Cariboo Prospector

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Statusdiscontinued
First service1915
Last service2002
Cariboo Prospector
Cariboo Dayliner
BC Rail's Cariboo Dayliner in Lillooet
Overview
Statusdiscontinued
LocaleBritish Columbia, Canada
First service1915
Last service2002
SuccessorKaoham Shuttle for part of the route
Former operatorsBC Rail, previously Pacific Great Eastern
Route
TerminiNorth Vancouver
Lillooet and
Prince George
Route map
Cariboo Prospector
mile
board
462.4
Prince George[T 1]
424.5
Hixon
419.3
Strathnaver
384.9
Quesnel[T 1]
358.2
Alexandria
335.5
Soda Creek
327.7
Springfield Ranch
312.7
Williams Lake
293.7
Enterprise
284.4
Wright
273.4
Lac La Hache
259.5
Exeter (100 Mile House)[T 1]
246.2
Lone Butte
236.3
Flying-U
232.5
Grvl. Pit-N Grn./Watch Lakes
223.2
Grn. Lake Crossing/70 Mi.
202.7
Clinton
192.6
Kelly Lake
181.0
Moran
177.3
Pavilion
165.3
Fountain
Tri-weekly service north of here[a]
157.6
Lillooet
142.4
Shalalth
Seton Lake Tunnel
14 mile (0.4 km) long
139.5
Seton Portage
134.1
Curries
130.6
Marne
129.1
McGillivray Falls
128.0
Ponderosa
122.9
D'Arcy
120.6
Devine
118.0
Gates
112.6
Birken
109.6
Gramsons
10 Downing St.
99.4
Mt. Currie
95.0
Pemberton
77.4
Mons
75.3
Canadian Hostel
73.7
Whistler
62.7
Water Tank
59.7
Garibaldi
50
Cheakamus
44.6
Brackendale
40.4
Squamish
31.3
Britannia Beach
26.0
Porteau
19.6
Brunswick
18.3
Lions Bay
14.4
Sunset Beach
Horseshoe Bay Tunnel
4,568 ft (1,392 m) long
0
North Vancouver[T 1]
Source[1]

The Cariboo Prospector, also named the Cariboo Dayliner, was a passenger train service in British Columbia, Canada, from North Vancouver to Lillooet and Prince George. It used Budd Rail Diesel Car trains and was operated by the Pacific Great Eastern, later known as the British Columbia Railway Company and then BC Rail. It debuted in 1915.[2]

The train ran from BC Rail's North Vancouver railway station, formerly located on 107 Carrie Cates Court, east of the current North Vancouver railway station used by the Rocky Mountaineer, and ran to Lillooet railway station. From there a section was split from the train that would continue down to Prince George BC Rail station located in BC Rail's Prince George yards.[citation needed] The Cariboo Prospector carried 81,000 total passengers in 2001 and had an operating loss of $4.8 million for that year; the Budd Rail fleet had also reached the end of its useful life by then.[2] The service ended along with the other BC Rail passenger trains on October 31, 2002, due to the operating costs and need for new cars.[3] A 60-kilometre (37 mi) section serving the line between Lillooet, Seton Portage, and D'Arcy was replaced by the Kaoham Shuttle.

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