Okanagan Valley Railway

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Okanagan Valley Railway
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Reporting marks OVR
Locale Okanagan Valley
Dates of operation 1998–present
Track gauge ft 8½ in (1435 mm) (standard gauge)
Headquarters Vernon, British Columbia

Okanagan Valley Railway (AAR reporting marks OKAN, OVR) is the railway division of Omnitrax, a transportation services company. Tracks run 94 miles (151 km) from Vernon to Sicamous and serve five towns en-route. Among the businesses served are forestry, farming, chemicals and cement. Okanagan Valley Railway's biggest customer is OI Canada, Western Canada's only producer of glass beverage containers.