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Clean GP9s CP 8664 and 8502 are shown on Friday 1979-05-18 at Lake Cowichan, assembling a train of log loads from Crown Zellerbach’s Nitinat Logging Division, hence the nickname Nitinat for such moves to Crown Zellerbach’s log dump into the saltchuck at Ladysmith. The E&N depot at Lake Cowichan is to the right and behind my photo perch, and it survives to this day as the Kaatza Museum, slightly relocated from its original spot.
Name: Ken Perry
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 1979-05-18
Location: Lake Cowichan
Province: British Columbia
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Southward from the north end of CN’s Athabasca subdivision at Athabasca, the line followed Tawatinaw Creek to start the trip back to Calder yard in Edmonton. On Tuesday 1978-09-19 at 1649 MDT, CN 1383 + 1380 + 1007 trundled by the Station Name Sign and maintenance-of-way shelter at Tawatinaw.
Name: Ken Perry
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 1978-09-19
Location: Tawatinaw
Province: Alberta
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On Vancouver Island, the north end of the siding at Shawnigan on CP’s E&N Victoria subdivision crossed Renfrew Road at the north end of Shawnigan Lake, an area known as Mason’s Crossing for a nearby convenience store. On Tuesday 1977-06-07 at 1215 PDT, that is where Sperry car SRS 127 tucked away in the siding to meet northward freight train No. 51 led by GP9 CP 8531.
Name: Ken Perry
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 1977-06-07
Location: Shawnigan Lake
Province: British Columbia
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Eastward woodchip loads from Midway and Grand Forks sawmills bound for Kraft pulp mill near Castlegar dominate on an extra east with CP 3021 + 4211 + 8816 + 5023 (GP38-2, C-424, GP9, and GP35) crossing the Kettle River at mileage 82.7 approaching Cascade on Saturday 1984-06-16. Another 1.6 miles east is another (and much bigger) bridge, the fifth of total five over the Kettle River, then the beginning of a significant ascent to the summit at Paulson Gap and Farron. <p>Today, this is the Columbia and Western Rail Trail.
Name: Ken Perry
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 1984-06-16
Location: Cascade
Province: British Columbia
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Current news reports of wildfire damage in the Summerland to Faulder area reminded me of many years ago with mid-week days off work and able to photograph operations on the CP Princeton sub., with West Summerland a definite favourite location. The daily Penticton to Princeton wayfreight, usually a caboose hop but occasionally with leftover westward tonnage, was quite predictable for timing, such as on Tuesday 1984-06-12 passing along Prairie Valley after a bridge over Fyffe Road while returning to Penticton. <p>Happily, the Kettle Valley Steam Railway, which operates over this track, has escaped fire damage.
Name: Ken Perry
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 1984-06-12
Location: West Summerland
Province: British Columbia
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Northward from Prince George, the British Columbia Railway crossed the Fraser River one last time to reach Bridge yard serving pulp mills and onwards to Peace River country. On Friday 1976-09-17 at1825 PDT, that bridge was utilized by a northward train of empties, powered by BCOL 643 + 806 (ex Erie Lackawanna 2456) and PGE 576 not yet repainted.
Name: Ken Perry
Railway: BC Rail
Date: 1976-09-17
Location: Prince George
Province: British Columbia
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In recognition of a century since the company was founded, Canadian Pacific organized Family Days open house opportunities at significant facilities for employees, and at Coquitlam Yard in Port Coquitlam, that included train rides on the X-Yard running lead. On Sunday 1981-08-09, MLW S-4 CP 6518 with three coaches and a caboose took riders from the west end of the yard to the east end and back on a hourly schedule.
Name: Ken Perry
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 1981-08-09
Location: Port Coquitlam
Province: British Columbia
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Timetable train No. 83 was a wayfreight between Medicine Hat and Lethbridge, shown here arriving near the east end of Lethbridge at 1430 MDT on Thursday 1974-10-03 when the line still ran through downtown. I have seen many filthy locomotives, and C-424 CP 4204 certainly deserves a prize — imagine the river of muddy water resulting when it finally was washed!
Name: Ken Perry
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 1974-10-03
Location: Lethbridge
Province: Alberta
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While BC Hydro had four SD38 units (one SD38AC and three SD38-2s), catching all four together was not common. Looking eastward from the Queensborough road bridge on Tuesday 1982-03-23 provided this view of BCH 384 + 381 + 383 + 382 waiting at the Trapp Yard main office in New Westminster in preparation for taking a Valley Freight train eastward to Huntingdon interchanges with CP, BN and MILW.
Name: Ken Perry
Railway: BC Hydro
Date: 1982-03-23
Location: New Westminster
Province: British Columbia
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In the early years of VIA, gloriously mixed passenger train consists from CN and CP origins were common, and by seeking elevated camera perches, catching a complete train was one of my goals. On the east side of the Thompson River at Basque, CN and CP ran parallel for a short distance, allowing interchange connections that were handy during detours for track outages. On Sunday 1980-05-25, train No. 1 was on the CP mainline, powered by CP 1425 and VIA 1965 and VIA 1418.
Name: Ken Perry
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 1980-05-25
Location: Basque
Province: British Columbia
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At the very north end of CN’s Athabasca subdivision (originally Canadian Northern’s subsidiary Edmonton & Slave Lake) was the town of Athabasca, on the south side of the Athabasca River. A turn from Edmonton on Sunday 1980-09-21 with branchline GMD1s CN 1008 + 1007 +1009 brought empties for loading at the several grain elevators, and as seen here, collected a train of loads to take back southward. That depot was then occupied by the Athabasca District Senior Citizens Society, and survives to this day administered by the Athabasca Heritage Society.
Name: Ken Perry
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 1980-09-21
Location: Athabasca
Province: Alberta
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To connect Vancouver Island railways and the continental rail system, a range of marine transportation was utilized. A regular visitor to Wellcox barge slip in Nanaimo was the unique SEASPAN DORIS (former Doris Yorke), capable of rail and highway vehicles, with an elevator for also carrying trailers on the top deck. In this view, SEASPAN DORIS is arriving Wellcox from Vancouver, with one boxcar first-up, on Saturday 1980-05-17.
Name: Ken Perry
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 1980-05-17
Location: Nanaimo
Province: British Columbia
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While working a temporary assignment based at Ashcroft, a wander around the maintenance-of-way office revealed the concrete octagon base for the final water tower location there, seen here viewed compass northward (timetable east) on Tuesday 2007-06-05, slightly cleared of loose ballast.
Name: Ken Perry
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 2007-06-05
Location: Ashcroft
Province: British Columbia
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Returning from Midway to Nelson on their second day on duty, the crew of CP 4104 +8509 + 8555 + 8526 has successfully descended from Paulson Gap near Farron on Friday 1974-10-11, and now is on the outskirts of Castlegar with only another 28 miles to go to reach Nelson. <p>Engineer trainee John Leeming was running, supervised by engineer Bob Calder, and I had the privilege of a cab ride with them that morning from Midway to Grand Forks.
Name: Ken Perry
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 1974-10-11
Location: Kraft
Province: British Columbia
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Emerging from the west portal of the Shaughnessy Tunnel on the Macdonald Track and on the bridge over Bear Creek on Sunday 1995-08-06 at 1258 PDT is ex-ATSF now GCRC 7488 and a westward train from Calgary. This was during closure of the Connaught Tunnel for deepening to handle double-stack trains, with mechanical staff camped nearby to ensure two-way rail traffic remained fluid. Paid to railfan for two weeks for me!
Name: Ken Perry
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 1995-08-06
Location: Bear Creek
Province: British Columbia
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On Vancouver Island at Deerholme, CN 991 was left idling overnight when it was cold, causing excessive build-up in the exhaust system. To minimize smoke exposure to the caboose crew on the next day’s work, at first move was a short run loading against full engine brakes, as seen here at the west end of the yard on Wednesday 1976–03-31.
Name: Ken Perry
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 1976-03-31
Location: Deerholme
Province: British Columbia
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This view of CP 8519 is an example of a steam generator equipped GP9, with the generator exhaust stack and air intake clearly visible, as is one of the two rooftop air main reservoir tanks, as seen on a Coquitlam roundhouse shoptrack on Monday 1975-07-28. <p>Down on the running board skirt, note the water fill connection a bit forward of the fuel fill point. And for appreciators of older ways, note the forged handrail stanchions above the running board, as opposed to the newer fabricated ones (likely needed for handrail pull-down repair when separating units with chains still connected) at the front crossover walkway. <p>Trivia: To provide sufficient compressed air capacity, there is a third (in addition to the two on the engine hood roof) air reservoir, tucked away out of sight. Where is it?
Name: Ken Perry
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 1975-07-28
Location: Port Coquitlam
Province: British Columbia
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In southwestern British Columbia, we were fortunate to regularly see big MLWs on coal trains to Roberts Bank, due to many of them equipped with Locotrol for controlling mid-train remote units. On Thursday 1977-06-02 near Agassiz (stated GPS location is approximate), the roar of white flags at track speed heralded the approach of CP 4559 and 4566 (and unseen remotes) on yet another train of coal loads from southeastern BC.
Name: Ken Perry
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 1977-06-02
Location: Agassiz
Province: British Columbia
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Deadheading by train between a temporary assignment at Revelstoke and home in Port Coquitlam provided me numerous opportunities to observe locomotive performance and photo possibilities. One area that was particularly satisfying was the lengthy ascent on the Shuswap subdivision to Notch Hill, running wide open for miles via the north track. While on westward grain train symbol 359-017 on Sunday 1994-05-08 in the cab of the third unit CP 5976 (behind CP 9012 + 5981), this view of normal at a steady 900 Amps at 11 mph was obtained. <p>As you may well imagine, earplugs were essential while deadheading. By observation of what was normal, any abnormalities in sound or locomotive performance were easily identified.
Name: Ken Perry
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 1994-05-08
Location: Notch Hill
Province: British Columbia
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Due to its regular route from New Westminster to Huntingdon unavailable due to bridge work, the BC Hydro eastward Valley Freight detoured over Canadian Pacific lines (Westminster, Cascade, and Mission subdivisions) on Monday 1975-11-17, and due to six-axle units forbidden on CP at Sapperton near New Westminster, four SW900s, BCH 907 + 902 + 906 + 910, powered that train, and it is shown here at CP’s Coquitlam depot and train order office JN (from Junction, versus YD in the yard office control tower in the yard) at 1500 PST. <p>Years later, that depot in Port Coquitlam was renamed Port Coquitlam to minimize confusion for Westcoast Express commuter train passengers, and that area is now an extensive commuter rail and transit bus depot.
Name: Ken Perry
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 1975-11-17
Location: Port Coquitlam
Province: British Columbia
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