Kettle Falls International Railway

The Kettle Falls International Railway (reporting mark KFR) is a railroad operating in the U.S. state of Washington and the Canadian province of British Columbia. It operates 44 miles of track[1] that was formerly owned by the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway. It is owned by OmniTRAX.

Kettle Falls International Railway
International Rail
Road Systems
Cascade
Columbia Gardens
Grand Forks
Waneta
Canada
United States
British Columbia
Washington state
Danville
Goldstake
Northport
Dulwich
Dolomite
Boyds
Evans
West Kettle Falls
Kettle Falls
 Colville
 Arden, WA
 Addy
 Chewela
Burlington Northern
Santa Fe

Route

The railroad operates between Kettle Falls, Washington and Grand Forks, British Columbia.

Prior to April 30, 2019, the Kettle Falls International Railway operated a more extensive route that included two separate lines into British Columbia and south to Chewelah, Washington, where the railroad interchanged with BNSF Railway. On May 1, 2019, the St. Paul and Pacific Northwest Railroad assumed operations[2] of all of the lines excluding the route from Kettle Falls to Grand Forks which the Kettle Falls International Railway continues to operate today.

The railroad is laid out similar to the letter Y, in the northeastern part of Washington state. Its southern connection is in the town of Chewelah, where the railroad interchanges with BNSF Railway Company. . The area of Kettle Falls, Washington is at the center point of the Y. From Kettle Falls, one leg goes northwesterly and the other northeasterly. The northwestern leg goes into Canada and then drops back south, over the border with the United States, and ending at the town of Danville, Washington, interchanging with the Grand Forks Railway at Grand Forks Jct, BC. This line once continued to Republic, Washington, but was abandoned in 2008. The northeastern leg heads north over the border and ends at Columbia Gardens, BC Canada, where the railroad connects with the Nelson and Fort Sheppard Railway Corporation.

References
  1. "Railroads in Washington: Kettle Falls International Railway". OmniTRAX. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  2. "KFR morphed into STPP". Trainorders.com Discussion. Retrieved 2021-01-28.


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