BC Rail
(June 15, 2004)

British Columbia Railway
(April 1, 1972)

Pacific Great Eastern

D-1 (ex Columbia & Cowlitz D-1) H10-44 1000 hp F-M 10L174 5/1949
North Vancouver June 1969 Grant Will/Stan Smaill collection

719-757-806-728-RCL688 head north near Clinton August 23, 1985

RS-3 561 Retired 12/85. Preserved WCRA Squamish as PGE 561 RSC-3
North Vancouver August 12,1975 T.C.Caughman/Sid Vaught Collection

RS-3's 575 looking a little rough! and 564 August 13, 1975 Sid Vaught

RS-10s 579 still lettered for PGE August 13, 1975 North Vancouver Sid Vaught

RS-18 612 (ex 598) one of 29 units1800 hp 65 mph MLW 83304 6/1962 with slug 408. Jim Booth

705 M630 MLW M6044-1 12/70 North Vancouver August 12,1975 T.C.Caughman/Sid Vaught Collection
Retired and traded in 6/28/90. Rebuilt xxxx GECX 5000.

716 still lettered for PGE North Vancouver August 12,1975 T.C.Caughman/Sid Vaught Collection

721 North Vancouver August 12,1975 T.C.Caughman/Sid Vaught Collection

O&W 9956 (became 749) one of eight SD40-2's acquired 5/1987 from Shamrock Coal operator of unit coal trains in US.
EMD 786246-4 9/1979 Jim Booth NOTE: Oneida & Western was not a railway. It was just a fictitious name.

1002 S-13 1000 HP MLW 82549 1/1959 North Vancouver 8/15/1981 Charles Stookey
Re# 502 2/1987 Sold 3/1992 Vancouver Wharves 827 Resold 1997 OSR 502

RCC 1 acq. 1969 converted from ex SP&S 210 B unit. ALCO FB-1 78288 12/1950 Included living quarters.
North Vancouver August 12,1975 T.C.Caughman/Sid Vaught Collection

RCC 4 acq. 1971 ex CP 4456 CFB16-4 CLC 2723 4/1953
One of two B unit bodies acquired from CP including 4455.
North Vancouver September 1978 Stan Smaill

It is interesting to compare the carbody styles and trucks of the ALCO and CLC units.

Note: All ten other CLC B units were converted by CP to robot cars.

BC Rail effective June 19, 1984

Red white and blue were the colours of the Social Credit Party (Socred) of the provincial government.

BC Rail 609 (ex 595) MLW RS-18 (83281 6/62) rebuilt with chop nose and re-engined 1990 with 2075 HP Caterpillar.
North Vancouver 3/29/2003 Charles Freericks