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3-Jun-2009 Racine Erland

End of the Line

Beaver Cove, Vancouver Island, BC

It's the end of the line for old #112, a steam engine that ran on the Canadian Forest Company (Canfor) tracks on Northern Vancouver Island from 1947 to 1968. The engine now sits on display next to Canfor's Beaver Cove office. Facts on this steam engine from the "Preserved! Steam Locomotives of BC" website: This locomotive was built in 1920 and bought new by the Snoqualmie Falls Lumber Company as #6. It was later sold to Weyerhaeuser in Longview Washington. In 1947, it was purchased by Canfor and renumbered to #112 and used as the relief locomotive at Woss. In 1968 it was retired and put on static display at Nimpkish. In 1970 it was relocated to Beaver Cove where it is currently on static display.


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Guest 27-Jun-2009 01:36
wonderfull story, in a couple of century, if things keep on, it wil have rusted away, should create a fooundation to take care of such a beauty.
Jola Dziubinska27-Jun-2009 01:26
The best in this steel and iron gallery, vote. Great engine!
Guest 24-Jun-2009 14:28
Wish I had this in my backyard, the image possibilities are endless. Wonderful capture.
Rick Kobylinski24-Jun-2009 14:20
This old engine still has a lot of great character which you have lovingly captured. Good stuff.
Mairéad22-Jun-2009 18:53
This is a wonderful entry for the challenge,
Timothy Guenther18-Jun-2009 18:08
Aw, poor little engine. Nice shot. Thanks for the history.
Walter Otto Koenig18-Jun-2009 16:58
Cool shot with this perspective, details and textures. A great first entry.
Jeff Lobaugh17-Jun-2009 02:53
Wonderful find! Well captured!
Barbara Heide16-Jun-2009 22:32
fantastic entry!
Inga Morozoff16-Jun-2009 03:05
Wow, cool find.
Dennis Warren16-Jun-2009 01:47
Great old engine. You could spend the whole month shooting details of this find.
Cindi Smith15-Jun-2009 22:20
Awesome detail and textures!
Maaike Huizer15-Jun-2009 06:38
What a beautiful machine. Exposure and composition are perfect.
Guest 15-Jun-2009 05:15
Strong image with a lot of dEtails in it!
Guest 15-Jun-2009 05:14
Strong image with a lot of dEtails in it!
carol j. phipps15-Jun-2009 02:12
Exciting capture! Great detail.
Guest 14-Jun-2009 16:27
nice documentation of former days
Mangles Photography14-Jun-2009 15:16
very nice image thank you for the history