Along the 300 mile length of the Kettle Valley Railway there were many intriguing stations stops.  With classic names like Othello, Iago, Romeo and Juliet they reflected the literary tastes of the railroad's designer and builder, Andrew McCulloch.  Other stations, less romantic in name, were much more representative of the railroader's life.  Brookmere was one of them, truly a mountain railroad town.
 Brookmere was the marshalling point for trains embarking on the often perilous journey across the mile-high Coquihalla mountains.  Here, the railroad clung to the edge of precipitous cliffs, crossed over towering trestles, skimmed the edges of bottomless canyons and teetered on the brink of perpetual danger.  In winter, twelve foot deep snowfalls screamed out of the skies and stopped the railroad in its tracks.  Railroad crews fought for days to keep the rail line open.  Massive snow ploughs, churned inch-by-inch through mountain passes rescuing trapped trains and travelers.

In the tiny, but bustling railroad town of Brookmere, lived the men and women who daily challenged nature's idiosyncrasies.  They built a community, a place to dwell and love, rear their children, and live life to the fullest.  When the railroad finally closed down, Brookmere should have died.  But it did not.  Many railroaders and their descendants chose to stay on and live there.
Once a year, in August, other railroaders, rail fans, and friends return for three days to Brookmere.  In the flames and sparks and smoke of campfires, the memories come alive again. 

BROOKMERE REVISITED - ISBN 0-9698645-8-2
Full colour.  53 minutes.  NTSC or PAL  

$31.00