The Corbin Subdivision is a 12.6 mile railway line of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) running from Fabro on the Cranbrook Subdivision to Corbin.

The Corbin Subdivision is part of the Kootenay Division of the CPR's British Columbia District.

History

Daniel Chase Corbin, founder of the Nelson & Fort Sheppard Railway, owned the Corbin Colliery in the eastern Kootenays; to haul the coal from the mine, he opened the Eastern British Columbia Railway in 1909 running from the mine to the CPR's Cranbrook–Lethbridge line at Fabro, building a wye and an engine house at Corbin. The EBC provided passenger and freight service along the line until the mine was closed in 1939, after which the railway and the town of Corbin were abandoned.

Eventually, the Consolidated Mining & Smelting Company of BC (owned by the CPR through its BC subsidiary, Imperial Pacific Transportation) decided to reopen the Corbin mine site, and so in 1978 the railway line was rebuilt by the CPR along the former EBC right of way.

Eastern British Columbia Railway steam locomotives

The EBC operated a total of six steam locomotives; there has thus far been no information found about engine numbers 1 and 2.

Class	Wheel arr.	Road numbers	Total	Acquired	Retired	Notes
?	?	1–2	2	1909	?	Acquired second-hand
C-70-3	3-truck Shay	6	1	1920	1927	Acquired second-hand, ex Idaho & Washington Northern Railroad #6, sold to an industrial user
C 91-3	3-truck Shay	3–4	2	1909	1939	Acquired second-hand, ex Canadian Pacific Railway 1901 and 1902, scrapped 1940
C 100-3	3-truck Shay	5	1	1909	1921	Acquired second-hand, ex Canadian Pacific Railway 1903, wrecked 1921 and scrapped

Services

Freight

The Corbin Subdivision is a freight-only line moving coking coal from the Cominco mine at Corbin.

Route

Corbin Subdivision
Station	Milepost	Connecting lines	Notes
Fabro	0.0	Cranbrook Sub
Corbin	12.6	-	Freight only, Cominco coal mine