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UER Forum > Archived Canada: Alberta / BC > Pokhaist Village (Viewed 1734 times)
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Pokhaist Village
< on 10/11/2012 6:53 AM >
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About 12 miles east of Spences Bridge on the Trans Canada Highway, a traveler can look across the river to a tiny church on a bench beneath a mountain whose face has been scarred by repeated rock slides. A wooden church on an isolated ranch, the wind blowing through the sagebrush, freezing in winter and scorching in summer--a typically powerful image from this part of British Columbia of puny humanity struggling against a hostile environment.

The abandoned church and ranch are only accessible by a 4x4 road through gated grazing land following the opposite side of the river from the highway. Evidently it was called Pokhaist Village, and the church is St. Aidan's. http://www.michael...om/bcinterior.html

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Re: Pokhaist Village
<Reply # 5 on 10/11/2012 12:24 PM >
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What a beautifully barren place.

The church door appears to be held only by a piece of rope; did you not want to enter?

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Re: Pokhaist Village
<Reply # 6 on 10/12/2012 1:17 AM >
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Nice set! Strange (but good) that the church windows are not broken.

Any idea what the CP loco was pulling in that one pic....strange.

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Re: Pokhaist Village
<Reply # 7 on 10/12/2012 5:46 AM >
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Kind of looks like 2 passenger cars and a... cattle car perhaps?

Yes, the door was only held down by the pole, but I wasn't sure about entering, there was a house nearby (lived in) and didn't want to cause trouble.

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Re: Pokhaist Village
<Reply # 8 on 10/13/2012 6:10 AM >
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Most likely a cooking car/steam generator to run gear on the two old passenger cars. Very lucky to see a train like that....at a place like that, even horses drinking out of the Thompson! Great pix. I always like looking at that spot when I'm on the train. Would you happen to know the locomotive number? Perhaps it's in one of yer other pix. It could shed light on that rare train.

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Re: Pokhaist Village
<Reply # 9 on 10/14/2012 1:21 AM >
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Posted by SteamPunk
Most likely a cooking car/steam generator to run gear on the two old passenger cars. Very lucky to see a train like that....at a place like that, even horses drinking out of the Thompson! Great pix. I always like looking at that spot when I'm on the train. Would you happen to know the locomotive number? Perhaps it's in one of yer other pix. It could shed light on that rare train.


Thanks for the compliments! We were very lucky. Even the weather was perfect.

Sure enough, you were right... look what I found.

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Re: Pokhaist Village
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Re: Pokhaist Village
<Reply # 11 on 10/14/2012 9:26 PM >
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I knew Steampunk would have some knowledge on this....

That site that was linked up called it an "inspection train". What kind of gear would they have in those cars towed behind? I didn't see any exhaust hoods that would indicate steam generation. Actually looks like some rooftop A/C units on the last car - accommodations for the crew?
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Re: Pokhaist Village
<Reply # 12 on 10/17/2012 4:42 PM >
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Man these pictures are amazing.

I love how the chrome is still on those old cars.

The graves are eerie.

The vibe given is of a California dessert and the push for Manifest Destiny.

I especially love the Church photos.

I was waiting for Slash to appear magically in a photo with his guitar and doing a solo.

Helluva a vibe that place gives.

Definitely would want to explore it in my truck if I make my way out to BC.

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Re: Pokhaist Village
<Reply # 13 on 10/18/2012 12:18 AM >
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Posted by Mowgli-dog
I knew Steampunk would have some knowledge on this....

That site that was linked up called it an "inspection train". What kind of gear would they have in those cars towed behind? I didn't see any exhaust hoods that would indicate steam generation. Actually looks like some rooftop A/C units on the last car - accommodations for the crew?


I've seen a similar train up close before, although this one was operated by CN. From what I could tell the passenger coaches were just what they appeared to be, lounge cars, possibly for company executives, maybe used for surveys, I don't know, they're stored in the North Vancouver yard somewhere. The coaches had small diesel generators underneath to power them however trains pulling passenger coaches without these need generator cars, normally diesel powered they lack large exhaust stacks. Most of the time these look similar to baggage cars but the one on this train seems to be a converted box car.

Example of a typical gen car (directly behind the loco) I take no credit for the photo:

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Re: Pokhaist Village
<Reply # 14 on 10/18/2012 6:50 AM >
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TEC train. Track evaluation, inspection, similar to a sperry train. I've seen it before, I remember the huge bay window in the back. Travels all over north america on CP lines.
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Re: Pokhaist Village
<Reply # 15 on 10/18/2012 1:38 PM >
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Stunning, all of it. Especially love the cemetary shots!

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Re: Pokhaist Village
<Reply # 16 on 10/19/2012 10:39 AM >
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Great posts - thanks for sharing. Beautiful stuff. This is why I love rural abandonments so much.

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Re: Pokhaist Village
<Reply # 17 on 10/19/2012 6:14 PM >
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I agree w/ everyone else. This location looks like a blast to explore and photograph and reminds me of the central Sierras river valleys and plateaus. Thanks for the post.

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Re: Pokhaist Village
<Reply # 18 on 10/25/2012 5:18 PM >
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Totally beautiful set Haunted! You couldn't have picked a better day for those photos, the colours are amazing. Thanks for posting.

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Re: Pokhaist Village
<Reply # 19 on 11/8/2012 3:56 AM >
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Posted by SteamPunk
TEC train. Track evaluation, inspection, similar to a sperry train. I've seen it before, I remember the huge bay window in the back. Travels all over north america on CP lines.


Correct. According to my Canadian Trackside Guide, car #65 is the accommodation car and car #64 at the rear is the track evaluation car.

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