Anyone Else Fascinated By Old Locomotives?

Dave91TM · Nov 9, 2024

dyoung said:
Sitting at the entrance to a condo site in Chemainus. We need to hijack it and take it to the old rail line that is unused but still in place from Victoria to Courtenay.View attachment 128182

Can't be real. Its way too clean for railway equipment.

dyoung · Nov 9, 2024

You are correct. When I was 15, a

Dave91TM said:
Can't be real. Its way too clean for railway equipment.

friend and I hopped a freight from Kamloops to Vancouver.

We ended up on an oil car originally, sitting on the walkway board that the old cars had.

When we got to Port Coquitlam we were absolutely black.

dyoung · Nov 10, 2024

I have just discovered that Murray who started this thread passed away on Sept 22, 2024....So this is for Murray,,,UP's Big Boy 4014.

1st Vette · Nov 14, 2024

Incredible given the time period…

dyoung · Nov 15, 2024

A conducto

rs palace in Duncan B.C.

1st Vette · Nov 15, 2024

Chicago: Union Station. Burlington Zephyr Train At Union Station In Chicago, Illinois.

dyoung · Nov 21, 2024

dyoung · Nov 21, 2024

The above picture is from Saanich B.C. The black thing in the lower right side of the picture is a replica of what they use in Ottawa to spread stuff around.

Pep · Nov 22, 2024

dyoung said:
The above picture is from Saanich B.C. The black thing in the lower right side of the picture is a replica of what they use in Ottawa to spread stuff around.

Off topic but I believe Ottawa's is more this size..