Back in1916 they laid the last rail down
On the Coast-to-Kootenay Railway
From Hope to Midway town
Over three mountain ranges lay the greatest challenge
Any engineer could find
Two ribbons of steel they called the Kettle Valley Railway Line Andrew McCulloch, just look what you have done
You've built a railway, where they said a railway
Was never meant to run
Where other men would have said "die"
You'd take a second look, 'cause you never know until you try
Now it's called McCulloch's Wonder; the old "Tin Whistle" Line What dreams inspired your trestled spans
Along the Myra Canyon?
Or drove Othello Tunnels through Hope's forbidding gate? Copper, gold, cattle & coal from across the southern vales
Avalanches ice & snow, through driving wind and hail
Chief Engineer for twenty years, kept watchful eye on the marvel he'd designed
It was called McCulloch's Wonder;
The Kettle Valley Railway Line Aboard a helper engine, up Carmi's steeper grades
The fireman's back was breaking
He shoveled eighteen tons a day Now everything is still, no smoke no steam
No rumble in the rails
Water towers and stations gone
Few folks left to tell the tale
But buried in these silent hills
Along the roadside stands a lonely highway sign
Here lies McCulloch's Wonder; The Kettle Valley Railway Line
McCulloch's Wonder; The old "Tin Whistle" Line | 
