–c.1921 c.1921–1931 1932–1942 1943–c.1948 c.1949–1968 1968–1977 1977–present
[4] [14][15] [16][17][18] [19][20][21][22][23] [24][25][26] [27][28][29][30][31][32]
[33][34][35][36][37][38]		 [39][40][41][42] [6][43][44][45]
[46][47][48][49]
Passenger Regular stop Flag stop Flag stop Flag stop Flag stop Flag stop
Way freight Flag stop probably Flag stop probably Regular stop Regular stop Regular stop Flag stop Flag stop
Siding Mile No. 1922 1933 1943 1960 1965–72 1977 1990–92
(Capacity Length) Cars [16] Cars [21] Cars [24] Cars [31] Cars [36][39][41] Feet [6] Feet [45][46]
Bend 57.7 67 65 57 52 128 5,830 6,090
Other Tracks Mile No. 1933 1943 1960 1965–68
(Capacity Length) Cars [21] Cars [24] Cars [31] Cars [36][39]
Bend Lumber Co. 57.2 12 12
Bend 57.7 3 16
P.J. Strand 59.9 7

References

  1. ^ "Bend". BC Geographical Names.
  2. ^ "Bend train station". VIA Rail.
  3. ^ "Jasper-Prince Rupert train - Schedules". VIA Rail.
  4. ^ a b 1914 Timetable. p. 4.
  5. ^ "c.1919 GTP map (© 1911 prior version)". www.utoronto.ca.
  6. ^ a b c "1977 Timetable" (PDF). www.cwrailway.ca. p. 79.
  7. ^ Prince George Citizen, 28 Jun 1928
  8. ^ Prince George Citizen: 6, 13 & 27 Aug 1931
  9. ^ Prince George Citizen, 24 Jun 1948
  10. ^ Prince George Citizen, 7 Mar 1946
  11. ^ "Type "E" Mythology". www.oil-electric.com. Archived from the original on January 1, 2009.
  12. ^ "Vanishing BC GTP Railway stations". www.michaelkluckner.com.
  13. ^ Bohi, Charles W.; Kozma, Leslie S. (2002). Canadian National's Western Stations. Fitzhenry & Whiteside. pp. 121 & 136. ISBN 1550416324.
  14. ^ Waghorn's Guide. The Guide Co. Ltd. 1916. p. 74.
  15. ^ 1920 Timetable. Bulkley Valley Museum. p. 8.
  16. ^ a b 1922 Timetable: Northern BC Archives. p. 8
  17. ^ 1923 Timetable. p. 70.
  18. ^ 1925 Timetable. p. 105.
  19. ^ Prince George Citizen: 12 & 19 Nov 1931
  20. ^ 1932 Timetable. p. 58.
  21. ^ a b c 1933 Timetable. Northern BC Archives. p. 8.
  22. ^ 1935 Timetable. p. 60.
  23. ^ 1942 Timetable. p. 58.
  24. ^ a b c 1943 Timetable. Northern BC Archives. p. 9.
  25. ^ 1945 Timetable. p. 61.
  26. ^ "1946 Timetable". www.scribd.com. p. 59.
  27. ^ 1949 Timetable. p. 59.
  28. ^ "1950 Timetable". www.scribd.com. p. 59.
  29. ^ "1956 Timetable" (PDF). www.streamlinermemories.info. p. 53.
  30. ^ "1957 Timetable". www.traingeek.ca. p. 53.
  31. ^ a b c 1960 Timetable. Northern BC Archives. pp. 21–22
  32. ^ "1961 Timetable (main)" (PDF). www.streamlinermemories.info. p. 39.
  33. ^ "1961 Timetable (way freight)" (PDF). www.streamlinermemories.info. p. 48.
  34. ^ "1963 Timetable" (PDF). www.streamlinermemories.info. p. 42.
  35. ^ 1964 Timetable. Northern BC Archives. p. 44
  36. ^ a b c 1965 Timetable. Northern BC Archives. pp. 25–26
  37. ^ "1966 Timetable". www.traingeek.ca. p. 38.
  38. ^ 1967 Timetable. Northern BC Archives. p. 38
  39. ^ a b c 1968 Timetable. Northern BC Archives. pp. 25–26
  40. ^ "1971 Timetable" (PDF). www.streamlinermemories.info. p. 19.
  41. ^ a b 1972 Timetable. Northern BC Archives. pp. 25–26
  42. ^ 1973 Timetable. Northern BC Archives. p. 18
  43. ^ "1986 Timetable". www.scribd.com. p. 50, but scan p. 52.
  44. ^ "1988 Timetable". www.scribd.com. p. 55, but scan p. 52.
  45. ^ a b 1990 Timetable. Northern BC Archives. pp. 95–97
  46. ^ a b 1992 Timetable. Northern BC Archives. pp. 103–105
  47. ^ "1996 Timetable" (PDF). www.streamlinermemories.info. p. 40.
  48. ^ "2011 Timetable". www.scribd.com. p. 44, but scan p. 24.
  49. ^ Recent timetables
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