Andrew McCulloch was hired as the chief engineer of the Kettle Valley Railway. He was born to a poor farming family in Ontario in 1864. When he was 30, he began working with the CPR. He started by repairing lines. He then took on other jobs to gain experience. He became famous for his work on the Spiral Tunnels at Kicking Horse Pass on the BC-Alberta border near Lake Louise. He was 46 when he moved with his wife and children to Penticton to work on the KVR. A great fan of Shakespeare, McCulloch named the train stations in the Coquihalla section after heroes and heroines in Shakespeare’s plays. Trains would later stop at Juliet, Romeo, Iago, Portia, Jessica, Lear, and Othello. After construction was completed, McCulloch agreed to become superintendent of the KVR operations. Keeping the line in top shape would be as hard work as building it. McCulloch retired in 1933, aged 69, after 23 years with the KVR. He lived until he was 81. He said that the Kettle Valley Railway was his favourite piece of work.