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On Vancouver Island, CP’s E&N Wellcox yard in Nanaimo was the primary rail-barge connection from the mainland, and was served by three roadswitcher assignments for full coverage every day.  As a relieving mechanical chargehand there, I was well placed to be aware of unusual movements, and on Thursday 1980-10-16, the afternoon roadswitcher assignment with Baldwin DS4-4-1000 number 7070 was tasked to deliver a string of empty ballast cars to the Fiddicks gravel pit for reloading, a rare opportunity to catch that unit outside yard limits.  By climbing a rather uncooperative tree just north of the South Wellington flagstop, a good camera perch was obtained, and precisely at 1700 PDT, I was rewarded with Work Extra 7070 heading south.  As a particular delight, the lighting was perfect for highlighting the front “thumb-up” Sharon coupler, BLW part number 37-B-880.
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Caption: On Vancouver Island, CP’s E&N Wellcox yard in Nanaimo was the primary rail-barge connection from the mainland, and was served by three roadswitcher assignments for full coverage every day. As a relieving mechanical chargehand there, I was well placed to be aware of unusual movements, and on Thursday 1980-10-16, the afternoon roadswitcher assignment with Baldwin DS4-4-1000 number 7070 was tasked to deliver a string of empty ballast cars to the Fiddicks gravel pit for reloading, a rare opportunity to catch that unit outside yard limits. By climbing a rather uncooperative tree just north of the South Wellington flagstop, a good camera perch was obtained, and precisely at 1700 PDT, I was rewarded with Work Extra 7070 heading south. As a particular delight, the lighting was perfect for highlighting the front “thumb-up” Sharon coupler, BLW part number 37-B-880.

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Ken Perry [250] (more) (contact)
Date: 1980-10-16 (search)
Railway: Canadian Pacific (search)
Reporting Marks: CP 7070 (search)
Train Symbol: Work Extra 7070 (search)
Subdivision/SNS: Victoria sub. (67.5) (search)
City/Town: South Wellington (search)
Province: British Columbia (search)
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3 Comments
  1. Correction: Mileage 67.5, not 69.5.

  2. Beautiful photo.

  3. Great black and white picture.

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