| Kaoham Shuttle (CN 10800 & CN 10900 AKA TU-108 and TU-109) – built in 1999 by Jim Busby Services of California, these two diesel multiple units run on the former British Columbia Railway / BC Rail line between Seton Portage and Lillooet, British Columbia in a partnership between Canadian National Railway and the Seton Lake St’át’imc Nation. After passenger service on the line was ended by BC Rail in 2002, the Kaoham Shuttle was established as a replacement to access the isolated communities of Seton Portage and Shalalth (combined population 1,100) which are easier served by rail than by gravel road. “Kaoham” means “to meet the train” in St’át’imcets (Lillooet language) and has been called Canada’s greatest hidden rail trip by the BBC. (March 25, 2016) |