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Grand Forks Railway

American railway based in Grand Forks, founded in 19921

The Grand Forks Railway (reporting mark GFR) is a shortline railway company operating in the West Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia.2 It is part of International Forest Products.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1992Founded1
  • HeadquartersGrand Forks1

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The Grand Forks Railway (reporting mark GFR) is a shortline railway company operating in the West Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia.2

Corporate structure

Grand Forks Railway is part of a group headed by International Forest Products. 2 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Products and brands

In 1993, primarily under the oversight of Pope & Talbot, GFR was formed to operate a short section of former CP line and the connecting sidings. In 2004, Kettle Falls International Railway (KFR) replaced BNSF at the interchange. In 2008, Interfor Corporation bought the Pope & Talbot operations in Canada.

GFR, totalling 6.0 kilometres (3.7 mi) of track, may be the shortest shortline in Canada and possibly North America. The lone EMD SW8 locomotive GFR 6703, which was acquired from CP in 1993, was replaced in 2019 by a GATX Rail Locomotive Group SW1000 (GMTX 86).

In 2020, KFR parent, OmniTRAX, announced the planned closure of the Grand Forks–Laurier section of the KFR line within three years. A similar proposal in 2008 did not eventuate. Since GFR is disinterested in assuming this operation, a closure would also shut down the GFR. As of June 2023, KFR's Canadian trackage is no longer included on the Canadian Transportation Agency's list of notices of rail line discontinuance. And with no filing with the Surface Transportation Board for abandonment, it appears that OmniTRAX has cancelled their plans to discontinue service on the line.

From Wikipedia’s article on Grand Forks Railway, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1992Founded Founded1

Sources

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