|
Southern
Railway of British Columbia Limited or SRY was originally part of the
BC Electric Railway and celebrated 100 years of service in 1997. The BC
Electric Railway (BCER) was incorporated in 1897 to unite the separate
interurban and street railway systems in Vancouver, Victoria and New Westminster.
It operated the largest system of interurban railways in Canada, shuttling
passengers and express trains back and forth across the valley for 40
years. Since 1950 the line has been a shortline freight railway. The BCER
was taken over by the provincial government in 1961 when BC Hydro was
created. Hydro continued to operate the railway until 1988, when it was
sold to Itel Rail Corp. and became Southern Railway of British Columbia.
There is
1 photo in this section.
Latest update: 02/16/2003.
Official website at http://www.sryraillink.com/.
|
