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By my timing in life and railway photography, only a short period of Pacific Great Eastern was within reach, mostly from a few visits to North Vancouver yard by public transit from downtown Vancouver. Thus this view of MLW RS-3 yard engine PGE 577 on a crew break at the PGE passenger depot at North Vancouver on Saturday 1972-01-22, just over two months before PGE became British Columbia Railway on 1972-04-01. PGE 577 was rebuilt to slug BCOL 403 in 1984, and was retired by CN in 2006.
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Caption: By my timing in life and railway photography, only a short period of Pacific Great Eastern was within reach, mostly from a few visits to North Vancouver yard by public transit from downtown Vancouver. Thus this view of MLW RS-3 yard engine PGE 577 on a crew break at the PGE passenger depot at North Vancouver on Saturday 1972-01-22, just over two months before PGE became British Columbia Railway on 1972-04-01.

PGE 577 was rebuilt to slug BCOL 403 in 1984, and was retired by CN in 2006.

Photographer:
Ken Perry [266] (more) (contact)
Date: 1972-01-22 (search)
Railway: Pacific Great Eastern (search)
Reporting Marks: PGE 577 (search)
Train Symbol: Yard engine (search)
Subdivision/SNS: Squamish sub. (0.0) (search)
City/Town: North Vancouver (search)
Province: British Columbia (search)
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5 Comments
  1. awmooney
    March 30, 2026 at 8:46 am

    At least you witnessed this.
    Classic, Ken.
    Many fans do not even get to see an RS-3, unless it is preserved in a museum somewhere.

  2. Stephen C. Host
    March 30, 2026 at 11:01 am

    Nice. RERA just finished using their RS-3 to get york durham equipment out of uxbridge. It’s headed to Saskachewan soon!

    Are there any other RS-3′s still in Canada otherwise?

  3. Ken Perry
    March 30, 2026 at 3:08 pm

    Two in museums in BC, ex CFI/CZ/CP 8427 at Port Alberni and RSC-3 561 at Squamish.

  4. Stephen C. Host
    March 30, 2026 at 3:47 pm

    Nice, are they both operating?

  5. Ken Perry
    March 30, 2026 at 4:27 pm

    To the best of my knowledge, yes, each is operational.

    The 561 is special, as it’s engine hood is from CZ 4097 for the original louvre pattern.
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