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The Kaslo and Slocan Railway (K&S) is a historic railway that operated in the West Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia in western Canada. The K&S connected Kaslo and Sandon. Initially a narrow-gauge railway, the line was later rebuilt to standard gauge.

Kaslo and Slocan Railway
Kaslo and Slocan Railway
Payne Bluff (above Three Forks), c.1910     Trestle remnants, Payne Bluff, 1993

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