Roundhouse at Cranbrook, 1998

Today, Cranbrook boasts perhaps the only yard left on the CPR system with its original octagonal wooden water tower, plus operating turntable, roundhouse, and a two-story wooden station from the turn of the century (albeit modernized). This might be explained by the fact that the town was never considered a "major" railway center, such as those located on the main line. Therefore, much of its infrastructure was repaired only as necessary to make do, thereby escaping major upgrading.

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