Comments on: Ex CP RS3 8427 now part of the Alberni Pacific Railway (Western Vancouver Island Industrial Heritage Society) collection seen in the yards from a passing train approaching Port Alberni Station. http://www.railpictures.ca The BEST Canadian photos on the Internet, eh? Fri, 08 May 2026 02:57:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: mrdanno4050 http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=10739#comment-2992 mrdanno4050 Wed, 07 Aug 2013 04:43:30 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/1AMG_5869B.jpg#comment-2992 An interesting unit, that's for sure: one of CP's (somewhat ugly) chop-nosed RS3's done in the 1970's for hump service, and the only CP RS3 left in existence. 8427 was sold to logging operation Crown Zellerbach after retirement. An interesting unit, that’s for sure: one of CP’s (somewhat ugly) chop-nosed RS3′s done in the 1970′s for hump service, and the only CP RS3 left in existence. 8427 was sold to logging operation Crown Zellerbach after retirement.

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